Touse out of reach for non-Southern students in SEC?
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Anonymous
| DD has both UGA and UF on her final list. She is attractive, extroverted, and smart: VP of her senior class, homecoming court, varsity athlete, tons of friends, active social life. There is zero doubt she'd get a touse bid at UVA or UMD-CP, especially since she has older high school friends in touses on those campuses. But she is lured by the weather, energy, and tailgate scene of the SEC, and I'm wondering how rush will pan out for her there given she's not a stereotypical Southern belle and will know next to zero people to start. I can't see her ending up in a bouse, but I keep hearing that a touse bid requires existing connections, recommendations, even a family legacy in some cases. Is a mouse the best she can hope for as an out-of-state student not from the South? I'm not saying that's the worst thing that could happen, and obviously academics come first, but she wants to be in a social environment that matches what she brings to the table, and I don't blame her. Parents with out-of-state DCs at SEC schools (particularly UGA or UF), what has been your experience? |
Anonymous
| So embarrassing. |
Anonymous
| What is a "touse"? |
Anonymous
| If she was that great, she would be able to make friends on her own without paying for them. |
Anonymous
Touse: top house Mouse: mid house Bouse: bottom house |
Anonymous
OMG that's so cringey, I'm feeling second hand embarrassment for OP |
Anonymous
| trolll. |
Anonymous
+100. |
Anonymous
| Family friends with someone whose son went to Auburn from MA. Despite being the male version of everything you've said your daughter is, he was told point blank "we like you but you're not southern, so you're not getting in to the frat, sorry." He ended up joining the frat filled with bros from the northeast. Same with another family friend at U of South Carolina. |
Anonymous
That or a midlife crisis wine mom who desperately needs her teen daughter and her friends to think she's cool. |
Anonymous
At first, I thought she made a typo but then I noticed that typo kept being repeated. OP - thank you for introducing us to new lingo. This is just awesome. Wow. |
Anonymous
| Cringe-o-meter = 11 |
Anonymous
| Oh boy no words |
Anonymous
| Amazing! Learn something new every day on here! |
Anonymous
DP. I don't see what's so cringe about it. She's worried about whether her DD, who's used to being popular and social, will be able to recreate that experience on a campus that is culturally much different from what she's accustomed to. Seems like a valid concern. Is it just because she's a middle-aged mom using Gen-Z Greek life terms? Far as I can tell, she used them correctly. |