Sorority Rush: THIS ISN’T DUBAI; IT’S TUSCALOOSA Whose daddy is paying for all this?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any thoughts, other than that the whole thing is vaguely depressing.

My understanding is that many of these young ladies view college as more of a social, getting a MRS degree experience than as an educational experience.

Many universities have Greek systems that demand resumes which show academic achievement in addition to community service and the sororities are serious about overall academic GPA for their house.

I was in a sorority at a big Greek SEC school. Our sororities always had much higher academic scores than the rest of the school. We were counseled if our GPA went below 3.5 and you got kicked out if it went below 3.0. Below 3.5 there was mandatory tutoring and you’d miss out on socials.

Yes, but with all due respect, what was the major of 99% of these women? Not a lot of premeds and engineers in the bunch, in my experience.

Lots of premeds and prelaw and preMBA at mine.
Not many engineers back in the 90s.

Lots of the same at my SEC school. I’m a lawyer as are many of my sorority sisters. I can also think of quite a few in healthcare (doctors, PAs, nurses with advanced degrees). My school has a solid engineering program so plenty of those as well.

Everyone should stop getting their info from Legally Blonde. These sororities are massive and have a big mix of majors.

Same at my BIG10.
A lot of lawyers (me too!)

Did you spend $$$$ for OOTD (outfit of the day)?

lol. Absolutely not. I didn’t buy anything new for rush. I just looked like a more polished version of my regular self.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any thoughts, other than that the whole thing is vaguely depressing.

My understanding is that many of these young ladies view college as more of a social, getting a MRS degree experience than as an educational experience.

Many universities have Greek systems that demand resumes which show academic achievement in addition to community service and the sororities are serious about overall academic GPA for their house.

I was in a sorority at a big Greek SEC school. Our sororities always had much higher academic scores than the rest of the school. We were counseled if our GPA went below 3.5 and you got kicked out if it went below 3.0. Below 3.5 there was mandatory tutoring and you’d miss out on socials.

Yes, but with all due respect, what was the major of 99% of these women? Not a lot of premeds and engineers in the bunch, in my experience.

Lots of premeds and prelaw and preMBA at mine.
Not many engineers back in the 90s.

Lots of the same at my SEC school. I’m a lawyer as are many of my sorority sisters. I can also think of quite a few in healthcare (doctors, PAs, nurses with advanced degrees). My school has a solid engineering program so plenty of those as well.

Everyone should stop getting their info from Legally Blonde. These sororities are massive and have a big mix of majors.

Same at my BIG10.
A lot of lawyers (me too!)

Did you spend $$$$ for OOTD (outfit of the day)?

I don't even know what that is.
No. We did not.

NP. I did! 2008 I remember I had a new Lilly Pulitzer dress every day. Plus I was tanned, had my nails done, highlights in my hair, and had toned up in the gym all summer. I had a new Louis Vuitton bag. I'd also gone to an etiquette class to work on conversations (this actually has been very helpful for my entire life) and had letters of recommendation to my favorite sororities.

I spent a crazy amount of money on clothes that summer. Plus I had a white dress for rituals and I had a black dress too (I don't remember what that was for).

You rushed a sorority in 2008?? How old are you? Why are you on the DCUM College and University discussion board? (Safe to assume you don’t have kids in or about to apply to college???)

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any thoughts, other than that the whole thing is vaguely depressing.

My understanding is that many of these young ladies view college as more of a social, getting a MRS degree experience than as an educational experience.

Many universities have Greek systems that demand resumes which show academic achievement in addition to community service and the sororities are serious about overall academic GPA for their house.

I was in a sorority at a big Greek SEC school. Our sororities always had much higher academic scores than the rest of the school. We were counseled if our GPA went below 3.5 and you got kicked out if it went below 3.0. Below 3.5 there was mandatory tutoring and you’d miss out on socials.

Yes, but with all due respect, what was the major of 99% of these women? Not a lot of premeds and engineers in the bunch, in my experience.

T10 school sorority here. Tons of premeds, engineers (all kinds), future BigLaw lawyers, multiple future PhDs, and a lot of Econ majors who went into IB/consulting (many who later transitioned to nonprofit leadership).

We were a brainy bunch. As were the women in the 8-10 other sororities on campus. And the non-sorority women on campus.

Sorority does not mean stupid or professional unambitious. Obviously.

