How difficult is it to get into a sorority at a Big 10, SEC or ACC?

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Anonymous wrote:Not much has changed over the years with “elite” at say, UIUC or UVA, it’s always Theta, usually the best-looking, most connected (VIP parents), and wealthiest. If you look at old yearbooks it’s eerily the same look

UIUC? The one in Illinois? That is a total nerd school.

Uh, there are other majors there besides CS and Engineering. It’s a cultural mashup of wealthy Chicago suburbanites, some city kids, rural kids, internationals, OOS, and benighted Berwynites-Ciceroites-Waukeganites-Peorians

This is a very accurate description of University of Illinois. A great school, but also why despite being heavily recruited by the school for athletics it held no interest. Just not a fit. My high school friends who went there put a lot of emphasis on sororities, and some made lifelong friendships. Although the greek scene is not my cup of tea, at a school like Illinois one obtains a friend network which can extend beyond college years, so I can see the attraction.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep this in mind when you say "pretty" - a mid-Atlantic/NE 10 is an SEC 6.
I'm a native of one of these Deep South states and my DC friends have no idea. Southern "pretty" is an entirely different level. For the top houses You have to be southern gorgeous, rich, nice, AND well connected to current members. Being a legacy helps, but isn't enough.

This is one of the reasons I didn't go to my state flagship, my mother and aunts didn't have any sorority affiliations. Without a legacy hook I never would have made it into a sorority.

What is “southern pretty”? I went to an SEC school and honestly don’t understand what this type of pretty is. More made up - sure. But not generally fitter or with prettier features. Of course I am female and also probably not considered pretty in the mid Atlantic, NE, or the south so maybe I have no clue.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep this in mind when you say "pretty" - a mid-Atlantic/NE 10 is an SEC 6.
I'm a native of one of these Deep South states and my DC friends have no idea. Southern "pretty" is an entirely different level. For the top houses You have to be southern gorgeous, rich, nice, AND well connected to current members. Being a legacy helps, but isn't enough.

This is one of the reasons I didn't go to my state flagship, my mother and aunts didn't have any sorority affiliations. Without a legacy hook I never would have made it into a sorority.

What is “southern pretty”? I went to an SEC school and honestly don’t understand what this type of pretty is. More made up - sure. But not generally fitter or with prettier features. Of course I am female and also probably not considered pretty in the mid Atlantic, NE, or the south so maybe I have no clue.

DP but it’s not at all about features. It’s just ultra feminine. Bright colors, dresses, wedges, “so cute!”. It’s conforming to that sense of style. Conforming is critical to every aspect of southern social life.

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Anonymous wrote:yikes

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OP, you want this for your kid?

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Why on earth are any women perpetuating and supporting sororities - I just don’t get it.