Reply to Sorority Recruitment Coach/Consultant

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Sorority Recruitment Coach/Consultant"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is interested in sororities but having read this thread, it sounds like it’s impossible to get into a top house in the SEC without connections- eg, southern high school, southern family/connections/friends to advocate for you. Are there any other schools/regions!where it is similarly competitive?
[/quote]

Hmmm, I dont think its true that you have to have connections or to have gown to a southern high school to get into a top house. DD attended a private day school in Philadelphia. A few kids each year go to SEC schools, ex South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn over the last 3 years.  Almost all have joined sororities without specific connections. From the look of things on instagram you can see the sororities they join broadly align with the type of kid they were in high school -- popular outgoing, nice kid, friendly, etc. I dont think sororities are devil or the best things since sliced bread; they are what they are. If you want to rush, do it; dont be intimidated out of the process by wild rumors. [/quote]

+1. The familial, “do you have a recognizable last name” connections are a little important, maybe in a “tiebreaker” sense, but in the end two things are true: 1) there are far more OOS students at Alabama/Georgia/Florida/Clemson/etc. now than there were in the 80s and 90s, and 2) [b]the sororities aren’t going to pass up a great candidate just because she’s not from that state or because her family isn’t “known.” [/b]

I took a quick glance at the exec board of a sorority chapter at Alabama, and only 3 of the I think 10 girls were from Alabama and 3 weren’t from the South at all (Illinois, Maryland, and California).[/quote]
Yes and no. You can definitely get in *a* sorority at Bama/Clemson/Auburn/etc. if you are not from the south; there are many chapters known to be "OOS" chapters where the majority of girls aren't from said state or even the south. But...there ARE sororities where you will be passed up if you're not from the state (or at least a neighboring one) or didn't go to a certain high school. At Alabama they have "Old Row" and "New Row" with the Old Row sororities being the Southern Belles and you're just not getting in if that's not you. (Which, if you didn't grow up with that lifestyle, or as part of that group, not sure why you would want to get in, anyway.)

The sorority you looked up is definitely new row. [/quote]

I am pp above speaking about my daughter's classmates from Philadelphia. I just checked; classmate is in a sorority listed as "old row" here: https://www.greekrank.com/uni/91/topic/1358076/old-row-vs-new-row/

Is it a leg up to be from a "known" high school, community, southern state etc., absolutely. Is it imperative, no way. Its the same with college admissions; ppl want to hype up and say its impossible to get into a top 30 college w/o a hook or perfect GPA but 100s of thousands of people are admitted each year. Its constrained but not impossible
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics