It’s sorority video season

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Anonymous wrote:Ick. So glad my son is attending a school where most girls focus on their brains more than their looks and other shallow sh*t. Every time I see a desk converted to an elaborate vanity, with no room for books, I think why are their parents wasting money on a college degree at all?

I'm sure "brains" are the only thing your son cares about in a girl. Hotness is not at all important to him. Or, so he assures you.

Actually hotness is nowhere near the top of his list. We raised him better than that. He focuses on character and brains. He is a brainiac who does not want to be with a shallow dummy! And this is clear from his dating history thus far, thankfully. Future surgeon likely to marry similar.

Sororities typically have a higher average GPA than the campus average. Nice try though.

In fashion merchandising?

Such a warped viewpoint. All sororities require members to maintain a certain GPA. The average GPAs at the sororities where my daughter is rushing are all above 3.5. The girls are all different majors, including biology, biochemistry, business, psychology, education, communications, etc.

Very few sororities have high GPAs requirements. One that does is Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), commonly referred to simply as Theta. They would have women who are smart, serious and has goals to make a difference.

[Anonymous]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/07/study-grades-greek-affiliated-students-suffer-after-joining-fraternity-sorority

Greek affiliation lowers the GPA of students involved and they tend to take easier classes and drop classes more often while rushing.

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Anonymous wrote:Ick. So glad my son is attending a school where most girls focus on their brains more than their looks and other shallow sh*t. Every time I see a desk converted to an elaborate vanity, with no room for books, I think why are their parents wasting money on a college degree at all?

I'm sure "brains" are the only thing your son cares about in a girl. Hotness is not at all important to him. Or, so he assures you.

Actually hotness is nowhere near the top of his list. We raised him better than that. He focuses on character and brains. He is a brainiac who does not want to be with a shallow dummy! And this is clear from his dating history thus far, thankfully. Future surgeon likely to marry similar.

Sororities typically have a higher average GPA than the campus average. Nice try though.

In fashion merchandising?

Such a warped viewpoint. All sororities require members to maintain a certain GPA. The average GPAs at the sororities where my daughter is rushing are all above 3.5. The girls are all different majors, including biology, biochemistry, business, psychology, education, communications, etc.

Very few sororities have high GPAs requirements. One that does is Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), commonly referred to simply as Theta. They would have women who are smart, serious and has goals to make a difference.

Do they put out dance videos?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This discussion is why students in the Northeast are leaving in droves for southern schools.

Except they are not. The total number of NE kids at all the SEC kids isn’t more than 15k and it averages about 5% of their student body.

At the same time, kids from the south make up around 15% of the student body of selective northeast schools and 20% of Chicago.

Also, applications to places like UConn, Pitt, UMass, UMD exceed most southern schools by a decent margin and have seen 35% - 50% growth over the last three years.

Does your # include kids from DC, MD, and VA?

And does your # include schools in NC and SC?

I find it really interesting that dcum tends to give certain places a pass while essentially blacklisting others…as if NC and SC (and heck let’s face it, VA schools) are somehow different/better than GA, AL, TN, etc. (wasn’t this thread about AZ?).

Anecdotally, I know tons of kids from well-educated, liberal families who opted for SEC schools. I admire kids who are confident enough to step outside the liberal bubble and experience something very new and different for college. And the Greek thing is just one option for extroverts and joiners…two qualities that don’t tend to be very common in Dcumlandia.

Anyone else think it’s weird that we are supposedly outraged by judging people by their appearance, etc. except when it’s a young girl all dolled up on a sorority rush video? Then apparently it’s game on. Not nice.

Anecdotes suck…so stop using them.

Our UMC DMV school has more kids going to the University of VT this year then all schools from SC, GA, TN, TX et al combined.

I don’t make many conclusions based on that and you shouldn’t based on your shit anecdata either.

Wow u of vt sounds awful, cold weather , low reputation high acceptance rate. Sad

Believe it or not some people love cold weather. Skiing on weekends, sledding, ice skating outdoors, fires . Plus your I heated buildings a lot. When I went skiing I learned laying your clothes prevents you from getting cold. So it has a 60% admission rate, so what? They have local kids to educate. It’s a great place for active athletic young people.

