UVA rush

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30% is too high if you don't want the Greek system to dominate. The figure needs to be much lower, or at least closer to 20% rather than 30%.

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No thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

Is it still the case that the DDD and St Elmo’s are mostly if not all the private school kids? Used to be the case so talking “top tier” was different depending on whether coming from private or not private as not private would not even consider or be considered by certain sororities/fraternities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

Is it still the case that the DDD and St Elmo’s are mostly if not all the private school kids? Used to be the case so talking “top tier” was different depending on whether coming from private or not private as not private would not even consider or be considered by certain sororities/fraternities.

Yep

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

Is it still the case that the DDD and St Elmo’s are mostly if not all the private school kids? Used to be the case so talking “top tier” was different depending on whether coming from private or not private as not private would not even consider or be considered by certain sororities/fraternities.

I just looked at their Instagram (yes I’m bored) and it appears that many of the girls in DDD are from out of state - places like Austin, Charleston, NYC, Newport Beach, Palm Beach. So, yes, I would say they appear to be of a certain demographic.

[Anonymous]

So is the wearing pearls/dresses and blazers/ties to football games a Greek thing or a UVA thing in general for even non-Greek kids?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

Is it still the case that the DDD and St Elmo’s are mostly if not all the private school kids? Used to be the case so talking “top tier” was different depending on whether coming from private or not private as not private would not even consider or be considered by certain sororities/fraternities.

I just looked at their Instagram (yes I’m bored) and it appears that many of the girls in DDD are from out of state - places like Austin, Charleston, NYC, Newport Beach, Palm Beach. So, yes, I would say they appear to be of a certain demographic.

This has always been the case. The top echelon, socially, is dominated by wealthy, out-of-state students. Doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time there if this isn’t your crowd, but you can’t exactly ignore their presence, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is the wearing pearls/dresses and blazers/ties to football games a Greek thing or a UVA thing in general for even non-Greek kids?

Nobody does this anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So is the wearing pearls/dresses and blazers/ties to football games a Greek thing or a UVA thing in general for even non-Greek kids?

Nobody does this anymore.

They dress for games at certain southern schools

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Anonymous wrote:Good luck to any of you who have girls going into pref today. I know it's probably been a stressful week for the girls and there are probably tears this morning. The Friday cuts are the worst at the higher ranked sororities especially because girls felt that they had a shot still if they were there for house tours. My dd had her painful cuts earlier in the week but had many friends who were devastated on pref day. It all worked out though, even if they didn't get their top choices from earlier in the week, they all seem happy where they ended up.

“Devastated” on pref day?

Dear lord. Reality check please.

You have never really wanted something and it didn’t happen? These are 18 and 19 year olds.

Have you always been so callous or is this a learned character defect?

That’s right. And 18-19 years old is about the time most of us start to realize that our perception of ourselves is not necessarily how the rest of the world views us. It’s a wake up and grow up moment.

I would question why membership in a certain sorority is of such consequence to a girls perception of herself, and why parents let it get out of hand to this point.

Of course you would think that way. It’s the way a socially awkward, insufferable bore thinks.

This

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would rather my daughter not join a sorority, but she really would like to be part of the greek system, so here we are, supporting her in this journey. What makes me sad, is that she can do all the right things: get good grades, community service, be outgoing, have leadership skills, yet she will be dropped for things that are completely out of her control: our family’s HHI, where she went to high school, what summer camps she attended (or not!), what her ethnic background is, what clothing brands she can afford, how “attactive” she is, where we “summer” (or not!). I know life is not fair, but I was hoping, as a society, we had moved on from discriminating people for these qualities.

+1. This is life. The true heroes in our society are usually the non-Greek types.

The poster who didn’t get is bud is at it again…

[Anonymous]

Bid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:So is the wearing pearls/dresses and blazers/ties to football games a Greek thing or a UVA thing in general for even non-Greek kids?

Nobody does this anymore.

They dress for games at certain southern schools

This thread is about UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would rather my daughter not join a sorority, but she really would like to be part of the greek system, so here we are, supporting her in this journey. What makes me sad, is that she can do all the right things: get good grades, community service, be outgoing, have leadership skills, yet she will be dropped for things that are completely out of her control: our family’s HHI, where she went to high school, what summer camps she attended (or not!), what her ethnic background is, what clothing brands she can afford, how “attactive” she is, where we “summer” (or not!). I know life is not fair, but I was hoping, as a society, we had moved on from discriminating people for these qualities.

+1. This is life. The true heroes in our society are usually the non-Greek types.

The poster who didn’t get is bud is at it again…

DP. Every time you post this, it just makes you—and the whole system—look worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would rather my daughter not join a sorority, but she really would like to be part of the greek system, so here we are, supporting her in this journey. What makes me sad, is that she can do all the right things: get good grades, community service, be outgoing, have leadership skills, yet she will be dropped for things that are completely out of her control: our family’s HHI, where she went to high school, what summer camps she attended (or not!), what her ethnic background is, what clothing brands she can afford, how “attactive” she is, where we “summer” (or not!). I know life is not fair, but I was hoping, as a society, we had moved on from discriminating people for these qualities.

+1. This is life. The true heroes in our society are usually the non-Greek types.

The poster who didn’t get is bud is at it again…

DP. Every time you post this, it just makes you—and the whole system—look worse.

It’s obviously true. I don’t make the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So is the wearing pearls/dresses and blazers/ties to football games a Greek thing or a UVA thing in general for even non-Greek kids?

Nobody does this anymore.

They dress for games at certain southern schools

This thread is about UVA.

Shut up