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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not overtly, but depending on the school this can happen. At Duke, many of the Greek houses could approximate your wealth/status by asking what high school you attended and your family's neighborhood.

The wealthy [b]Greenwich, Manhattan, Bay Area[/b] kids could sniff each other out easily and quickly formed social circles.[/quote]

I have no doubt these uber-wealthy kids tend to flock together at all schools. (They did 30 years ago, too.)

Excluding this super-rarified Greenwich/Manhattan/Bay Area group, how well do the rest of the kids at Duke, Vanderbilt, Ivys, SLAC mix with each other?

For example, I know one sorority at Duke and one at Vanderbilt that are predominantly the uber-wealthy Greenwich/Manhattan/Bay Area types.

But can anyone tell me more about the OTHER sororities at these schools? Are they more economically mixed? Or are they further stratified by income? Like some sororities that are mostly full-pay and other sororities that are mostly fin aid? Or some that are mostly private school (not including Manhattan elite . . . ) and some that are mostly public school?

I'm really hoping everything is more mixed! Once you get beyond the uber-wealthy. But I'd love the hear about your kids' recent experiences.[/quote]

Honestly I'd start new thread just about this....[/quote]

Yes, for the sorority/fraternity part. It's better for a new thread.

But what about the overall question: Once you remove the uber-wealthy/elite, how well do the rest of the kids mix socially?

I ask as the parent of a full-pay kid from a really good public school in a mid-west suburb that includes all economic levels. (DC is not interested in the state flagship, by the way.)

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