Could it be Tulane for the small private university and LSU for the large state university?
Tulane (currently) has 8 sororities, but don't know founding dates. Was there a time when there were 6 sororities?
LSU now has 12, but Alpha Phi just recolonized in 2013.

Tulane University
(Sophie Newcomb College)
New Orleans, LA

Pi Beta Phi Louisiana Alpha 1891
Chi Omega Rho 1900
Kappa Kappa Gamma Beta Omicron 1904
Alpha Delta Pi Epsilon 1906-1977/2013
Phi Mu Delta 1906-1992/2009
Kappa Alpha Theta Alpha Phi 1914
Alpha Epsilon Phi Epsilon 1916
Sigma Delta Tau Alpha Iota 1955

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

Kappa Delta Epsilon 1909
Delta Zeta Sigma 1917
Chi Omega Phi Gamma 1924
Delta Delta Delta Delta Omega 1934
Phi Mu Alpha Eta 1934
Kappa Kappa Gamma Delta Iota 1935
Pi Beta Phi Louisiana Beta 1936
Delta Gamma Gamma Zeta 1948
Zeta Tau Alpha Delta Kappa 1959
Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Kappa 1963
Alpha Phi Delta Tau 1965-1980/2014

I don't recall the details so I don't know if these founding dates sort of match, but here you go. My guess is if not fully fictional it draws from a very rough approximation of real events. Core Four = Big 6/Tents = gathering areas/heels = dressed up more than seems logical. But I love the speculation!

[QUOTE=MaggieXi;2284890] I don't recall when Pink Sequin Panty Hose were popular, but it certainly was not after 1996.QUOTE]

I've been Googling "pink sequin panty hose" to see where one would buy them. I'm guessing a stripper store? I don't think it's legal to sell things like that in Mississippi.

I lost. LOL.

Core 4 is definitely a Duke term. (Mom is a Duke grad.). I cannot for the life of me conceive of pink panty hose or high heels in North Carolina in any decade. And, no, it's not me -- I just selected my user name based on the crazy story. Question for ChiOLuSleuth: Does the presence of ZTA in the 90's at OU still work? Phi Mu would be there too but both AOPi and APhi would be missing.

Yes, Zeta could work. From the GoT retro recruitment thread, there was a mention of the newest sorority having a new house, which HindSight identified as ZTA. Plus Phi Mu would be the traditional southern sorority (their HQ is south of Atlanta), instead of what I thought might be Alpha Phi.

Duke is in no way a "southern" recruitment. It is an expensive, prestigious, private school that just happens to be located in the south. Too many sororities there to fit the story.

Uf is a competitive recruitment, but except for the Lilly, I wouldn't consider it particularly southern-also too many sororities. Private college Rollins is known for its rich students, but that is all that it has in common with the story.

Frankly, I don't know any campuses where the described first round outfit would be acceptable, especially the pink sequined panty hose, but I think ChioLu did a great job.

Oh, I forget the name of the store, but there used to be a chain hosiery store in malls in Tulsa that sold all kinds of interesting hosiery and tights -- many different patterns & colors. Not a big, national chain -- it seemed more like a Southern or SouthWest thing.

Would Emory (private) and UGA (public) work? Emory has had several sororities come & go -- currently there are 6 chapters. Was there a time that Georgia just had 11 chapters? Also, a similar chain of hosiery stores used to be in Atlanta (I remember the store in Lenox Mall in the early 1990's).

I remember being somewhere with my DH, and seeing a teenager wearing pink hose with something akin to pink sequins on them, and I almost lost it. I just told him to remember what he saw, and I'll tell him the story later. His word, "Hooker?" I'll have to ask him where we were.

FSUZeta, I agree! I don't see this story in North Carolina at all. Not Duke. Not pink hosiery. The sorority houses at UNC are pretty but not grandiose. None Tudor.

And ChiOLu: Agree that Phi Mu is a better fit as the "traditional Southern sorority" than Alpha Phi.

Phi Mu wasn't at OU yet when I was at OU in the mid-80s, but came on the scene later - 2002-2006, I believe.

One thought - could the smaller school be Auburn? It has a very active Greek scene, and one of my friend's daughters was a Phi Mu there in the last 7 years.

The smaller school would most definitely NOT be Auburn. They are a public land grant university. Very big school.

Oklahoma. I beieve that ChiOLu is correct. Per IrishPipes' thread, APhi left in 1998 and Phi Mu arrived in 1998. If Phi Mu occupied the APhi house, then it fits the Telluride description as she noted.

I caved. Can't believe I just wasted that much of a lovely summer day on that :-\

Mine too. Billy's granddaughter arrived on Thursday afternoon to move back to Oxford for her sophomore year.

That means I've got a free pass whilst the family visits. I need to be careful. The Pink Sequin Panty Hose tale was like crack ...