It’s sorority video season

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a tidal wave of kids from our wealthy full pay NE suburb going to SEC schools. Not too many interested in Vasser, Swarthmore, Smith be or Mt Holyoke.

So why are schools like UConn, UMass, NYU, BU, BC, every Ivy, Pitt, Penn State, UMD et al more popular than ever. Are all the southerners heading North?

Every large college is receiving more apps than ever because the borders are wide open, anyone in the world can apply, and small and mid-sized colleges are all dying.

Bottom line is y'all really can't cope with the fact that the South is booming and smart northern / mid-Atlantic / west coast teens are seeking out the traditional Southern conservative ethos. Because TikTok and other social media is making these colleges look amazing compared to the cold, bad weather, parkas, and far left miserable ethos they see on the same social media at New England and other northern universities.

Big colleges are doing better because of US news rankings first and tik tok videos a distant second. As the kids say, it’s not that deep.

lol tell us you're a creepy tiger mom striver without telling us

No, I actually listen to kids when they are talking. But sounds like you are too busy with your agenda to listen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Videos of happy and bubbly Southern sorority girls trigger the miserable Gen X ugly bettys who waited until they were in their late 30s to marry.

Have as many babies as early and often as you want. If you think that's going to be forced on my daughter, you've got a fight on your hands as you should.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a tidal wave of kids from our wealthy full pay NE suburb going to SEC schools. Not too many interested in Vasser, Swarthmore, Smith be or Mt Holyoke.

So why are schools like UConn, UMass, NYU, BU, BC, every Ivy, Pitt, Penn State, UMD et al more popular than ever. Are all the southerners heading North?

Every large college is receiving more apps than ever because the borders are wide open, anyone in the world can apply, and small and mid-sized colleges are all dying.

Bottom line is y'all really can't cope with the fact that the South is booming and smart northern / mid-Atlantic / west coast teens are seeking out the traditional Southern conservative ethos. Because TikTok and other social media is making these colleges look amazing compared to the cold, bad weather, parkas, and far left miserable ethos they see on the same social media at New England and other northern universities.

I love how your “bottom line” is devoid of any rational thought and just pulled from your ass.

The bottom line is that southerners make up much larger %ages at the New England universities you mention than vice versa. Go look at where kids are from for every Ivy, NYU, Williams, BU…all these schools. They are all at least 10% and most are 15%+.

The only schools in the south equivalent are the top private schools like Emory, Vandy and Duke which we all agree feel more like the top privates above than SEC schools.

Your issue is you focus on %age increases without understanding the nominal numbers aren’t impressive at all…and when kids are interviewed as to why as an example a kid is at Ga Tech…his answer was because I was rejected at Tufts.

Tufts. lol. Creepy striver tiger mom confirmed. You probably have several College Confidential windows open on your browser right now.

Confirmed…by providing an example from a WSJ article from a kid rejected by Tufts who ended up at Ga Tech?

I guess because you just were owned by the facts…that’s all you got.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain why the southern kids from the wealthiest private schools all go to college OOS…if in fact they are supposedly at schools like Alabama? Alabama needs to throw money at OOS kids to get them to attend which is why it’s 60% OOS.

Heck, UGA is 80% in state but 88% of the kids at the most elite Atlanta privates attend OOS and they aren’t going to Alabama…they are almost exclusively going to points north which includes UVA, Duke but also tons going to Ivy schools and gasp…even SLACs in New England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a tidal wave of kids from our wealthy full pay NE suburb going to SEC schools. Not too many interested in Vasser, Swarthmore, Smith be or Mt Holyoke.

So why are schools like UConn, UMass, NYU, BU, BC, every Ivy, Pitt, Penn State, UMD et al more popular than ever. Are all the southerners heading North?

Every large college is receiving more apps than ever because the borders are wide open, anyone in the world can apply, and small and mid-sized colleges are all dying.

Bottom line is y'all really can't cope with the fact that the South is booming and smart northern / mid-Atlantic / west coast teens are seeking out the traditional Southern conservative ethos. Because TikTok and other social media is making these colleges look amazing compared to the cold, bad weather, parkas, and far left miserable ethos they see on the same social media at New England and other northern universities.

I love how your “bottom line” is devoid of any rational thought and just pulled from your ass.

The bottom line is that southerners make up much larger %ages at the New England universities you mention than vice versa. Go look at where kids are from for every Ivy, NYU, Williams, BU…all these schools. They are all at least 10% and most are 15%+.

