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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not diminishing the Vandy football player behavior which resulted in criminal trials. But I think you're kidding yourself if you think that doesn't happen or can't happen at any other school. Every school has athletes who believe they're above the law, rich kids who've never been punished for anything in their lives who they they can do whatever. Pretty sure one of our supreme court justices fell in that category and went to Yale. Pretty sure there was a swimmer at Stanford in recent years doing the same things. This stuff is everywhere and I don't think Vandy v. Georgetown matters for that reason, unless you're thinking Gtown is close to home, she'll just escape home. And if you're thinking that, I'd caution against it because she needs to deal with this stuff in life, whether it's her T14 law school or biglaw or wherever else.[/quote]

To be clear, we're not trying to shelter her. She's an adult and has attended a huge school and been in a sorority for a year. I think we all recognize that sexual assault happens on all campuses, no matter how elite and is often swept under the rug. (I attended a lower-tier Ivy, and a male student alleged to have committed date rape was quietly asked to leave. He transferred to Yale. The consequence of his behavior, a higher ranked school. At least he isn't on the Supreme Court, yet).

What I was trying to assess and other posters have addressed is the campus culture toward women generally, not sexual assault. To be as high caliber as it is, I do worry that Vandy campus culture toward women [i]seems[/i] paradoxically regressive in certain ways (not just because of the men but the women as well) -- maybe it's a southern thing (and I grew up in the South before any southerners here get y'alls backs up), maybe it's that 40% of students participate in Greek life, maybe it's being in the SEC.

If it were a big state school in the South, I wouldn't have asked. My D has struggled with an eating disorder, and it would be nice if she could be in an environment where she can just work hard and enjoy herself without [i]undue pressure[/i] toward constantly having to look or dress a certain way to fit in. I recognize that might be unrealistic. Thanks.[/quote]

Southern sorority life should not be typified for all large Southern universities. Sorority life at Alabama is quite different than at Georgia and very different than sorority life at Georgia Tech. SMU & Alabama have similarities. Sorority life at Vanderbilt is more like that at SMU & Alabama,then that at Georgia & Georgia Tech.

As an aside: There is a website about current problems & issues at Georgetown. It has been cited on DCUM, but I do not recall the website. Have read (secondhand info) that it addresses a variety of issues including housing problems, social life, as well as academic issues at Georgetown. Perhaps another poster can share the link to this website.[/quote]

We have neighbors and friends currently at Georgetown who speak highly of it, and who have done well by it.  Perhaps you can link these "stories", so we can all be apprised - provided the stories are at all true, of course.  If anything throws off current students, it might be that Georgetown tends to ask for donations while the students are still in school. I think that practice tends to rub parents the wrong way, understandably so.[/quote]

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