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Anonymous wrote:My son played baseball at a SEC school in 2010s. He had a girlfriend for his first two years in college. They met in class; she was his lab partner. They broke-up at the start of their junior year, as she was was doing study abroad and they thought it would be too difficult to maintain the relationship. During my son's junior year, he was single and also drafted (*later rounds) by a MLB team. Several sorority women became very interested in him. He did some dating but he found that it was too intense and one person he dated for a couple of months started talking about marriage.

He is somewhat of an introvert and some of the social aspects of dating someone in a sorority wasn't for him. He felt he was on display at times. His senior year, he took a break from dating. He suffered a serious injury during training in the summer and spent the fall focusing on recovery and preparing for the MCATs. His baseball career was pretty much over.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any thoughts, other than that the whole thing is vaguely depressing.

My understanding is that many of these young ladies view college as more of a social, getting a MRS degree experience than as an educational experience.

Many universities have Greek systems that demand resumes which show academic achievement in addition to community service and the sororities are serious about overall academic GPA for their house.

I was in a sorority at a big Greek SEC school. Our sororities always had much higher academic scores than the rest of the school. We were counseled if our GPA went below 3.5 and you got kicked out if it went below 3.0. Below 3.5 there was mandatory tutoring and you’d miss out on socials.

Yes, but with all due respect, what was the major of 99% of these women? Not a lot of premeds and engineers in the bunch, in my experience.

T10 school sorority here. Tons of premeds, engineers (all kinds), future BigLaw lawyers, multiple future PhDs, and a lot of Econ majors who went into IB/consulting (many who later transitioned to nonprofit leadership).

We were a brainy bunch. As were the women in the 8-10 other sororities on campus. And the non-sorority women on campus.

Sorority does not mean stupid or professional unambitious. Obviously.

Same. There are as many variations of "sorority woman" as there are women. I support young women in college sororities! In their pursuits of academics, fun, friendship, freedom, and whomever they want to date or marry. Live large ladies and ignore the haters.

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Anonymous wrote:It just goes to show: America loves money, cocaine and smoking hot sorority girls.

And you won't find any of those at Bryn Mawr.

Bryn mawr has only VERY RECENTLY been anything but a place to get an MRS degree. As recently as the 1970s, graduates were expected to use their education to marry well. Don't kid yourself.

You can be well groomed and social AND BE smart/successful/ambitious. They aren't mutually exclusive. You are just narrow minded.

Did you learn about third wave feminism at bryn mawr?

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Anonymous wrote:I also was in a sorority at a top 10 private school. I loved it. All of it. I am now a biglaw partner.

Don’t make women have to choose. Don’t make assumptions. Don’t pigeon hole them.

Agreed. True feminism is supporting women in all of their choices. I loved my sorority years. I still remember what I wore for rush every single day. My parents were pretty wealthy but I purchased it all myself from my summer internship money.

I rushed in the 90s at a SEC school and also remember my outfits for each day of rush and remember shopping with my mom the weeks before rush started. One of my best friends today is someone I met in my rush group over 30 years ago. I also remember what she was wearing when we met (and the fact that she had on bright red lipstick) because I admired her style. And I still admire her style today!

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Anonymous wrote:It just goes to show: America loves money, cocaine and smoking hot sorority girls.

And you won't find any of those at Bryn Mawr.

Bryn mawr has only VERY RECENTLY been anything but a place to get an MRS degree. As recently as the 1970s, graduates were expected to use their education to marry well. Don't kid yourself.

You can be well groomed and social AND BE smart/successful/ambitious. They aren't mutually exclusive. You are just narrow minded.

Did you learn about third wave feminism at bryn mawr?

Recently??? That was 50 years ago. Almost two generations in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any thoughts, other than that the whole thing is vaguely depressing.

My understanding is that many of these young ladies view college as more of a social, getting a MRS degree experience than as an educational experience.

Many universities have Greek systems that demand resumes which show academic achievement in addition to community service and the sororities are serious about overall academic GPA for their house.

This is a cope. These elbowy girls are doing it all. They have straight As, are gunning for the c-suite, law or medical school, AND lock up a husband.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read the article, but the wealth at Alabama is shocking - families with private planes, kids with Porsches, etc.

Why is it shocking? Because the underlying assumption is that rich people should go somewhere else? Or that you're shocked to know that everyone in Alabama isn't a dirt poor hick?

More than the outfits these girls are wearing are akin to large homes in the DMV mortgages. Like 5-10k. Its OBSCENE. Again, not the location but the obvious wealth disparity we have in this coutry. But I am sure all those kids believe they get hired or their future husbands will get hired because of merit, and not connections.

