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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After watching the recent show on girls and sororities in Alabama and Mississippi where they have to post videos of what they’re wearing for Rush Week and the brand names of their jewelry I can’t imagine universities in the South ever being equivalent to universities in the rest of the country. The sororities are way too popular and attract certain types you don’t see further North.

The sororities are segregated by race, also male friends or boyfriends are not allowed in the girls bedrooms.  No alcohol either, they save getting black out drunk for the frat parties.  Time stopped around 1955.  [/quote]

Not everyone joins a sorority.  This is another crass stereotype.[/quote]

Some of those sororities in Southern schools are crass.   Mississippi has about half of the students in Greek life, Alabama is close behind.

Compare them to Northeastern colleges,-  BC and Harvard don’t have Greek life.  Harvard has their own version with about 5 - 10% of students. BU and Northeastern both have about 10% join Greek life.  The state flagship University of Massachusetts has about 10%

To say there isn’t a difference between Southern colleges and Northern colleges is not accurate. There are northerners going to southern colleges for an active social life and beach weather but most students who went to the top public and private schools in the Northeast stay up North for the academics.   [/quote]

Yeah, I just don't see it.  If you look at NMSF finalist cutoffs, the highest PSAT scores come from New Jersey, Connecticut, Mass, New York, etc.  Those high stat kids sometimes don't even consider their state school, be it UMass, UConn, Rutgers, SUNY's, etc.  They aren't galivanting off to Ole Miss or Alabama in any appreciable numbers. [/quote]

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