Carnation-But...I think most of the people it matters to would rather be in a weaker chapter of a strong sorority than in a less prestigious sorority on a big campus. After all, you'll still get to be in a more prestigious alum club later on.
Too true, too true!
Here, you attend one of two schools out of six. Discernibly more emphasis placed on the private school.
You are a member of two particular Krewes.
Of COURSE your mother is in the League! She also is in the inner Pan. Alum circle.
It honestly helps if your parents attended LSU and you are a legacy. If this isn't possible...is you Dad a lawyer??? (Doctors and businessmen are OK if there are other listed qualities.)
Exaggerated to a degree, but the parents are important for many reasons, one being the kids mix together from birth. When your parents share activities, it starts all the way back to play dates at the park. It's like being cousins, you grow up with a certain set of kids and the ones ahead age wise pull for those behind. If you know your local history, you can see social groups reflected in the sororities and SOME of the fraternities. A great guy in one of the fraternities called over Christmas and we ended up talking for close to an hour. He said he was the last of our town's actives and was going inactive this semester. He said well, that's about it for _______. No one left to speak for them. Our town has now shifted to basically 3 fraternities. Our private school girls are shifting as well. The public school girls hit a sorority that hadn't seen many from our area for several years.
Every year I see more and more that just makes me shake my head. HOWEVER, if you think about it, it's only natural for childhood friends to pull for one another. It also explains how some stereo types are perpetuated. There are so many dynamics at in work Southern Rush. I doubt anyone interested in the nuances of recruitment or the South in general would ever get bored.