Big Greek and Football Schools: The Only Real College Experience

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Anonymous wrote:I can guarantee you my son would’ve been miserable at a Big 10 / SEC school with football and a large Greek presence. I agree that you can get a great education as one, but I’m thankful that there is a college for everyone, as not everyone shares the same likes and dislikes and idea of a good time.

My child is living his best life at a nerdy engineering school where D&D is likely to outrank watching sporting events as a good time for the majority of the student body.

Your son would rather be at a Big 10 / SEC

We’ll, he loathes ball sports, large crowds, and drinking, so he’d be avoiding all that no matter where he was. He picked a good school for him.

he sounds fun

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Anonymous wrote:How many times are going to post stuff like this? Please touch grass and heal.

+ 1. Yes. It’s very strange.

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Ok, my Ivy kid will hire your SEC sorority girl to be the firm’s receptionist and head of the party planning committee. If she’s lucky, we’ll take her out for lunch on Secretary’s Day.

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My DS attended HS football games to hang out with friends. He still doesn’t fully understand the rules and grasp what is happening on the field, kinda like me with Premier League.

He’s attending a school with no football because that wasn’t important to him.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, my Ivy kid will hire your SEC sorority girl to be the firm’s receptionist and head of the party planning committee. If she’s lucky, we’ll take her out for lunch on Secretary’s Day.

Ha ha I don’t have an SEC sorority girl, but if I did your Ivy son would want to date her and she wouldn’t be interested (or your Ivy daughter would feel frumpy and inferior standing next to her)

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Anonymous wrote:I can guarantee you my son would’ve been miserable at a Big 10 / SEC school with football and a large Greek presence. I agree that you can get a great education as one, but I’m thankful that there is a college for everyone, as not everyone shares the same likes and dislikes and idea of a good time.

My child is living his best life at a nerdy engineering school where D&D is likely to outrank watching sporting events as a good time for the majority of the student body.

Your son would rather be at a Big 10 / SEC

We’ll, he loathes ball sports, large crowds, and drinking, so he’d be avoiding all that no matter where he was. He picked a good school for him.

he sounds fun

He sure is, according to his friends! Maybe not by your definition of fun, but isn't it great that there are all sorts of schools for all sorts of people? And that what is fun for one person is not fun for everyone? A narrow definition of a real college experience doesn't serve anyone well.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we all agree to this? I mean, so much fun, so much variety, and more often than not plenty of smart kids and top academic opportunities?

Who wouldn't want to be a smart, good looking and outgoing Greek guy or girl at an SEC, Big Ten or ACC school? What a time and place to be young.

Well there's hazing which can make Greek life a non-starter for most. I know many parents believe it's not happening but here's a recent thread on it:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1290807.page;jsessionid=C20B37B4DAF647AFA391C8E780546291

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, my Ivy kid will hire your SEC sorority girl to be the firm’s receptionist and head of the party planning committee. If she’s lucky, we’ll take her out for lunch on Secretary’s Day.

Ha ha I don’t have an SEC sorority girl, but if I did your Ivy son would want to date her and she wouldn’t be interested (or your Ivy daughter would feel frumpy and inferior standing next to her)

What an awful unfair stereotype about SEC sorority girls. There are many very bright, accomplished professional women who were SEC sorority girls. They could have easily gone to one of those selective private colleges up North, that everyone on this board seems to salivate over, but they made a different choice, based upon their preferences.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I’d be ok being a grumpy not-fun student at an LAC or smaller university that doesn’t have a football team. The women at the Seven Sisters colleges seem to have good college experiences without football. Emory is another places that comes to mind.

Sure. Everybody flocks to Emory for fun times. Ok.

Read the first sentence of OP’s post. It clearly reflects OP’s individual preference. OP is not elevating one type of college experience over another. Whether it’s a big public SEC or a Seven Sisters or an Ivy or a coed SLAC or the Emorys/UChicago’s of this world, it’s up to the individual kid to mine the college experience for what it can offer. I know people who were miserable at Ivies and people who thrived at large state flasgships and vice versa.

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DS is at an SEC school and loves every minute of it. Admittedly, I regret that I did not have that kind of experience. However, my major was not offered at many places 30 years ago.
DD is more interested in SLACs. And I agree it is probably a better fit for her.
I’m glad that there are so many options available for students.

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The ACC schools seem a bit more measured and diverse. I envision you dont have to go out four out of seven days a week and there is more racial diversity, but they still have fun games and a party atmosphere on the weekend. How do they compare to SEC schools?

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Anonymous wrote:I think I’d be ok being a grumpy not-fun student at an LAC or smaller university that doesn’t have a football team. The women at the Seven Sisters colleges seem to have good college experiences without football. Emory is another places that comes to mind.

Sure. Everybody flocks to Emory for fun times. Ok.

Read the first sentence of OP’s post. It clearly reflects OP’s individual preference. OP is not elevating one type of college experience over another. Whether it’s a big public SEC or a Seven Sisters or an Ivy or a coed SLAC or the Emorys/UChicago’s of this world, it’s up to the individual kid to mine the college experience for what it can offer. I know people who were miserable at Ivies and people who thrived at large state flasgships and vice versa.

You directly disagree with the OP whose thread title says there’s only one “real” college experience and who has more than doubled down on that position over pages.

OP is a bad advertisement for the schools they are boosting.

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What's about smart, young, fun and good looking kids having a great time and getting a good education at a big state school that playing big time football?

They’re not all getting a good education.

You can say that about any school. Just as you can also say that it is very possible to get a good education at EVERY big football school. Plus have lot of fun and be cute.

Yes but generally, people who have the priority of “having a lot of fun and being cute” are the least likely to be getting any meaningful education.

There's nothing wrong with having fun and being cute.

If that is your goal at the age of 18+ and the reason you’re in college- yes, there is.

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Anonymous wrote:The ACC schools seem a bit more measured and diverse. I envision you dont have to go out four out of seven days a week and there is more racial diversity, but they still have fun games and a party atmosphere on the weekend. How do they compare to SEC schools?

Florida State and Clemson are no different from an SEC school, for starters. And ACC schools in general are certainly no more diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:🤮🤮🤮

What's about smart, young, fun and good looking kids having a great time and getting a good education at a big state school that playing big time football?

They’re not all getting a good education.

You can say that about any school. Just as you can also say that it is very possible to get a good education at EVERY big football school. Plus have lot of fun and be cute.

Yes but generally, people who have the priority of “having a lot of fun and being cute” are the least likely to be getting any meaningful education.

There's nothing wrong with having fun and being cute.

If that is your goal at the age of 18+ and the reason you’re in college- yes, there is.

Not THE goal. But one of them. Sure. Why not? You’re 18 to 21. You’re gonna be miserable and frumpy and working the rest of your life. Yes, even the Ivy ones. So why not add fun and cute to your college years?