The only schools in the south equivalent are the top private schools like Emory, Vandy and Duke which we all agree feel more like the top privates above than SEC schools.

Your issue is you focus on %age increases without understanding the nominal numbers aren’t impressive at all…and when kids are interviewed as to why as an example a kid is at Ga Tech…his answer was because I was rejected at Tufts.

Tufts. lol. Creepy striver tiger mom confirmed. You probably have several College Confidential windows open on your browser right now.

Different posters. I gather you are just a nasty name caller.

[Anonymous]

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Can someone explain to me why I’m supposed to be why I’m supposed to be triggered?

I have the same question. Is it because they're in a southern frat but they're dancing to a gay anthem or something? Are they gay but they are sec frat boys so that is supposed to own the libs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a tidal wave of kids from our wealthy full pay NE suburb going to SEC schools. Not too many interested in Vasser, Swarthmore, Smith be or Mt Holyoke.

So why are schools like UConn, UMass, NYU, BU, BC, every Ivy, Pitt, Penn State, UMD et al more popular than ever. Are all the southerners heading North?

Every large college is receiving more apps than ever because the borders are wide open, anyone in the world can apply, and small and mid-sized colleges are all dying.

Bottom line is y'all really can't cope with the fact that the South is booming and smart northern / mid-Atlantic / west coast teens are seeking out the traditional Southern conservative ethos. Because TikTok and other social media is making these colleges look amazing compared to the cold, bad weather, parkas, and far left miserable ethos they see on the same social media at New England and other northern universities.

I love how your “bottom line” is devoid of any rational thought and just pulled from your ass.

The bottom line is that southerners make up much larger %ages at the New England universities you mention than vice versa. Go look at where kids are from for every Ivy, NYU, Williams, BU…all these schools. They are all at least 10% and most are 15%+.

The only schools in the south equivalent are the top private schools like Emory, Vandy and Duke which we all agree feel more like the top privates above than SEC schools.

Your issue is you focus on %age increases without understanding the nominal numbers aren’t impressive at all…and when kids are interviewed as to why as an example a kid is at Ga Tech…his answer was because I was rejected at Tufts.

Tufts. lol. Creepy striver tiger mom confirmed. You probably have several College Confidential windows open on your browser right now.

Confirmed…by providing an example from a WSJ article from a kid rejected by Tufts who ended up at Ga Tech?

I guess because you just were owned by the facts…that’s all you got.

A single dorky anecdote in the NYC-based WSJ totally trumps the annual hyper-viral pop culture SEC sorority season. Why is this thread so spirited, with 30+ pages? It's the most popular thread of 2025 in this college sub-forum. Because everyone in an UMC orbit from DC to NYC to Chicago and everywhere in between knows of teens heading down South for college in recent years. It's not a little blip, it's a huge wave. Of course most kids still head to college within a few hours from home but you're in denial if you don't acknowledge the stampede to these Southern conservative campuses. It also mirrors the explosive economies and population growth in the south -- from Phoenix to Nashville, Austin, Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a tidal wave of kids from our wealthy full pay NE suburb going to SEC schools. Not too many interested in Vasser, Swarthmore, Smith be or Mt Holyoke.

So why are schools like UConn, UMass, NYU, BU, BC, every Ivy, Pitt, Penn State, UMD et al more popular than ever. Are all the southerners heading North?

Every large college is receiving more apps than ever because the borders are wide open, anyone in the world can apply, and small and mid-sized colleges are all dying.

Bottom line is y'all really can't cope with the fact that the South is booming and smart northern / mid-Atlantic / west coast teens are seeking out the traditional Southern conservative ethos. Because TikTok and other social media is making these colleges look amazing compared to the cold, bad weather, parkas, and far left miserable ethos they see on the same social media at New England and other northern universities.

I love how your “bottom line” is devoid of any rational thought and just pulled from your ass.

The bottom line is that southerners make up much larger %ages at the New England universities you mention than vice versa. Go look at where kids are from for every Ivy, NYU, Williams, BU…all these schools. They are all at least 10% and most are 15%+.

The only schools in the south equivalent are the top private schools like Emory, Vandy and Duke which we all agree feel more like the top privates above than SEC schools.

Your issue is you focus on %age increases without understanding the nominal numbers aren’t impressive at all…and when kids are interviewed as to why as an example a kid is at Ga Tech…his answer was because I was rejected at Tufts.

Tufts. lol. Creepy striver tiger mom confirmed. You probably have several College Confidential windows open on your browser right now.

