Big Greek and Football Schools: The Only Real College Experience

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Anonymous wrote:Folks, it's ok -- really -- to admit that there's nothing better without having to get defensive of your own choices.

It's also ok to admit your choices of best aren't the same for everyone

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Anonymous wrote:I played baseball at a Big Ten School. My eldest daughter was a soccer player at SEC school and my youngest is now a junior at a top 20 school. My youngest is the one having the most fun. When I go back to alma mater for events or when I use to visit my oldest, there is this rabidity among the fanbase that borders on the level of ridiculous.

Except this DOES sound like fun. You've just gotten old and snobby and no fun. The "top 20" thing changed you. Don't let it!

It’s OKAY that you think this is fun. It’s also OKAY that some are never drawn to the face paint life.

DP. Here are some naked fans during a Harvard/Yale game. Lots more where this came from.

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Weirdly, Yale students enjoy getting naked during games.

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/yale-cheer?page=2

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Northwestern:

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Harvard:

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard:

Kendall Roy with the champagne bottle

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Anonymous wrote:Part of the problem, I think, is that many DCUM posters/mothers are so far removed from college -- they're typically in their 50s and not much younger -- that they can't remember what it's like to be young.

Sure, I wanted my kids to go to a reputable school and study. But I always wanted them to be happy, social, and to have a blast. When I read posts like "I love the quiet winter days of my remote SLAC" I'm like "what?? are you my grandmother??"

We're talking about kids, man! They have their whole lives ahead of them to be so damned serious. You people have lost your minds.

And all kids want exactly the same things all the time and conveniently, those are the things you think they all want.

Stop thinking as a grandma. Seriously, how old are you?

You mean your thinking isn’t as flexible as a grandma? Your brain is so calcified that you can only hold one idea of fun at a time?

+1. It's very strange thinking. People, including young people, find all kinds of things fun. It's weird to get bent out of shape about it. Lots of us had the chance to pick big state schools with lots of Greek life and big deal sports and didn't, at the age of 18, because we wanted something else. I'm not forgetting what it's like to be young, I remember deciding that wasn't for me when I was young. I've got no issue with people who did want that, but I didn't.

You decided it wasn't for you because it frightened you. But deep down you wanted it.

Do you use this argument about rape as well?

Oh please. Such a weak response.

Maybe just eliminate "you know you want it" from your lexicon.

+1 yikes

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These big football and Greek schools are better suited for those who like Bro culture, not so much for the quieter, more intellectual type

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a sorority at a big ten school in the early 90s. That scene was so dumb I didn't even make it a year. I went to one football game and was super bored, surrounded by whoo hoos. I liked drinking as much as any college student but the purpose of greek drinking wasn't connection (with friends or with guys) but an excuse to show off and feed their bodies - all I can say to explain is that beneath the whole thing was gluttony. I left greek life after a year but struggled to find a group of people till I met close friends/fellow students working at a nearby bookstore and coffeeshop.

You had greek life - never an interesting conversation ever. You had an active on campus Christian ministry - but I wasn't Christian. These were the biggest groups.

Not a great place for smart, wannabe interesting kids to meet others like them. I wasn't particularly academic though I made good grades- just smart and wanting something more out of college than this school could offer.

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Though I think big10 has a lot more ivy rejects than pac12 or sec.

Sec / pac12 kids really want to be at their schools in a way I find big10 kids don’t.

Esp kids at big10 honors schools - virtually all would leave for an ivy / t20 slot

Your story isn’t dissimilar from what I’ve heard from other big 10 school grads. The median passion the big 10 alum has is just not the same as sec or pac 12

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a sorority at a big ten school in the early 90s. That scene was so dumb I didn't even make it a year. I went to one football game and was super bored, surrounded by whoo hoos. I liked drinking as much as any college student but the purpose of greek drinking wasn't connection (with friends or with guys) but an excuse to show off and feed their bodies - all I can say to explain is that beneath the whole thing was gluttony. I left greek life after a year but struggled to find a group of people till I met close friends/fellow students working at a nearby bookstore and coffeeshop.

You had greek life - never an interesting conversation ever. You had an active on campus Christian ministry - but I wasn't Christian. These were the biggest groups.

Not a great place for smart, wannabe interesting kids to meet others like them. I wasn't particularly academic though I made good grades- just smart and wanting something more out of college than this school could offer.

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Though I think big10 has a lot more ivy rejects than pac12 or sec.

Sec / pac12 kids really want to be at their schools in a way I find big10 kids don’t.

Esp kids at big10 honors schools - virtually all would leave for an ivy / t20 slot

Your story isn’t dissimilar from what I’ve heard from other big 10 school grads. The median passion the big 10 alum has is just not the same as sec or pac 12

Pac12 dissolved two years ago. However, there are essentially no fans at Stanford, UCLA or Cal games (which used to belong to Pac12).

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Anonymous wrote:Part of the problem, I think, is that many DCUM posters/mothers are so far removed from college -- they're typically in their 50s and not much younger -- that they can't remember what it's like to be young.

Sure, I wanted my kids to go to a reputable school and study. But I always wanted them to be happy, social, and to have a blast. When I read posts like "I love the quiet winter days of my remote SLAC" I'm like "what?? are you my grandmother??"

We're talking about kids, man! They have their whole lives ahead of them to be so damned serious. You people have lost your minds.

And all kids want exactly the same things all the time and conveniently, those are the things you think they all want.

Stop thinking as a grandma. Seriously, how old are you?

You mean your thinking isn’t as flexible as a grandma? Your brain is so calcified that you can only hold one idea of fun at a time?

+1. It's very strange thinking. People, including young people, find all kinds of things fun. It's weird to get bent out of shape about it. Lots of us had the chance to pick big state schools with lots of Greek life and big deal sports and didn't, at the age of 18, because we wanted something else. I'm not forgetting what it's like to be young, I remember deciding that wasn't for me when I was young. I've got no issue with people who did want that, but I didn't.

You decided it wasn't for you because it frightened you. But deep down you wanted it.

Do you use this argument about rape as well?

Wow. Do you generally make such illogical and grotesque leaps?
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Anonymous wrote:Why is it somehow so crazy to imagine that all people might benefit from having some fun, at regular intervals, throughout their lives? This idea that scoring high on the SAT means you need to be chained to a wheel of misery from the age of 17, or 34, or whatever, just … why? Why not enjoy your life at each stage?

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And a lot of these posters seem to feel that you can't have a high SAT score/GPA AND ALSO enjoy a full social life. No doubt they're the same people who insist attractive women couldn't possibly ALSO be highly intelligent. Same old story from the same old people.

Sure. But what does being young and cute have to do with football? I could catch a dick anywhere, not just at the stadium.

Klassy. How typical.

Typical of what?

Typical of someone who thinks they're above a fun, large school but then outs themselves as very low class by the way they talk.

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Anonymous wrote:These big football and Greek schools are better suited for those who like Bro culture, not so much for the quieter, more intellectual type

Not really. I have quiet, intellectual, non-bro kids. All attended a variety of "big, football schools" and none went Greek. They wound up enjoying the football games, though - and they also found "their people" through the many organizations and clubs available.

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To be fair, Yale and Harvard do it right. They show up big .. to one single game in one single sport each year. It’s literally called The Game.

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LOL. Football.