Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 21:40     Subject: UVA rush
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Anonymous wrote:OOS kids don’t want greek?? Lol


According to the FB post that started this thread, no one from out of state/country gets into any fraternities or sororities at UVA.


Is that true?!?


That would be in line with UVA's reputation and history, is the point.


But is it true? I don’t think so


No, it’s not true. And I don’t know how this woman’s son would even know who has been called back and where they are all from. According to her, he did get called back to the #s6-10 ranked frats, but not #s1-5 because he’s international and not in state.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 21:31     Subject: UVA rush
Anonymous wrote:Hi is anyone with a kid at UVA following the parent posts on FB? I’m shocked that parents use terms like “top tier” frat and how they can’t believe their kid did not get into a top frat. It reminds me of when I was in high school 30 years ago and there were the popular kids. Anyway I just want to tell them that my kid who never had many friends is loving rush and when I asked him about these top tier frats his response is that the top tier is the one that’s right for you.



I’m in that FB group and know which post you are referring to and think that you are seriously misreading what that mom wrote.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 21:30     Subject: UVA rush
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:OOS kids don’t want greek?? Lol


According to the FB post that started this thread, no one from out of state/country gets into any fraternities or sororities at UVA.


Is that true?!?


That would be in line with UVA's reputation and history, is the point.


But is it true? I don’t think so
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 21:28     Subject: UVA rush
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Anonymous wrote:The smartest kids of all are those who don't rush in the first place and find other things to do with their time.


Sorry you didn’t get a bid.


DP... what's a bid?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 21:27     Subject: UVA rush
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OOS kids don’t want greek?? Lol


According to the FB post that started this thread, no one from out of state/country gets into any fraternities or sororities at UVA.


Is that true?!?


That would be in line with UVA's reputation and history, is the point.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 21:25     Subject: UVA rush
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OOS kids don’t want greek?? Lol


According to the FB post that started this thread, no one from out of state/country gets into any fraternities or sororities at UVA.


Is that true?!?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 21:06     Subject: UVA rush
Anonymous wrote:The smartest kids of all are those who don't rush in the first place and find other things to do with their time.


Sorry you didn’t get a bid.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 20:30     Subject: UVA rush
The smartest kids of all are those who don't rush in the first place and find other things to do with their time.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 20:18     Subject: UVA rush

I think a lot of people are unfamiliar with Greek life and are not aware that it’s relatively small at UVA compared to at other flagships.

It’s a time-consuming , anxiety-filled, wild experience everywhere, but UVA sororities don’t came close to the the ones at southern schools.

Look up Bama Rush immediately. It’s so ridiculous that Netflix made a documentary about it.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 19:42     Subject: UVA rush
Anonymous wrote:OOS kids don’t want greek?? Lol


According to the FB post that started this thread, no one from out of state/country gets into any fraternities or sororities at UVA.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 19:33     Subject: UVA rush
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Anonymous wrote:All the girls that rush want the top 3 houses (the actual top sororities will vary by school). Yes, they go through the instagrams to figure out if you were popular in high school, which private school you went to, sleepaway camp, etc. Also to see how you dress, your HHI, etc. This 100% happens at every school.


You're wrong, not everyone wants the top 3. My DD went in knowing she wouldn't fit with those girls and knew she'd be dropped, which she of course she was. She did say they were very nice and she was pleasantly surprised by them. But it is absolutely about wealth and connections in those sororities and at UVA those girls come from boarding schools in the Northeast. If you are not already known to them before rush, you're probably not getting in, even if you're a legacy.



UVA is slowly changing. While Greek life will be somewhat important, it won't be as important as it once was. UVA is getting kids from different backgrounds even out of state kids.


LOL. Just because UVA is trying to rewrite its extensive history, doesn't mean it is succeeding at doing so. Greek Life will always be synonymous with UVA.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 19:33     Subject: UVA rush
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Anonymous wrote:Get used to it. There are always people who won’t say publicly but they think of the Greek houses in tiers. I believe there’s a website that even ranks them by school.

From my uva days, the top sororities were kkg, tri delt, theta, and pi phi. Doubt it’s changed much. Fraternities had a similar pecking order.


How (and why) do you remember that!


I’m pretty sure anyone who went to a Greek dominated school would remember these details. I certainly remember that that top sororities at wake forest in 1999 were KKG, Chi O and Pi Phi. It’s not an insignificant detail of college if you go to a big greek school.


It’s interesting because Chi O is lowest tier at both UVa and VT


the "ranks" are different at every school. Kappa is top at UVA and bottom at another school which I can't recall right now LOL. Chi O is a very southern sorority, founded at U Arkansas, and tends to better in the south where there is a lot of cache to being a Chi O and legacies going back generations.


I know. UVA is a southern school. It’s just considered lowest tier at both UVa and VT. But yes different at every school

KD is top tier at VT but mid-tier at UVa, for example.

It’s all very random.


Definitely random because Chi O is top tier at SMU and it doesn’t get more southern than that.


Chi-o is NOT top tier at SMU. It’s 2024. Kappa and Pi Phi run the table now that Theta got kicked off. Theta was the top house forever.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 19:31     Subject: UVA rush
OOS kids don’t want greek?? Lol
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 19:26     Subject: UVA rush
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All the girls that rush want the top 3 houses (the actual top sororities will vary by school). Yes, they go through the instagrams to figure out if you were popular in high school, which private school you went to, sleepaway camp, etc. Also to see how you dress, your HHI, etc. This 100% happens at every school.


You're wrong, not everyone wants the top 3. My DD went in knowing she wouldn't fit with those girls and knew she'd be dropped, which she of course she was. She did say they were very nice and she was pleasantly surprised by them. But it is absolutely about wealth and connections in those sororities and at UVA those girls come from boarding schools in the Northeast. If you are not already known to them before rush, you're probably not getting in, even if you're a legacy.



UVA is slowly changing. While Greek life will be somewhat important, it won't be as important as it once was. UVA is getting kids from different backgrounds even out of state kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2024 19:14     Subject: UVA rush
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Anonymous wrote:Get used to it. There are always people who won’t say publicly but they think of the Greek houses in tiers. I believe there’s a website that even ranks them by school.

From my uva days, the top sororities were kkg, tri delt, theta, and pi phi. Doubt it’s changed much. Fraternities had a similar pecking order.


How (and why) do you remember that!


I’m pretty sure anyone who went to a Greek dominated school would remember these details. I certainly remember that that top sororities at wake forest in 1999 were KKG, Chi O and Pi Phi. It’s not an insignificant detail of college if you go to a big greek school.


It’s interesting because Chi O is lowest tier at both UVa and VT


the "ranks" are different at every school. Kappa is top at UVA and bottom at another school which I can't recall right now LOL. Chi O is a very southern sorority, founded at U Arkansas, and tends to better in the south where there is a lot of cache to being a Chi O and legacies going back generations.


I know. UVA is a southern school. It’s just considered lowest tier at both UVa and VT. But yes different at every school

KD is top tier at VT but mid-tier at UVa, for example.

It’s all very random.


Definitely random because Chi O is top tier at SMU and it doesn’t get more southern than that.


I mean at my school in the Midwest in the 1980s Chi O was the fat girl sorority. So. But definitely bottom tier in Virginia for some reason.

And SMU? That’s… random.


Nice.