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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My junior was interested, in part because we have family in Georgia.  And in the last week has been watching the Georgia abortion mess and crossed it off her list.  I had tried to explain why living in the South was so different, but current events made it click for her.

I grew up in NC and DH grew up near Emory.  We moved to the DMV when our kids were preschool age. So this is all they really know.  We both attended a different “Southern Ivy” that is a peer school to Emory.  And because of that, we were concerned about sending a kid back to the South for college. But, near grandparents, etc.

If your are from an affluent white conservative family and have the type of kid who would love to pledge a sorority, it might be a great fit. But the South is very race and class conscious and very conservative, and very religious.  My kids who got to Diwali celebrations and know kids from all over the world and are liberal would not fit in.  And it just isn’t an area that tolerates outsiders.

I would be particularly concerned about a girl, because there is a much more narrow view about the appropriate view of women in society. A lot of smart girls from “good” Southern families there to get their Mrs.  [/quote]

well 60% of Emory students are minorities, 75% are from outside the South, 85% voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and 75% don't join sororities, so...

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