Because I'm nosy, I was trying to figure out which school was her undercover school throughout the entire book.
Clues she drops, though she admits some, maybe most, are fake:
- The school is in the South, probably Texas
- 18 sororities
- The sororities have about 120-160 sisters, or in that general range
- They have houses
- The houses are large and hold a lot of sisters -- Beta Pi is described as sleeping almost 90 girls
- They have deferred rush -- to me this is the most important clue as it's out of the ordinary, especially for Southern schools, and most likely one that was NOT changed
- They have Homecoming, which they also refer to as "Greek Week," and they do serenading/courting to decide who Homecoming picks are
- The school and the Greek system in particular seem very status/wealth-oriented
Granted I don't know much about Southern Methodist University, but given what's above, I think SMU is the most likely pick. It's the only major Texas school with deferred rush; it's the only major Southern school that I can think of with deferred rush. The other factors don't match exactly (SMU doesn't have 18 NPC sororities, for example) but they are things that could be easily changed. Plus she seems to know quite a bit about SMU from other quotes in the book.
The only thing that doesn't make sense about that to me is why Sabrina, whose parents theoretically pull in $25,000 a year, would end up at a school that's been referred to as "Southern Millionaires University," but I suppose that's what scholarships are for.
Anybody else have any other suggestions or know more about SMU that could prove or disprove this guess?
ETA: After doing some more research, Vanderbilt and UVA are also possibilities.
If it IS indeed SMU, I've even got some guesses as to which sororities were infiltrated, but I'm going to keep those to myself.
