Re Oklahoma's southern-style rush:
This description from a favorite blog of mine pretty much says it all. Read the entry for August 24. It's hard to imagine a New York or Wisconsin mommy starring in this story...unless she was brought up in Georgia!
http://www.madpony.com/archive/2003_08_01_index.html
Now, getting your kids into the right COLLEGE? That's a whole different East Coast ball of wax...