UVA rush

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid goes to school in the South, it's a fraternity, not a frat.

At UVa, some people will call them frats, but people in the theoretically-'top-tier' fraternities and sororities (which have a bunch of Southern UMC) will call them fraternities.

It's not consciously judgmental, but it's a standard usage thing. "Frat@ sounds wrong to people in the South in the same way that bad verb conjugation sounds off.

They prefer to use the term ‘fraternity’ in the north also; think it may be more the non-Greek kids (and parents) who call the, frats; won’t post here the analogy they use when correcting someone to call it a ‘fraternity’ not a ‘frat’

LOL, it's definitely an interesting one. IYKYK

Hmm I am from the north and also use fraternity and sorority.

Post was referencing the analogy people use to highlight why you don’t call it “frat” and fraternity is the appropriate word. It’s quite comical but not for sensitive ears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait to you hear what the business frat at uva got in trouble for a couple years ago….

https://studentaffairs.virginia.edu/subsite/hoos-against-hazing/reports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid goes to school in the South, it's a fraternity, not a frat.

At UVa, some people will call them frats, but people in the theoretically-'top-tier' fraternities and sororities (which have a bunch of Southern UMC) will call them fraternities.

It's not consciously judgmental, but it's a standard usage thing. "Frat@ sounds wrong to people in the South in the same way that bad verb conjugation sounds off.

They prefer to use the term ‘fraternity’ in the north also; think it may be more the non-Greek kids (and parents) who call the, frats; won’t post here the analogy they use when correcting someone to call it a ‘fraternity’ not a ‘frat’

+1

At H-SC in the '90s we were told 'you wouldn't call your country a c.u.n.t, so don't call your fraternity a frat.'

[Anonymous]

frat frat frat frat fart frat frat frat

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait to you hear what the business frat at uva got in trouble for a couple years ago….

https://studentaffairs.virginia.edu/subsite/hoos-against-hazing/reports

They sound like such a bright bunch! /s.

[Anonymous]

God I hate greek life.

I was glad to go to a large state school where it didn't matter.

[Anonymous]

For all that want to avoid Greek Life or I guess, also, those who want it ... look up The Common Data Set on the university to see the official figures. Well under 30% is what you should look if you don't like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait to you hear what the business frat at uva got in trouble for a couple years ago….

https://studentaffairs.virginia.edu/subsite/hoos-against-hazing/reports

They sound like such a bright bunch! /s.

+1
What a bunch of absolute dopes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God I hate greek life.

I was glad to go to a large state school where it didn't matter.

+100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Get used to it. There are always people who won’t say publicly but they think of the Greek houses in tiers. I believe there’s a website that even ranks them by school.

From my uva days, the top sororities were kkg, tri delt, theta, and pi phi. Doubt it’s changed much. Fraternities had a similar pecking order.

How (and why) do you remember that!

I’m pretty sure anyone who went to a Greek dominated school would remember these details. I certainly remember that that top sororities at wake forest in 1999 were KKG, Chi O and Pi Phi. It’s not an insignificant detail of college if you go to a big greek school.

Ha, I was at Wake then! (I graduated in 2001). I'd add Tri Delt to that list. (I wasn't a Tri Delt, by the way).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Get used to it. There are always people who won’t say publicly but they think of the Greek houses in tiers. I believe there’s a website that even ranks them by school.

From my uva days, the top sororities were kkg, tri delt, theta, and pi phi. Doubt it’s changed much. Fraternities had a similar pecking order.

How (and why) do you remember that!

I’m pretty sure anyone who went to a Greek dominated school would remember these details. I certainly remember that that top sororities at wake forest in 1999 were KKG, Chi O and Pi Phi. It’s not an insignificant detail of college if you go to a big greek school.

It’s interesting because Chi O is lowest tier at both UVa and VT

the "ranks" are different at every school. Kappa is top at UVA and bottom at another school which I can't recall right now LOL. Chi O is a very southern sorority, founded at U Arkansas, and tends to better in the south where there is a lot of cache to being a Chi O and legacies going back generations.

Theta is strong nationwide but disbanded at my school. Same with DZ.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The smartest kids of all are those who don't rush in the first place and find other things to do with their time.

Sorry you didn’t get a bid.

Considering I chose a school deliberately with no Greek system, that's a-ok with me! My own kid is smart enough not to bother with rush at their school. Sorry yours isn't.

The only point you're making here is that you're an a$$hole.

-NP

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Anonymous wrote:This whole thread makes me question whether UVA will be a decent fit for my senior (who applied EA so maybe won't even have to visit and assess whether they would fit/thrive there.)

It's not a good fit for my daughter who's a first year.

Can you explain why? And where she went to high school? My twin girls (at a private in VA, but not in NoVA) just started getting really interested in UVA. I went to a smaller private school in the south and was in a sorority although I'm anything but "the type" and I had a wonderful experience. I looked at UVA back when I was applying but it was too big for me.

[Anonymous]

Is this the UVA secret societies you're talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this the UVA secret societies you're talking about?

No. It’s about sorority and fraternity rush.