Ohioan rushing a Southern Fraternity

[Elephant Walk]

Like the others said, it depends on where we're talking.

Vandy is already turning into a Yankee school more and more anyways. Kentucky has tons of people from the north as well.

When you're not from Jersey or New York or something, it more boils down to who you know rather than where your from to some extent. You need to make some summer rush parties, if you can.

[PGroove11]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

Like the others said, it depends on where we're talking.

Vandy is already turning into a Yankee school more and more anyways. Kentucky has tons of people from the north as well.

When you're not from Jersey or New York or something, it more boils down to who you know rather than where your from to some extent. You need to make some summer rush parties, if you can.

I'm looking at more of the "old south" type of schools, not so much the SEC schools closer up where I live. your definitely right though about Vanderbilt, I visited and there were a ton of people who I met from Connecticut especially and also Massachusetts and even Ohio. I know seriously 5 girls that are going there already next year too.

I completely understand the "who you know" idea. I think that's true to any situation when your coming from somewhere outside of your normal place so that should only be expected from my view. Honestly I'd probably think less of a considered "old southern" fraternity if they didn't point that out very quickly or anything. I think I told someone else in another post also that I'm actually rooming with someone from the South who knows a fairly good amount of actives in the fraternities I'm looking into so I feel like I'll have an advantage of being able to get access to meeting with the actives then with someone who is unfamiliar with the certain houses.

Even though I'm clearly not from the Jersey/New York area.. how big of a deal is it when someone from there does rush and stuff? What typically occurs?

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by PGroove11

Thanks for the info. Your right about how Cincinnati is definitely Midwestern and that the places that are more familiar will understand how it's a lot more different then places like Jersey or Connecticut, but when I visited the campuses most people would call me northern regardless just for the fact im not from a common location.

Aside from not having a Southern accent, they might not notice you're not from the South if you fit with the chapter. Personality, interests, other things that might be important to "Old South" chapters. I highly doubt such a chapter would refuse to bid someone whose only "strike" against was the fact that he was born North of the Ohio river.

Originally Posted by PGroove11

Also I forgot to say something in my main post.. I actually already found a roommate with a guy from Alabama and he knows a lot guys down on the campus and he said that when we visit he'll get me introduced early to them so I could get to know guys earlier and stuff around spring/early summer. I think overall the "unknown" label is probably better though than people who go into rush with bad reps already.

True, it is better to be unknown that to have a bad rep. I think guys with bad reps are blatantly shown the door during rush parties. What I'm getting at though, is by being "unknown" you're at a disadvantage because chapters have a good idea of who they want to bid well before school starts. Top tier chapters will have a large pool from which to choose members. You'll be competing with guys they know from high school, younger brothers, legacies, etc. I'm glad you're being proactive and making the effort to go down and meet members of fraternities.

Originally Posted by PGroove11

Even though I'm clearly not from the Jersey/New York area.. how big of a deal is it when someone from there does rush and stuff? What typically occurs?

Kids from NY/NJ don't go any farther South than UMD.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Kids from NY/NJ don't go any farther South than UMD.

You forget the University of Southern New Jersey at Durham, aka Duke.