Confirmed…by providing an example from a WSJ article from a kid rejected by Tufts who ended up at Ga Tech?

I guess because you just were owned by the facts…that’s all you got.

A single dorky anecdote in the NYC-based WSJ totally trumps the annual hyper-viral pop culture SEC sorority season. Why is this thread so spirited, with 30+ pages? It's the most popular thread of 2025 in this college sub-forum. Because everyone in an UMC orbit from DC to NYC to Chicago and everywhere in between knows of teens heading down South for college in recent years. It's not a little blip, it's a huge wave. Of course most kids still head to college within a few hours from home but you're in denial if you don't acknowledge the stampede to these Southern conservative campuses. It also mirrors the explosive economies and population growth in the south -- from Phoenix to Nashville, Austin, Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Florida.

It’s probably over the top because 💩 stirrers you are posting. Tik tok might suggest that admissions at Southern state state schools are booming. Real data says otherwise. I can see you have an aversion to data.

Don’t worry, next some parent will talk about wanting to die because their kid moved about and that thread will overtake this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why the southern kids from the wealthiest private schools all go to college OOS…if in fact they are supposedly at schools like Alabama? Alabama needs to throw money at OOS kids to get them to attend which is why it’s 60% OOS.

Heck, UGA is 80% in state but 88% of the kids at the most elite Atlanta privates attend OOS and they aren’t going to Alabama…they are almost exclusively going to points north which includes UVA, Duke but also tons going to Ivy schools and gasp…even SLACs in New England.

Can you explain why you're so triggered by this thread that you're apparently cyber stalking the college matriculation list of a random private school in Atlanta on a Saturday morning? 88% sounds abnormally high but it doesn't really mean anything in the context of this thread. Unsure of the prep school you're probing but most of the kids possibly grew up out of state. Atlanta has a lot of wealthy job hopping CEOs; those kids could be boomeranging back home and/or to mom or dad's alma mater as legacies. Two, likely a lot of student-athletes. Three, if you're rich and don't want to go to UGA, Tech or Emory, you can afford to go anywhere. I safely assume the most elite private high school in Kentucky, Ohio or Indiana also have an extremely high out of state college list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why the southern kids from the wealthiest private schools all go to college OOS…if in fact they are supposedly at schools like Alabama? Alabama needs to throw money at OOS kids to get them to attend which is why it’s 60% OOS.

Heck, UGA is 80% in state but 88% of the kids at the most elite Atlanta privates attend OOS and they aren’t going to Alabama…they are almost exclusively going to points north which includes UVA, Duke but also tons going to Ivy schools and gasp…even SLACs in New England.

Can you explain why you're so triggered by this thread that you're apparently cyber stalking the college matriculation list of a random private school in Atlanta on a Saturday morning? 88% sounds abnormally high but it doesn't really mean anything in the context of this thread. Unsure of the prep school you're probing but most of the kids possibly grew up out of state. Atlanta has a lot of wealthy job hopping CEOs; those kids could be boomeranging back home and/or to mom or dad's alma mater as legacies. Two, likely a lot of student-athletes. Three, if you're rich and don't want to go to UGA, Tech or Emory, you can afford to go anywhere. I safely assume the most elite private high school in Kentucky, Ohio or Indiana also have an extremely high out of state college list.

DP. Triggered seems to be the word of the moment for any actual response with support that you don’t like, I guess.

Why are so triggered you bothered to look data up to support your point!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a tidal wave of kids from our wealthy full pay NE suburb going to SEC schools. Not too many interested in Vasser, Swarthmore, Smith be or Mt Holyoke.

So why are schools like UConn, UMass, NYU, BU, BC, every Ivy, Pitt, Penn State, UMD et al more popular than ever. Are all the southerners heading North?

Every large college is receiving more apps than ever because the borders are wide open, anyone in the world can apply, and small and mid-sized colleges are all dying.

Bottom line is y'all really can't cope with the fact that the South is booming and smart northern / mid-Atlantic / west coast teens are seeking out the traditional Southern conservative ethos. Because TikTok and other social media is making these colleges look amazing compared to the cold, bad weather, parkas, and far left miserable ethos they see on the same social media at New England and other northern universities.

The linked video is from Arizona State - not a southern school.

Whether sorority girls dancing is amazing or appalling to you is not a North-South thing. You will find this in the midwest, the south, the mountain west, the southwest, the west coast.

