$24k for rush at Alabama??!!

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Anonymous wrote:i didn't read the article, but i can assure you it is exaggerated.

I didn’t read article either, but I’m sure that’s it!

We pay $20k a year for room and
Board at my kids school. These kids are paying for a private room in a sorority house, a private chef, and party venues! $20k could be seen as a bargain.

And they can afford it. These are kids and grandkids of old money! Their parents are in construction, real estate, banking, farming, oil, cable companies, software, textiles, etc. these kids are living their best lives! And the beauty is they don’t envy any of the rat race we are running. We can have our ivys and USNWR rankings

Sorry, I know it's not nice of me, but I look down on such people. And no, I don't call that Old Money.

Old Money in the South and North go way back, even before the Revolution in some cases, tied together by . . . slavery, of course, so it is difficult to be too judgmental: http://slavenorth.com/profits.htm

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Anonymous wrote:People who have never lived in the South might snicker at this, but this is a very smart investment, certainly a better one than spending $50k a year for a private or out of state school outside of the T30 or so.

The Greek system in the SEC, particularly in the Deep South states, is one of the most lucrative networks you can plug into. Joining a top-tier sorority at Alabama puts you at the front of the line to date and potentially marry the fraternity men who will be running the banks, law firms, and investment firms in 5-10 years in cities like Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, etc.

Just take a drive from one of those cities to 30A one Friday afternoon. You'll find yourself in a caravan of Bimmers and Cybertrucks occupied by young, attractive, successful couples and their well-behaved children. These were the fraternity men and sorority dimes of top-tier SEC houses in the 2010s, and the kids will likely pledge the same house in the 2030s.

It's a swanky and rarefied world, and becoming a part of it often starts on bid night freshman year.

You are describing such a small and inconsequential life. The richest person in all of Alabama doesn’t even make the top 1000 in the US…there are literally 20 kids younger than 30 from top 20 schools that are worth more than that guy and he’s the richest.

Why would someone want to go to Alabama, go through all this just to end up at the “best investment firm in Mobile, Birmingham or Montgomery” when they could pick any number of schools and end up at Goldman or Blackstone or any number of firms in NYC that are literally a 1000x bigger.

NP. What the PP describes is not my world at all, but I have family members who fit this mold and a kid who goes to a swanky sleepaway camp in the South, so I’m familiar. It’s a pretty sweet life for them. They have everything they want and need. No interest whatsoever in NYC firms or where they fall on some list of richest people. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.

You are confusing “no interest” with “this is my ceiling and I accept it”.

What’s there to get? That the best they know they can ever do is to work for an investment firm in Birmingham? I don’t think they believe they have any chance of working for even a top investment firm in Atlanta or Dallas not to mention NYC.

Not even work for an investment firm in Birmingham! *Marry* someone who works for an investment firm in Birmingham!

I think people in Birmingham can and generally do have very nice lives and don’t subscribe to the view some have expressed on here that there are only a handful of major cities where one can live a life worth living. But boy was that early post a pretty bleak way of describing women’s path specifically.

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Anonymous wrote:People who have never lived in the South might snicker at this, but this is a very smart investment, certainly a better one than spending $50k a year for a private or out of state school outside of the T30 or so.

The Greek system in the SEC, particularly in the Deep South states, is one of the most lucrative networks you can plug into. Joining a top-tier sorority at Alabama puts you at the front of the line to date and potentially marry the fraternity men who will be running the banks, law firms, and investment firms in 5-10 years in cities like Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, etc.

Just take a drive from one of those cities to 30A one Friday afternoon. You'll find yourself in a caravan of Bimmers and Cybertrucks occupied by young, attractive, successful couples and their well-behaved children. These were the fraternity men and sorority dimes of top-tier SEC houses in the 2010s, and the kids will likely pledge the same house in the 2030s.

It's a swanky and rarefied world, and becoming a part of it often starts on bid night freshman year.

You are describing such a small and inconsequential life. The richest person in all of Alabama doesn’t even make the top 1000 in the US…there are literally 20 kids younger than 30 from top 20 schools that are worth more than that guy and he’s the richest.

Why would someone want to go to Alabama, go through all this just to end up at the “best investment firm in Mobile, Birmingham or Montgomery” when they could pick any number of schools and end up at Goldman or Blackstone or any number of firms in NYC that are literally a 1000x bigger.

NP. What the PP describes is not my world at all, but I have family members who fit this mold and a kid who goes to a swanky sleepaway camp in the South, so I’m familiar. It’s a pretty sweet life for them. They have everything they want and need. No interest whatsoever in NYC firms or where they fall on some list of richest people. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.

You are confusing “no interest” with “this is my ceiling and I accept it”.

What’s there to get? That the best they know they can ever do is to work for an investment firm in Birmingham? I don’t think they believe they have any chance of working for even a top investment firm in Atlanta or Dallas not to mention NYC.

But they’re doing that and living in a nicer house than you are probably. What’s there to want for? When the list of addresses comes home from my kid’s camp, it is always fascinating to see all these $2M houses in the Deep South. They’re doing just fine.

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Just because we’re not familiar with something doesn’t make it bad.

Amen.

And also, to the PP who said, "If you don't get it, you don't get it." Amen.

Grew up in the South. Went to school in the South.

A lot of my friends live insanely happy lives and we're up here stressing about how high property taxes are and working 80+ hours a week. Does make you wonder sometimes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who have never lived in the South might snicker at this, but this is a very smart investment, certainly a better one than spending $50k a year for a private or out of state school outside of the T30 or so.

