To be clear, just being wealthy is not an automatic in. I can think of several examples of very wealthy people I knew at UVA who didn’t get bids. You have to have the total package, and you have to really want it, too. (While appearing very nonchalant about it.)

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

How in the world do these sororities know what the HHI of the rushees are?

They can look up the value of
parent’s home on zillow.

And how do they know their addresses? I don't remember filling out my address when I went through rush. And when I went through rush on the other side, I had no idea about how much money the rushees had.

When you sign up you put your home address. Also girls at UVA come through rush in full Chanel outfits or their Canada Goose coats and golden goose sneakers.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

How in the world do these sororities know what the HHI of the rushees are?

They can look up the value of
parent’s home on zillow.

And how do they know their addresses? I don't remember filling out my address when I went through rush. And when I went through rush on the other side, I had no idea about how much money the rushees had.

DP. It’s not like they’re literally looking for the girls who’s parents have the biggest paychecks, they’re just looking for people who speak their language and have similar backgrounds.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

How in the world do these sororities know what the HHI of the rushees are?

They can look up the value of
parent’s home on zillow.

And how do they know their addresses? I don't remember filling out my address when I went through rush. And when I went through rush on the other side, I had no idea about how much money the rushees had.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

Is it still the case that the DDD and St Elmo’s are mostly if not all the private school kids? Used to be the case so talking “top tier” was different depending on whether coming from private or not private as not private would not even consider or be considered by certain sororities/fraternities.

I just looked at their Instagram (yes I’m bored) and it appears that many of the girls in DDD are from out of state - places like Austin, Charleston, NYC, Newport Beach, Palm Beach. So, yes, I would say they appear to be of a certain demographic.

This has always been the case. The top echelon, socially, is dominated by wealthy, out-of-state students. Doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time there if this isn’t your crowd, but you can’t exactly ignore their presence, either.

Why the out of state students? What's wrong with the wealthy in-state students?

Dime a dozen.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

How in the world do these sororities know what the HHI of the rushees are?

DP. They don’t, but there are a lot of tells. Where you went to high school, where you went to camp, where you spent your winter break, what you’re wearing, who you already know… of course they know your general wealth level. There will occasionally be outliers—I knew a handful of really cool, down-to-earth girls who were in the rich kid houses, but weren’t super wealthy themselves and weren’t even that attractive, to be honest. Personality does matter a lot, too. But it helps to know someone in those cases.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

How in the world do these sororities know what the HHI of the rushees are?

They can look up the value of
parent’s home on zillow.

I have news for them!

Dumbasses.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

Is it still the case that the DDD and St Elmo’s are mostly if not all the private school kids? Used to be the case so talking “top tier” was different depending on whether coming from private or not private as not private would not even consider or be considered by certain sororities/fraternities.

I just looked at their Instagram (yes I’m bored) and it appears that many of the girls in DDD are from out of state - places like Austin, Charleston, NYC, Newport Beach, Palm Beach. So, yes, I would say they appear to be of a certain demographic.

This has always been the case. The top echelon, socially, is dominated by wealthy, out-of-state students. Doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time there if this isn’t your crowd, but you can’t exactly ignore their presence, either.

Why the out of state students? What's wrong with the wealthy in-state students?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

How in the world do these sororities know what the HHI of the rushees are?

They can look up the value of
parent’s home on zillow.

Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

How in the world do these sororities know what the HHI of the rushees are?

Anonymous wrote:Is Greek life less dominant at VT (for social scene) than it is at UVA? Or does the presence feel similar?

Yes, it's definitely less dominant.

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Anonymous wrote:Tougher for boys too as they can’t go to frat parties usually unless a member-girls can still go even if not affiliated.

eh they can go, assuming they have friends who do get into those frats. My DD knows several independent guys and they get into parties because their friends invite them. My DS does the same at his frat. Not hordes of them of course, but if they have a good friend in the frat, they can usually get into alot of them.

By second year, most kids have fake ids and are going out on the Corner so they don't need to get into a frat. The Greek scene is really only dominant for first and second years. After that, it all kinda of goes out the window and they do more bars.

What about apartment parties? I went to Tech and there were plenty of non-Greek parties to go to. Is that not the same for UVA?

Anonymous wrote:So is the wearing pearls/dresses and blazers/ties to football games a Greek thing or a UVA thing in general for even non-Greek kids?

It’s not a thing at all

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll give UVA this - their top tier ain’t about looks, it’s about money. There are cute, fun, brilliant girls in most of the houses.

Is it still the case that the DDD and St Elmo’s are mostly if not all the private school kids? Used to be the case so talking “top tier” was different depending on whether coming from private or not private as not private would not even consider or be considered by certain sororities/fraternities.

It also depends on geography. There definitely are certain sororities/fraternities that are Richmond private heavy and it can be difficult for someone from NOVA to break through.

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Anonymous wrote:So is the wearing pearls/dresses and blazers/ties to football games a Greek thing or a UVA thing in general for even non-Greek kids?

Nobody does this anymore.

Exactly, this hasn’t been a thing in years. Now it’s halter tops, short shorts, cowboy boots.