The biggest change is social media and the need or desire to be performative for the camera all the damn time. I don't think it's generally healthy, but if a group of young people want to make a production of it, go for it. I don't think 50 year old parents intuitively understand the realities of 20 year olds today. I'm sure this little video has a gazillion views, and that's a win for these students.

And look, outside the Ivies and the Boston schools, New England is incredibly unappealing for most young people today. And the fuddy-duddies saying they would never, my word, how crass, shall clutch the pearls, is a big reason why New England is not a desirable place to go college. New England is far, far more socially conservative than any other part of the country. Some little vid of sorority girls doing a thing in Arizona should not be a thing. But the northeast people clearly have issues with it. Just... go milk the cows and tighten the bonnet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why the southern kids from the wealthiest private schools all go to college OOS…if in fact they are supposedly at schools like Alabama? Alabama needs to throw money at OOS kids to get them to attend which is why it’s 60% OOS.

Heck, UGA is 80% in state but 88% of the kids at the most elite Atlanta privates attend OOS and they aren’t going to Alabama…they are almost exclusively going to points north which includes UVA, Duke but also tons going to Ivy schools and gasp…even SLACs in New England.

Can you explain why you're so triggered by this thread that you're apparently cyber stalking the college matriculation list of a random private school in Atlanta on a Saturday morning? 88% sounds abnormally high but it doesn't really mean anything in the context of this thread. Unsure of the prep school you're probing but most of the kids possibly grew up out of state. Atlanta has a lot of wealthy job hopping CEOs; those kids could be boomeranging back home and/or to mom or dad's alma mater as legacies. Two, likely a lot of student-athletes. Three, if you're rich and don't want to go to UGA, Tech or Emory, you can afford to go anywhere. I safely assume the most elite private high school in Kentucky, Ohio or Indiana also have an extremely high out of state college list.

It doesn’t? I thought U Alabama was filled with wealthy kids from Alabama?

Based on your logic…you agree it isn’t.

Everyone keeps claiming these are really wealthy kids that are the elite in Alabama…but it seems like that isn’t the case at all because the really wealthy families don’t send their kid to a mediocre in state school if as you say would be the same in Kentucky or Ohio or Indiana and they have the ability to go anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a tidal wave of kids from our wealthy full pay NE suburb going to SEC schools. Not too many interested in Vasser, Swarthmore, Smith be or Mt Holyoke.

So why are schools like UConn, UMass, NYU, BU, BC, every Ivy, Pitt, Penn State, UMD et al more popular than ever. Are all the southerners heading North?

Every large college is receiving more apps than ever because the borders are wide open, anyone in the world can apply, and small and mid-sized colleges are all dying.

Bottom line is y'all really can't cope with the fact that the South is booming and smart northern / mid-Atlantic / west coast teens are seeking out the traditional Southern conservative ethos. Because TikTok and other social media is making these colleges look amazing compared to the cold, bad weather, parkas, and far left miserable ethos they see on the same social media at New England and other northern universities.

The linked video is from Arizona State - not a southern school.

Whether sorority girls dancing is amazing or appalling to you is not a North-South thing. You will find this in the midwest, the south, the mountain west, the southwest, the west coast.

The biggest change is social media and the need or desire to be performative for the camera all the damn time. I don't think it's generally healthy, but if a group of young people want to make a production of it, go for it. I don't think 50 year old parents intuitively understand the realities of 20 year olds today. I'm sure this little video has a gazillion views, and that's a win for these students.

And look, outside the Ivies and the Boston schools, New England is incredibly unappealing for most young people today. And the fuddy-duddies saying they would never, my word, how crass, shall clutch the pearls, is a big reason why New England is not a desirable place to go college. New England is far, far more socially conservative than any other part of the country. Some little vid of sorority girls doing a thing in Arizona should not be a thing. But the northeast people clearly have issues with it. Just... go milk the cows and tighten the bonnet.

The University of Maine isn’t appealing but every top ranked school in New England as well as UConn and UMass are quite appealing. Applications to UConn are at record levels and 36% higher than two years ago. Applications to Bowdoin are at an all time record.

People seem to think this is localized but it isn’t and it’s really based on overall rank. The top 150 schools anywhere are sucking up the applications to the exclusion of all other schools everywhere.

[Anonymous]

If Greek life is so appealing, why do they have to make these videos to drive recruitment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Greek life is so appealing, why do they have to make these videos to drive recruitment?

They want to entice the “best” new students pledging and then it’s all about having the “best” reputation on campus as a top sorority with the prettiest girls.