question for all you southern belles ;)

[FSUZeta]

back home (since it was out of state) she could sport her ABC letters and say she went to TCU and it would be a slim chance that any hometown people would know that she is not a member of the TCU chapter. if it's a sorority that is strong in that region, then she has the prestige of being an ABC, period. it might also be that the hometown folks don't know to be impressed by the TCU chapter.

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

back home (since it was out of state) she could sport her ABC letters and say she went to TCU and it would be a slim chance that any hometown people would know that she is not a member of the TCU chapter. if it's a sorority that is strong in that region, then she has the prestige of being an ABC, period. it might also be that the hometown folks don't know to be impressed by the TCU chapter.

This is pretty much what happened with the girl in the situation I described. Everyone knew she pledged ABC, so when she transferred back to her big SEC school, everyone back home assumed she'd affiliated. Only people who knew girls in the chapter in question knew the "whole story," and most of those girls were too ladylike to spread the story around back home.

In answer to tld221's question, I know that the girl still wore letters/shirts on campus (a source of frustration to the girls in the chapter, though they couldn't do anything about it). She wasn't invited to closed chapter events, but could attend anything alumni were invited to since she was technically an alum.

[AnchorAlum]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

back home (since it was out of state) she could sport her ABC letters and say she went to TCU and it would be a slim chance that any hometown people would know that she is not a member of the TCU chapter. if it's a sorority that is strong in that region, then she has the prestige of being an ABC, period. it might also be that the hometown folks don't know to be impressed by the TCU chapter.

My son went to TCU, and I know which of the sororities were historically strong there, and believe me 33 is correct in saying that in Texas there are certain towns where your social future is dependent on pledging certain GLO's.

I found it shocking, and yet some of us from Florida had friends who went to out of state schools and were ecstatic to receive bids from the so called top houses there that were not historically strong at FSU or UF.

The things we deem important at the age of 18 such as "getting into the best house" certainly change over the years. We're more likely to wish our friend's daughters a wonderful experience, regardless of her choice, and that's a good thing.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlum

My son went to TCU, and I know which of the sororities were historically strong there, and believe me 33 is correct in saying that in Texas there are certain towns where your social future is dependent on pledging certain GLO's.

non-NPC person swerving/

I can see this if a person is going from TCU to Smalltown, TX, but most of what I've seen has TCU grads staying in the Metroplex or moving to Houston/Austin/SATX. In all of those areas, your alma mater seems to hold more weight than your GLO.

I'm curious to hear where your affiliation can "make or break" you.

/non-NPC person