"Bro quotient" high and low?

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Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how obsessed some of y'all are with this. Totally strange.

Why is that strange? My DC wanted to stay far away from any colleges which were "high bro". Frats, LAX, etc. No thanks.

And mine wanted a decent bro factor. Liked UVA, Wake, etc.

I'd put Colgate on the bro list. Some of the NESCAC are on the low end of it - Middlebury, Trinity and Hamilton, maybe. Tufts and Williams are low-bro. Don't know about the Maine schools.

[Anonymous]

Tulane is high bro.

[Anonymous]

Bro factor seems to relate to some really crude stuff - heaving drinking, postings on Yik Yak about how to score, how many girls you've done it with, etc. So gross. And toxic to developing any mature relationships within a decade or two of college. Will try my best to steer DCs away from the heavy "bro" schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bro factor seems to relate to some really crude stuff - heaving drinking, postings on Yik Yak about how to score, how many girls you've done it with, etc. So gross. And toxic to developing any mature relationships within a decade or two of college. Will try my best to steer DCs away from the heavy "bro" schools.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

The recent PPseem to want to redefine bro from OP. Discussing straw men isn't too helpful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. I thought that was a thinly-veiled reference to the fact that Pitt was in urban, diverse, Oakland. (So, high-bro?).

No - OP in this thread summarized the intent. An East Coast "bro" would typically be a white male from a suburb like Upper Merion or Mt. Lebanon, PA, Great Neck, NY, Bethesda, MD or Vienna, VA.

There are no bros in Great Neck, NY. Man handset, NY, is full of them though

[Anonymous]

I went to Cornell, and I'd classify it as mid-bro. There are lots of fraternities but the school is big enough and diverse enough that you can avoid the whole scene if you want. Also, not all frats are animal house types high on the bro-quotient. Some are a tad nerdy, truth be told.

[Anonymous]

In order to go to any parties (and be a little-bit-bro) at low bro schools, students might go greek even though greeklife isn't common there.

[Anonymous]

Helicopter moms unite!

[Anonymous]

If your DS is not an alpha male, a High-Bro school is not the right choice. They will adapt, but not flourish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your DS is not an alpha male, a High-Bro school is not the right choice. They will adapt, but not flourish.

So what are some good "low-bro" schools outside the Northeast? My non-alpha male DS would prefer to stay in the Southeast (doesn't want colder weather, doesn't want to be a plane ride away).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha. I thought that was a thinly-veiled reference to the fact that Pitt was in urban, diverse, Oakland. (So, high-bro?).

No - OP in this thread summarized the intent. An East Coast "bro" would typically be a white male from a suburb like Upper Merion or Mt. Lebanon, PA, Great Neck, NY, Bethesda, MD or Vienna, VA.

Yep. Think backwards ball caps, an affinity for crappy beer, moderate marijuana use, ESPN junkies, listen to Dave Mathews Bland (typo intentional), unironic fist bumps, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Cornell, and I'd classify it as mid-bro. There are lots of fraternities but the school is big enough and diverse enough that you can avoid the whole scene if you want. Also, not all frats are animal house types high on the bro-quotient. Some are a tad nerdy, truth be told.

+1

I'd say that even within the fraternities it's "mid bro". You might get a handful of bros in a house but in most houses most guys were a mix of bro/nerds. Party on weekends, study during the week. There a few major bro houses though. Or "douches" to use today's slang.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha. I thought that was a thinly-veiled reference to the fact that Pitt was in urban, diverse, Oakland. (So, high-bro?).

No - OP in this thread summarized the intent. An East Coast "bro" would typically be a white male from a suburb like Upper Merion or Mt. Lebanon, PA, Great Neck, NY, Bethesda, MD or Vienna, VA.

Yep. Think backwards ball caps, an affinity for crappy beer, moderate marijuana use, ESPN junkies, listen to Dave Mathews Bland (typo intentional), unironic fist bumps, etc.

NPR had a funny column about Bros a while back.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/06/21/193881290/jeah-we-mapped-out-the-four-basic-aspects-of-being-a-bro

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your DS is not an alpha male, a High-Bro school is not the right choice. They will adapt, but not flourish.

So what are some good "low-bro" schools outside the Northeast? My non-alpha male DS would prefer to stay in the Southeast (doesn't want colder weather, doesn't want to be a plane ride away).

Emory, W&M, Liberty.