Look at your neighbors forking over tens or thousands for private schools. What do you think the point of that is? Surely they are driving past crumbling schools to get to their private bubble. Do you ignore what's in front of your own eyes? Everyone uses connections, you're a liar if you say you don't.

You cannot be attempting to compare Sorority Rush and spending $5-10K on outfits/etc with sending your kid to a private school!

PP makes an interesting point. They are actually the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read the article, but the wealth at Alabama is shocking - families with private planes, kids with Porsches, etc.

Why is it shocking? Because the underlying assumption is that rich people should go somewhere else? Or that you're shocked to know that everyone in Alabama isn't a dirt poor hick?

Alabama is dirt poor hick.

Last in the nation for education and feeding kids. Elected moron Tommy and child sexual abuser Roy Moore.

Historically, the state has been prone to political corruption, with convictions or forced resignations of governors, a speaker of the house, and a chief justice in the past few decades. In 2017, Governor Robert Bentley resigned and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor campaign finance violations to avoid impeachment.
The scandal revolved around his extramarital affair with his senior political adviser, which he was accused of attempting to cover up using state and campaign resources.n 1993, Alabama's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Guy Hunt, was convicted on ethics charges and forced to resign.
He was found guilty of illegally using state money for personal use, including his inaugural fund.

Alabama land of stupids continually voting in trash that lies, are criminals and keeps you stupid

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Anonymous wrote:My son played baseball at a SEC school in 2010s. He had a girlfriend for his first two years in college. They met in class; she was his lab partner. They broke-up at the start of their junior year, as she was was doing study abroad and they thought it would be too difficult to maintain the relationship. During my son's junior year, he was single and also drafted (*later rounds) by a MLB team. Several sorority women became very interested in him. He did some dating but he found that it was too intense and one person he dated for a couple of months started talking about marriage.

He is somewhat of an introvert and some of the social aspects of dating someone in a sorority wasn't for him. He felt he was on display at times. His senior year, he took a break from dating. He suffered a serious injury during training in the summer and spent the fall focusing on recovery and preparing for the MCATs. His baseball career was pretty much over.

Ma’am this is a Wendy’s

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any thoughts, other than that the whole thing is vaguely depressing.

My understanding is that many of these young ladies view college as more of a social, getting a MRS degree experience than as an educational experience.

Many universities have Greek systems that demand resumes which show academic achievement in addition to community service and the sororities are serious about overall academic GPA for their house.

This is a cope. These elbowy girls are doing it all. They have straight As, are gunning for the c-suite, law or medical school, AND lock up a husband.

Show me how many Bama showgirls, I mean, sorority girls are C-suite today of a Fortune 500 of fortune 1000….just wondering…
I get the lock up a husband part…

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read the article, but the wealth at Alabama is shocking - families with private planes, kids with Porsches, etc.

Why is it shocking? Because the underlying assumption is that rich people should go somewhere else? Or that you're shocked to know that everyone in Alabama isn't a dirt poor hick?

Alabama is dirt poor hick.

Last in the nation for education and feeding kids. Elected moron Tommy and child sexual abuser Roy Moore.

Historically, the state has been prone to political corruption, with convictions or forced resignations of governors, a speaker of the house, and a chief justice in the past few decades. In 2017, Governor Robert Bentley resigned and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor campaign finance violations to avoid impeachment.
The scandal revolved around his extramarital affair with his senior political adviser, which he was accused of attempting to cover up using state and campaign resources.n 1993, Alabama's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Guy Hunt, was convicted on ethics charges and forced to resign.
He was found guilty of illegally using state money for personal use, including his inaugural fund.

Alabama land of stupids continually voting in trash that lies, are criminals and keeps you stupid

Alabama is flyover/ MAGA country, like the rest of the South.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have any thoughts, other than that the whole thing is vaguely depressing.

My understanding is that many of these young ladies view college as more of a social, getting a MRS degree experience than as an educational experience.

Many universities have Greek systems that demand resumes which show academic achievement in addition to community service and the sororities are serious about overall academic GPA for their house.

This is a cope. These elbowy girls are doing it all. They have straight As, are gunning for the c-suite, law or medical school, AND lock up a husband.

Show me how many Bama showgirls, I mean, sorority girls are C-suite today of a Fortune 500 of fortune 1000….just wondering…
I get the lock up a husband part…

It's not a fair measure, 1. Still, most CEOs are male 2. Bama doesn't generate many, if any, CEOs make or female.
They do what they do very well, and many are very successful in their lane.
You can't measure apples against potatoes.