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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp
The out-of-staters are overwhelmingly from well-off families, and are less likely to be surrounded by their friends from HS at UW. It makes sense that more of them would want to join.
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This is SO far off from the truth!
I went to a very large suburban Chicago high school with a graduating class of over 600. At least 20 people from my class went to UW-Madison and many of them went through recruitment. There were also plenty of girls from years before us that were already in chapters. Many of the girls who went to UW-Madison were friends and they went through recruitment together. They didn't all join the same chapter, but a lot did. It also happened to be a chapter where a number of girls from our HS were already members.
This same scenario is quite common when looking at a number of the suburban Chicago schools.
Also please realize that there are a TON of Badger alums in the Chicago area. A number of my 'not rich' friends went to UW-Madison because it's where their parents went and where they had a family tradition. One of my friends worked 2 work study jobs and got a large outside scholarship, without which she could never have afforded to attend.
Please don't assume that because kids are OOS that they are all well-off. Yes, they pay more to attend than someone in-state, but that doesn't mean they are 'well-off'. Some of their parents put away money so they could attend college anywhere they wanted, even if that meant living a more simple life.
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