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