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Anonymous wrote:Ick. So glad my son is attending a school where most girls focus on their brains more than their looks and other shallow sh*t. Every time I see a desk converted to an elaborate vanity, with no room for books, I think why are their parents wasting money on a college degree at all?

I'm sure "brains" are the only thing your son cares about in a girl. Hotness is not at all important to him. Or, so he assures you.

Actually hotness is nowhere near the top of his list. We raised him better than that. He focuses on character and brains. He is a brainiac who does not want to be with a shallow dummy! And this is clear from his dating history thus far, thankfully. Future surgeon likely to marry similar.

Sororities typically have a higher average GPA than the campus average. Nice try though.

They don’t. You need at least a 2.5 or 2.75 to be admitted into a sorority. Plus the sorority members are not getting an engineering degree, chemical engineering or any of the hard sciences. They major in psychology or communications or business.

That’s not to say there are some schools that have sororities where the students have high GPAs and difficult majors. It’s just not Arizona.

They do have higher GPAs than the campus average. This is easy data to find. Just google a school’s name and Greek GPAs. I looked at this before my daughter rushed.

Also, her chapter requires a 3.0 just to rush. Another chapter requires a 3.3.

Wow, such a high bar.

You’re garbage.

Sorry but if these social organizations exist to sit in judgment of who is desirable to be admitted and who is not, they had best be able to handle some judgement in return. Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

Valid.

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Anonymous wrote:This discussion is why students in the Northeast are leaving in droves for southern schools.

Except they are not. The total number of NE kids at all the SEC kids isn’t more than 15k and it averages about 5% of their student body.

At the same time, kids from the south make up around 15% of the student body of selective northeast schools and 20% of Chicago.

Also, applications to places like UConn, Pitt, UMass, UMD exceed most southern schools by a decent margin and have seen 35% - 50% growth over the last three years.

Does your # include kids from DC, MD, and VA?

And does your # include schools in NC and SC?

I find it really interesting that dcum tends to give certain places a pass while essentially blacklisting others…as if NC and SC (and heck let’s face it, VA schools) are somehow different/better than GA, AL, TN, etc. (wasn’t this thread about AZ?).

Anecdotally, I know tons of kids from well-educated, liberal families who opted for SEC schools. I admire kids who are confident enough to step outside the liberal bubble and experience something very new and different for college. And the Greek thing is just one option for extroverts and joiners…two qualities that don’t tend to be very common in Dcumlandia.

Anyone else think it’s weird that we are supposedly outraged by judging people by their appearance, etc. except when it’s a young girl all dolled up on a sorority rush video? Then apparently it’s game on. Not nice.

Anecdotes suck…so stop using them.

Our UMC DMV school has more kids going to the University of VT this year then all schools from SC, GA, TN, TX et al combined.

I don’t make many conclusions based on that and you shouldn’t based on your shit anecdata either.

Wow u of vt sounds awful, cold weather , low reputation high acceptance rate. Sad

Believe it or not some people love cold weather. Skiing on weekends, sledding, ice skating outdoors, fires . Plus your I heated buildings a lot. When I went skiing I learned laying your clothes prevents you from getting cold. So it has a 60% admission rate, so what? They have local kids to educate. It’s a great place for active athletic young people.

Burlington is also a cool town for college.

Admittedly, UC Boulder or U Utah are probably better for skiing and it’s sunnier.

UVT has buzz with NYC privates as well this year…though it just means 3 kids may go vs 1. But that’s 200% growth.

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Doesn’t everyone get a bid? The sororities pick the girls, but you pretty much land somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much jealousy on here. Who wouldn’t want to be young, hot and rich.

Why does anyone think these girls are rich? The tuition isn’t even close to the highest so you don’t need to be rich to afford it. The fees are no different than other activities. There are some young hot girls in the pre-med program.

A lot of those girls in those videos are cheap looking. If you want to see a group of young beautiful girls go up to the dance program and watch a ballet class. They have an excellent dance program and the girls in those videos are not in the dance major.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This discussion is why students in the Northeast are leaving in droves for southern schools.

Except they are not. The total number of NE kids at all the SEC kids isn’t more than 15k and it averages about 5% of their student body.

At the same time, kids from the south make up around 15% of the student body of selective northeast schools and 20% of Chicago.