The Greek system in the SEC, particularly in the Deep South states, is one of the most lucrative networks you can plug into. Joining a top-tier sorority at Alabama puts you at the front of the line to date and potentially marry the fraternity men who will be running the banks, law firms, and investment firms in 5-10 years in cities like Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, etc.

Just take a drive from one of those cities to 30A one Friday afternoon. You'll find yourself in a caravan of Bimmers and Cybertrucks occupied by young, attractive, successful couples and their well-behaved children. These were the fraternity men and sorority dimes of top-tier SEC houses in the 2010s, and the kids will likely pledge the same house in the 2030s.

It's a swanky and rarefied world, and becoming a part of it often starts on bid night freshman year.

You are describing such a small and inconsequential life. The richest person in all of Alabama doesn’t even make the top 1000 in the US…there are literally 20 kids younger than 30 from top 20 schools that are worth more than that guy and he’s the richest.

Why would someone want to go to Alabama, go through all this just to end up at the “best investment firm in Mobile, Birmingham or Montgomery” when they could pick any number of schools and end up at Goldman or Blackstone or any number of firms in NYC that are literally a 1000x bigger.

NP. What the PP describes is not my world at all, but I have family members who fit this mold and a kid who goes to a swanky sleepaway camp in the South, so I’m familiar. It’s a pretty sweet life for them. They have everything they want and need. No interest whatsoever in NYC firms or where they fall on some list of richest people. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.

You are confusing “no interest” with “this is my ceiling and I accept it”.

What’s there to get? That the best they know they can ever do is to work for an investment firm in Birmingham? I don’t think they believe they have any chance of working for even a top investment firm in Atlanta or Dallas not to mention NYC.

But they’re doing that and living in a nicer house than you are probably. What’s there to want for? When the list of addresses comes home from my kid’s camp, it is always fascinating to see all these $2M houses in the Deep South. They’re doing just fine.

I’m not really getting your point. What’s a nicer house…my $4MM house in CC or someone’s $2MM house in Birmingham…I mean the price difference tells you which is nicer because a house matters based on its location. Clearly fewer people in general want to live in Birmingham nor is there the opportunity that exists again in cities like Atlanta or Dallas or even Charlotte or DC.

I might say my house is nicer than a 2000 sq ft apartment in NYC at but the fact that apartment sells for $10MM+ at One57 pretty much tells me it isn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Coming from the right families.

That. Right there. That’s what’s wrong.

But it's fine when it's kids from NY getting into Ivies.

[Anonymous]

To all of you that didn't read:

$375 fee to Rush
$180 to Move in early (for On Campus housing)

Any sorority anywhere in any state is going to have Initiation Fees, New Member Fees, etc. and they list that at roughly $5K.

The remaining money is based on bloggers who assign values to the clothes and jewelry some of the girls are wearing.

So, to participate in Rush it's less than $600 and then when you join, you have to pay fees. I'd bet at the University of Kansas or USC these fees are pretty similar.

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Anonymous wrote:What even is 30A???

State highway 30A along the beaches of the central panhandle of Florida. Disneyland-like planned communities that have popped up over the last 30 years. There are about 10, specifically between Santa Rosa Beach and Rosemary Beach. Big destination for UMC families from the south and Texas. Sort of like the Hamptons but more family friendly, less sophisticated, more manufactured, and more MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coming from the right families.

That. Right there. That’s what’s wrong.

But it's fine when it's kids from NY getting into Ivies.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who have never lived in the South might snicker at this, but this is a very smart investment, certainly a better one than spending $50k a year for a private or out of state school outside of the T30 or so.

The Greek system in the SEC, particularly in the Deep South states, is one of the most lucrative networks you can plug into. Joining a top-tier sorority at Alabama puts you at the front of the line to date and potentially marry the fraternity men who will be running the banks, law firms, and investment firms in 5-10 years in cities like Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, etc.

Just take a drive from one of those cities to 30A one Friday afternoon. You'll find yourself in a caravan of Bimmers and Cybertrucks occupied by young, attractive, successful couples and their well-behaved children. These were the fraternity men and sorority dimes of top-tier SEC houses in the 2010s, and the kids will likely pledge the same house in the 2030s.

It's a swanky and rarefied world, and becoming a part of it often starts on bid night freshman year.

Well, you don't want to miss out on the swanky and rarefied world of marriage to a frat bro in the deep South.

Literally: their “pinnacle” of success is to marry a bana frat boy? Nah I’m good. That’s my nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coming from the right families.

That. Right there. That’s what’s wrong.

But it's fine when it's kids from NY getting into Ivies.

Who said that was fine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a big, beautiful world out there, ladies. Please don't settle for rushing sororities in Alabama.

+1

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Pay 95K a year to go to Smith.

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I'm still cracking up about someone using a Cybertruck as a flex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who have never lived in the South might snicker at this, but this is a very smart investment, certainly a better one than spending $50k a year for a private or out of state school outside of the T30 or so.

The Greek system in the SEC, particularly in the Deep South states, is one of the most lucrative networks you can plug into. Joining a top-tier sorority at Alabama puts you at the front of the line to date and potentially marry the fraternity men who will be running the banks, law firms, and investment firms in 5-10 years in cities like Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, etc.

Just take a drive from one of those cities to 30A one Friday afternoon. You'll find yourself in a caravan of Bimmers and Cybertrucks occupied by young, attractive, successful couples and their well-behaved children. These were the fraternity men and sorority dimes of top-tier SEC houses in the 2010s, and the kids will likely pledge the same house in the 2030s.

It's a swanky and rarefied world, and becoming a part of it often starts on bid night freshman year.

Well, you don't want to miss out on the swanky and rarefied world of marriage to a frat bro in the deep South.

😂 my thought exactly.

I can't think of a life I would hate more actually.