Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

[Anonymous]

(as my mom noted, the women at places like U of Florida need to stay in shape, because they're basically half naked most of the year)

Visited some Florida campuses in October and this was very noticeable…

[Anonymous]

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(as my mom noted, the women at places like U of Florida need to stay in shape, because they're basically half naked most of the year)

Visited some Florida campuses in October and this was very noticeable…

They don't need the extra insulation that Syracuse or Wisconsin students gain

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

Go to any sports bar in any major city in the country when ND/Stanford/Duke has an important game. Compare that to any Princeton/Dartmouth//Wellesley has any event. Harvard and Yale alumni get up for the big game, but I've never seen a bartender get asked to switch on a Dartmouth game

[Anonymous]

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Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.


Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

Yep. And Davidson's alumni giving percentage participation rate is consistently at the tops nationally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

I mentioned basketball earlier and the football boosters disagreed.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

Go to any sports bar in any major city in the country when ND/Stanford/Duke has an important game. Compare that to any Princeton/Dartmouth//Wellesley has any event. Harvard and Yale alumni get up for the big game, but I've never seen a bartender get asked to switch on a Dartmouth game

Gee, maybe their school spirit isn’t built around football.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

What do you mean by traditional? If you mean big football culture, NY has Syracuse.

Buffalo, Binghamton, Albany. I would call these huge traditional schools.
Why does traditional have to equal football?

The article makes multiple references to football being a draw - the games, the tailgating, the sense of community and togetherness of cheering for the team.

You can get that from other sports. Basketball. Hockey.

And from smaller football programs that aren’t so focused on making money.

Not really. I went to a school with a strong basketball culture and, while I loved it, it isn't the same as attending a football game in a massive packed stadium.

Duke fans might disagree.

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Anonymous wrote:How many northern states even have large traditional universities? NJ and NY certainly don’t

What do you mean by traditional? If you mean big football culture, NY has Syracuse.

Buffalo, Binghamton, Albany. I would call these huge traditional schools.
Why does traditional have to equal football?

The article makes multiple references to football being a draw - the games, the tailgating, the sense of community and togetherness of cheering for the team.

You can get that from other sports. Basketball. Hockey.

And from smaller football programs that aren’t so focused on making money.

Not really. I went to a school with a strong basketball culture and, while I loved it, it isn't the same as attending a football game in a massive packed stadium.

Duke fans might disagree.

If Duke football wasn't so bad, they wouldn't disagree

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

Go to any sports bar in any major city in the country when ND/Stanford/Duke has an important game. Compare that to any Princeton/Dartmouth//Wellesley has any event. Harvard and Yale alumni get up for the big game, but I've never seen a bartender get asked to switch on a Dartmouth game

Gee, maybe their school spirit isn’t built around football.

Sure, it's built around? I'm trying to come up with an activity that engages alumni on a very regular basis and ties them back to the school, do you have an example other than sports?

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

Go to any sports bar in any major city in the country when ND/Stanford/Duke has an important game. Compare that to any Princeton/Dartmouth//Wellesley has any event. Harvard and Yale alumni get up for the big game, but I've never seen a bartender get asked to switch on a Dartmouth game

Gee, maybe their school spirit isn’t built around football.

Sure, it's built around? I'm trying to come up with an activity that engages alumni on a very regular basis and ties them back to the school, do you have an example other than sports?

Maybe the overall college experience? Maybe the thing you did at your school that you loved?

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

Go to any sports bar in any major city in the country when ND/Stanford/Duke has an important game. Compare that to any Princeton/Dartmouth//Wellesley has any event. Harvard and Yale alumni get up for the big game, but I've never seen a bartender get asked to switch on a Dartmouth game

Gee, maybe their school spirit isn’t built around football.

Sure, it's built around? I'm trying to come up with an activity that engages alumni on a very regular basis and ties them back to the school, do you have an example other than sports?

Maybe the overall college experience? Maybe the thing you did at your school that you loved?

Cool, and you regularly interact with other alumni that you don't know and current students based on that? Is there a place for that, like the good memories equivalent of a sports bar where everyone gathers?

[Anonymous]

Reading this thread has been highly amusing.

[Anonymous]

Anyone remember "Animal House"? It was based on one of the writers' experiences at Dartmouth. Hard to believe as that school is covered in snow most of the year. I doubt if anyone wanted to apply to Dartmouth based on the social scene there.

At the end of the movie they showed what happened to the characters. John Belushi's character became "Senator Blutarski." Life imitates art: Herschel Walker.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a well-respected, albeit large, university in the Northeast. I cannot fault these kids who want to attend a flagship school in the south with (gasp) an SEC football team. Living in DC, I’ve had an opportunity to accompany co-workers and friends to “real” college football games and it’s a game changer (for lack of a better word). School spirit oozes from those schools and it completely permeates everything about the college experience. Then, after college, it gives graduates something to bond over. You don’t have that with the SUNY schools, for example.

Princeton and Dartmouth and Wellesley have better school spirit than anything in the south…

….look at % of giving rates, reunion engagement, and networking.

Southern school spirit is very superficial.

Have you seen Duke's campus during a major basketball game? Truly unmatched

I mentioned basketball earlier and the football boosters disagreed.

No one is saying that attending a Duke basketball game is not an amazing experience. It probably ranks right up there in fan intensity in all of sports. But there is a difference between football culture and basketball culture. What percentage of students at Duke get to attend any given basketball game? Aren't there only 1,500 or so student tickets for each game? I have no idea how many students at Alabama get tickets each week, but over 100,000 people attend, so I'm pretty sure it's more than 1,500.