Tiers in The SEC

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Originally Posted by SECdomination

I don't think I can give W&L such an easy pass.

The good:
-Almost everyone who goes there comes from a) money, or b) a decent family. Otherwise, why would you even look there?
-The school has many well-to-do southerners, and because it's so small, others will conform in order to "fit in". Just like high school.
-They're ALL conservatives!

I've made more than one visit to the school, and almost everyone I met was obsessed with The Real World, rap music, and pot smoking. But they all wore polo and pearls, so it was OK?
I don't think schools like W&L can be compared to schools 35 times their size.

Interesting. Thanks for your candid response. I actually think your list of "the good" is somewhat inaccurate. Except, not the second one. A good majority (60-70%?) are indeed from money or a decent family (using the sense of the terms that I know you mean. But there are a LOT who are not. At the same time, as you mention most of those who are not conform to the model of those who are.

As for the conservative thing, I think you underestimate the number of liberals at W&L. There are a significant number. Also, a lot of the supposed conservative students are really moderates who just lean a bit conservative. But, again, most of them dress & look like conservatives.

As for the Real World, rap music, and pot-smoking.... LOL. It definitely depends on where you hang out. I don't remember anyone watching the Real World! Rap music is a weird thing definitely, because even the guys in the very "top" groups or whatever definitely listened to rap music. Not sure why that was. Everyone at W&L just seemed to like rap music. I like it too. Everyone seemed to like jam music too (which I can't stand and think is just.... ugh, trashy and awful). Pot-smoking... there were definitely fraternities that had strong reputations for that. It was pretty common I guess, but not as common as rap music. It's another thing I can't stand and think is just 100% trashy (no matter what class you are).

The other big thing about W&L was open parties, so all members of all groups could show up at every other house's parties. Or non-Greeks, for that matter. Which on one level is nice and on the other level created a LOT of security problems.