$24k for rush at Alabama??!!

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SEC schools are extremely popular.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

nope. not even close. shared rooms, pretty much all of them.
they have cooks, but i wouldn't call them chefs. mostly nice black ladies.

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Anonymous wrote:What even is 30A???

It's the highway to hell.

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Roll tide!

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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.

What is this - the gilded age? Why do women have to aspire to marry power? Why can't they just earn and seize it for themselves? Why marry someone powerful "in the south" when you can be powerful yourself?

Also wtf wants to live in Birmingham?? I've been there and it's as dry as toast.

+1

Who wants to live in those places?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The right clothes, jewelry and makeup.

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

Why is it “wrong”? It matters to a very few girls in a very niche community. There are tons of other communities and niches out there if this particular one isn’t your thing.

If that's the priority then why go to an institution of higher education?

It's so weird that all of this takes place in that context.

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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.

Cybertrucks are not swanky.

And it’s spelled Beemer.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

you don't know what you are talking about AT ALL.

i know several alabama sorority girls who went to work for goldman sachs in NYC and dallas.

sounds like you think you know everything about everything, but, clearly, you don't.

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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.

What is this - the gilded age? Why do women have to aspire to marry power? Why can't they just earn and seize it for themselves? Why marry someone powerful "in the south" when you can be powerful yourself?

Also wtf wants to live in Birmingham?? I've been there and it's as dry as toast.

+1

Who wants to live in those places?

Those who have reached their max level professionally, I guess. Or people on their way down.
I don’t know anyone who had other viable options who wants to live there.

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Anonymous wrote:SEC schools are extremely popular.

With a certain crowd, but many more people couldn’t name a single one.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

you don't know what you are talking about AT ALL.

i know several alabama sorority girls who went to work for goldman sachs in NYC and dallas.

sounds like you think you know everything about everything, but, clearly, you don't.

I mean…working in the back office is working at Goldman, but I assure you they weren’t working as investment bankers or traders or in their PE groups.

…and no, you don’t know several working at Goldman in NY.

But it’s DCUM so you can make up anything you want.

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Honest question - if the bama sorority girl and frat bro from mobile get divorce in their early 30s are they still brother and sister?

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Not true at all! Those that can’t name a SEC are not in the in crowd and have parents who drive Teslas with the anti- Elon decal. Grad of 2 top 10 schools and the shift to SEC, Duke and Vandy is epic. The real lefties are the only ones with no interest in these southern schools . Never have seen a SEC school decal on a Tesla but loads of them on Range Rovers. Suburbans and Mercedes SUVs. There is a huge cultural divide in many full pay NE suburbs and it has definitely titled southward in our wealthy community.

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Anonymous wrote:Not true at all! Those that can’t name a SEC are not in the in crowd and have parents who drive Teslas with the anti- Elon decal. Grad of 2 top 10 schools and the shift to SEC, Duke and Vandy is epic. The real lefties are the only ones with no interest in these southern schools . Never have seen a SEC school decal on a Tesla but loads of them on Range Rovers. Suburbans and Mercedes SUVs. There is a huge cultural divide in many full pay NE suburbs and it has definitely titled southward in our wealthy community.

Once more…the stats don’t prove this out at all…but Vandy and Duke aren’t at all representative of these other schools because they are top, private schools and have always attracted more than their fair share of kids from the NE.

There are far more southern kids as a %age of NYU, BU, every Ivy, Williams and other top SLACs…basically every top school…than northerners at most SEC schools…by a large margin.

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^Not true Google any matriculation list from Midwest and Northeast suburban high schools and SEC schools are dominant. BU at 95k a year for a private school ranked in the 50s no way,