Also, applications to places like UConn, Pitt, UMass, UMD exceed most southern schools by a decent margin and have seen 35% - 50% growth over the last three years.

Does your # include kids from DC, MD, and VA?

And does your # include schools in NC and SC?

I find it really interesting that dcum tends to give certain places a pass while essentially blacklisting others…as if NC and SC (and heck let’s face it, VA schools) are somehow different/better than GA, AL, TN, etc. (wasn’t this thread about AZ?).

Anecdotally, I know tons of kids from well-educated, liberal families who opted for SEC schools. I admire kids who are confident enough to step outside the liberal bubble and experience something very new and different for college. And the Greek thing is just one option for extroverts and joiners…two qualities that don’t tend to be very common in Dcumlandia.

Anyone else think it’s weird that we are supposedly outraged by judging people by their appearance, etc. except when it’s a young girl all dolled up on a sorority rush video? Then apparently it’s game on. Not nice.

Anecdotes suck…so stop using them.

Our UMC DMV school has more kids going to the University of VT this year then all schools from SC, GA, TN, TX et al combined.

I don’t make many conclusions based on that and you shouldn’t based on your shit anecdata either.

Wow u of vt sounds awful, cold weather , low reputation high acceptance rate. Sad

Believe it or not some people love cold weather. Skiing on weekends, sledding, ice skating outdoors, fires . Plus your I heated buildings a lot. When I went skiing I learned laying your clothes prevents you from getting cold. So it has a 60% admission rate, so what? They have local kids to educate. It’s a great place for active athletic young people.

If you live in Vermont? Sure!

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As tech and ai creep up the value chain and social media is more pervasive than ever, being hot is more important than ever

It’s quickly becoming the most important thing (for both men and women)

It’s why gym culture and “wellness/fitness” culture has become so big in gen z

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Anonymous wrote:As tech and ai creep up the value chain and social media is more pervasive than ever, being hot is more important than ever

It’s quickly becoming the most important thing (for both men and women)

It’s why gym culture and “wellness/fitness” culture has become so big in gen z

It’s funny, when I think about the people with the most money and power in the world right now, they are literally the ugliest people I can possibly conjure. And not because of their ugliness in the inside. They’re just plain ugly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ick. So glad my son is attending a school where most girls focus on their brains more than their looks and other shallow sh*t. Every time I see a desk converted to an elaborate vanity, with no room for books, I think why are their parents wasting money on a college degree at all?

I'm sure "brains" are the only thing your son cares about in a girl. Hotness is not at all important to him. Or, so he assures you.

Actually hotness is nowhere near the top of his list. We raised him better than that. He focuses on character and brains. He is a brainiac who does not want to be with a shallow dummy! And this is clear from his dating history thus far, thankfully. Future surgeon likely to marry similar.

Sororities typically have a higher average GPA than the campus average. Nice try though.

In fashion merchandising?

Such a warped viewpoint. All sororities require members to maintain a certain GPA. The average GPAs at the sororities where my daughter is rushing are all above 3.5. The girls are all different majors, including biology, biochemistry, business, psychology, education, communications, etc.

Very few sororities have high GPAs requirements. One that does is Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), commonly referred to simply as Theta. They would have women who are smart, serious and has goals to make a difference.

Do they put out dance videos?

You do recognize there are women in this world who are academic achievers AND into dance?

There are also tons of women who study and do well in school AND love to let go, perform, and have fun.

Life is not necessarily either/or. It can, and often is, both/and.

[Anonymous]

My sorority, at a T20 school, was pretty geeky overall. But we had a handful of girls who were amazing dancers. That was their thing.

We absolutely would have featured them in a video like that if it had been what sororities did back in the 90s. But their dancing, clothes, or style would have told you nothing about our sorority’s GPA or academic prowess, more generally.

Stereotypes go both ways. Not a good luck on anyone.

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Bruh why are all these lame sorority video threads clogging up the college threads?

Is there some kind of U of Alabama booster getting paid to amplify them? Nobody on DCUM is actually applying to this school so who cares?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but if these social organizations exist to sit in judgment of who is desirable to be admitted and who is not, they had best be able to handle some judgement in return. Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

You just described college admissions.