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Originally Posted by crescent&pearls
UCLA 2012
851 enrolled in recruitment
123 withdrew
4 released
583 in bid matching
583 offered bids
no declined bids reported.
chapter total is 160
I do understand the sticker shock of housing, tuition and sorority costs at Calif public universities (I've got kids in high school and college) so I guess I can kind of understand where parents who don't know much about what sorority life has to offer could be coming from. In state tuition at the UC schools is up quite a bit from what it was 5-10 years ago. Most in state students are not going to get financial aid grants, they are going to be offered student and parent loans as financial aid. So the finances are something to consider carefully, especially when you factor in the borrowing cost on that grilled cheese sandwich you're eating on your meal plan.
I think UCLA is for a lot of amazing Calif students a "dream" school, and if you get in and you always thought joining a sorority would automatically be part of the dream, I can understand where lack of knowledge leads to unfortunate choices (dropping out or not pursuing informal recruitment) or sour grapes (just bailing on the process and then wondering how you fit in on a big campus where pretty much everyone is amazing.)
The good news is that if you are qualified to attend a UC school, and you want Greek life to be part of your experience, there are a lot of options and the costs are different at every UC school. Cal and UCLA have big, old, traditional Greek housing. UCSD, UC Riverside, Santa Cruz and Merced have no housing. Irvine has newer, university owned Greek housing. Santa Barbara and Davis have smaller, newer, less traditional housing that's very nice. It's worth checking out all the options before you choose which campus best fits your needs and wants list!
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I'd just like to point out that while I think your assessment of the Greek housing at Davis is pretty accurate (I grew up in the area and have spent a lot of time on/around the campus), I would not say the same thing about Santa Barbara. The fraternity houses at UCSB (with the exception of one) are definitely on the "newer, less traditional" (but not so nice) side--though several of them are quite large. The sorority houses are all pretty large, mostly built in the 60s or 70s, but still have the feel of a traditional/stereotypical sorority house to them, particularly the interiors. Some are better-decorated than others, but they all have a pretty standard layout with hallways full of bedrooms for 2-6 girls. Most of the houses have live-in capacity for around 40 (with chapters of about 100...I don't remember what total is right now) There are a couple of much newer houses (closer to campus), one of which is quite large, and then one sorority has a much smaller, less traditional house which actually shares a style and floorplan with 3 fraternities.
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Originally Posted by Socalparent
Good grades really do matter but it may not be enough either when talking about the UCs as they're currently set up. I've seen 4.0+ kids with leadership roles, volunteer work, varsity sports, etc. not accepted to UCLA but accepted to Merced. No offence to Merced but it's not UCLA or Cal or even UCSB.
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The way this is phrased is misleading, I think...this may just be me being defensive of my alma mater. UCSB is pretty consistently considered the #3 or #4 UC (depending who you talk to and what list you look at, but UCSB, Davis, and UCSD are on about equal playing fields in terms of competitiveness). So saying "or even UCSB" when talking about Merced, as if it's not such a jump from Merced to UCSB, isn't really accurate.
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