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Originally Posted by violetpretty
Anywhere that is without argument considered the South.
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Reading GC would probably cause me to feel the same way and it has nothing to do with the quality of the schools. After reading so many threads about recruitment, campus life, and life after college in the south, I feel like I would be setting my child up for failure by encouraging her to attend a southern school. We're Midwesterners through and through. She would be a complete outsider in every sense of the word with the teeny, tiny exception that she is a legacy (which will matter even less in another thirteen years). College is a challenging enough time without also needing to navigate an entirely different social paradigm.
So, great school or not, I wouldn't actively encourage her to explore a southern school, especially if she is really interested in Greek life. I would encourage her to stay in the Midwest. There are plenty of great schools to choose from in all shapes and sizes. Would I tell her she couldn't go to a southern school? Of course not. But I'd make sure she fully understood how much of the deck was stacked against her, especially if she wanted to be Greek at some of the schools down there.
That said, if for some insane reason she did end up Greek in the South, hubby and I would take a long working vacation down there and visit all the big southern schools around recruitment time. I'd truly like to see it all in action.
