Yes! I grew up in a mid-size Alabama town (with both an active debutante scene and pretty gnarly high school sororities) and went to that Other Alabama School semi-recently. I really think the sorority/fraternity associations and how they contribute to rankings gets missed a lot. For most of the girls I grew up with college is still very…
Yes! I grew up in a mid-size Alabama town (with both an active debutante scene and pretty gnarly high school sororities) and went to that Other Alabama School semi-recently. I really think the sorority/fraternity associations and how they contribute to rankings gets missed a lot. For most of the girls I grew up with college is still very much about finding husbands. A sorority with a Known Connection to the most prestigious (and rich) frats, or the frats that the “good families” in your hometown are legacies of, is worth its weight in gold. Especially considering a lot of the true legacy kids in the south will move back to their hometown to take over whatever lucrative business that has kept their family in its social position for the past couple of generations.
Anecdotally I lived in a good sized southern city after college and joined a civic organization with the city and one of the first questions always asked at the mixers are what sorority/fraternity you (and your partner) were a part of at what school, it continues to be a shortcut to business contacts for life!
Yes! I grew up in a mid-size Alabama town (with both an active debutante scene and pretty gnarly high school sororities) and went to that Other Alabama School semi-recently. I really think the sorority/fraternity associations and how they contribute to rankings gets missed a lot. For most of the girls I grew up with college is still very much about finding husbands. A sorority with a Known Connection to the most prestigious (and rich) frats, or the frats that the “good families” in your hometown are legacies of, is worth its weight in gold. Especially considering a lot of the true legacy kids in the south will move back to their hometown to take over whatever lucrative business that has kept their family in its social position for the past couple of generations.
Anecdotally I lived in a good sized southern city after college and joined a civic organization with the city and one of the first questions always asked at the mixers are what sorority/fraternity you (and your partner) were a part of at what school, it continues to be a shortcut to business contacts for life!