Tent Talk & "Bottom-Tier" Houses

[melindawarren]

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

And you've hit the nail right on the head!

And for some schools like Texas or Alabama local/regional PNMs may already have grown up through high school (or even earlier) with the tent talk firmly in place 'knowing' what the house reputations are however inaccurate they may be. long before they even know where they are going for college.

Yes! I have a friend at Texas who said that she felt so underprepared for recruitment because so many of her fellow rushees literally knew everyone and everything LONG before she even realized she'd be going to Texas. Or probably before she even decided to apply to Texas.

At our school, though, and many others, it's definitely internet.

[28StGreek]

Originally Posted by melindawarren

At our school, though, and many others, it's definitely internet.

Yeah we have quite a large out of state population so the internet definitely is a huge influence in tent talk. I get the feeling that the girls at SC who know about the house reps from high school (or earlier) are the ones who have an advantage any way since they have older siblings, cousins or friends they went to school/church/club/tennis/etc with, that are already in houses.

[melindawarren]

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

Yeah we have quite a large out of state population so the internet definitely is a huge influence in tent talk. I get the feeling that the girls at SC who know about the house reps from high school (or earlier) are the ones who have an advantage any way since they have older siblings, cousins or friends they went to school/church/club/tennis/etc with, that are already in houses.

Yes, and that also influences tent talk, just a different kind. I'm local, though, and I only found out about how Greek Life works by using the internet. Sorority life wasn't that big a deal around here when my mom was at UCLA in the 70's, and my dad went to SC, but he knew nothing about Greek Life. The most my family knew about sororities was that my uncle went as a date to a Pi Phi formal in the late 60's or early 70's. And that my mom was part of an unsuccessful attempt to colonize my sorority at some point. I also didn't have any relatives who were interested in helping, so it was me making my connections through the internet. I tried to find reliable sources (and I succeeded), but I bet there are a lot of girls who can't/don't care to (which is stupid, not going to deny it, but still).