Originally Posted by UGAALUM (Post 1701171)

Each sorority at UGA is different in how they treat upperclassman (i think) What I do know is back in my day we pledged a lot of juniors, but not anymore. I know at least one sorority on campus has an internal rule they can pledge no sophmores. My sorority has a limit of 3 or 4 I not sure how many, but i know it is VERY competitive for a sophmore. The thinking is (which I don't agree with) is a freshman will be there all 4 years. I know every year there are freshman who pledge that drop out and I'd much rather have that sophmore that knows this is for her, but that is the reality. The rules aren't set by the girls (they want to pledge their friends), but by their national or alum advisors.

Originally Posted by srmom (Post 1701918)

Yes, thank heavens we're not! Vassar? A UGA person would cut off their foot before they'd choose Vassar.

Weren't Fern and her roommates in Animal House from Vassar? :cool:

"Can we dance with your dates?" (couldn't resist)

haha JK! Really!!:):)

Originally Posted by AuburnMom08 (Post 1702233)

BTW, my daughter dropped out of rush on the last day after she was cut by all but 2 houses and she was really down about the whole thing but I am happy to report that now, a whole week later, she is doing great and not nearly as lost/lonely as she thought she would be without sisterhood.

Originally Posted by gtdxeric (Post 1701933)

if uga is a public ivy, i am Francis Ford F***ing Coppola

Originally Posted by kddani (Post 1702256)

Am I understanding you correctly? Your daughter had 2 houses left on the last day, then dropped out? How many houses did she expect to have left? Preference, at most, is three parties. Did she not go to preference for either of the two houses that genuinely were interested in getting to know her and potentially having her as a sister.

Originally Posted by violetpretty (Post 1702092)

Don't make me choke. I would agree that UGA and Texas are among the best public schools in the country. Is that what you meant by "public Ivy"? While UGA and Texas are on par with (or slightly below) other competitive presitigious public schools like Penn State, Maryland, UVA, William & Mary, UNC, etc, they pale in comparison to actual Ivy League schools. Keep in mind, I am not knocking the quality of these schools, because I went to one, just that I think the term "public Ivy" is laughable.

Some numbers to compare from collegeboard.com:

% admitted; GPA at or above 3.75; % first-year students in 10% of HS class; Middle 50% SAT Verbal; Middle 50% SAT Math

UGA: 55%, 63%, 51%, 560-660, 570-660
Texas: 51%, none given, 69%, 540-670, 570-700
Penn State: 51%, 31%, 45%, 530-630, 560-670
Maryland: 47%, 65%, 56%, 570-680, 600-700
UVA: 35%, 85%, 87%, 590-700, 610-720
W&M: 34%, 77%, 79%, 630-740, 620-710
UNC: 35%, 93%, 76%, 600-700, 610-700
Cal: 23%, 93%, 98%, 590-710, 630-760

compare with

Cornell: 21%, none given, 87%, 630-770, 660-730
Penn: 16%, 65%, 96%, 650-750, 680-770
Dartmouth: 15%, 62%, 91%, 660-770, 670-780
Brown: 14%, none given, 92%, 660-760, 670-770
Columbia: 11%, none given, none given, 660-760, 670-780
Princeton:10%, 82%, 96% 690-790,700-790
Yale: 10%, none given, 97%, 700-800, 700-790
Harvard: 9%, none given, 95%, 700-800, 700-790

UGA and Texas (and most of the other "public Ivies") are not even close.

Originally Posted by InHerShoes (Post 1702541)

I think that too often on this site girls are accused of dropping out of recruitment because they thought the houses they had left were "bottom tier." Why do we assume that is the case? This girl could have had two "top tier" chapters left that she simply couldn't see herself in.

Originally Posted by InHerShoes (Post 1702541)

Which is worse? Knowing that you wouldn't be happy with any of the sororities that invited you to preference and dropping out of recruitment? or knowing that you wouldn't be happy with any of the sororities that invited you to preference but attending the parties, signing a bid card, and dropping out after bid day, thus taking the spot of a girl who would have been HAPPY in that group?

Originally Posted by AGDee (Post 1702550)

To me, at these huge chapters like UGA, Auburn and Bama, there are so many women in each chapter that I cannot believe that no matter who joined a chapter, there would be SOMEONE else in that chapter they would click with. There's no way that all 180 members of a chapter have identical interests, attitudes or personalities. These groups most certainly have groups within the larger group who hang out primarily together. I get the impression it is largely by pledge class. If that's the case, then it's really dependent on who else is in your pledge class rather than who else is actually in the chapter. In every chapter at UGA, I'm sure there are scholars, athletes, beauty queens, computer geeks, etc. In that way, I think a PNM could end up feeling at home in any of the chapters easily.

Originally Posted by violetpretty (Post 1702092)

Don't make me choke. I would agree that UGA and Texas are among the best public schools in the country. Is that what you meant by "public Ivy"? While UGA and Texas are on par with (or slightly below) other competitive presitigious public schools like Penn State, Maryland, UVA, William & Mary, UNC, etc, they pale in comparison to actual Ivy League schools. Keep in mind, I am not knocking the quality of these schools, because I went to one, just that I think the term "public Ivy" is laughable.

Originally Posted by UGAalum94 (Post 1701951)

I've even know a couple of kids who got into Tech who didn't get into UGA. Weird I know.

Originally Posted by alum (Post 1702745)

Another college admissions expert later expanded the list to include other publics by region. UGa is on the 2nd list.