pledging as a senior

[alum]

I can think of several schools in the South that are nationally ranked, academically elite private research universities or liberal arts colleges that have her GLO on campus. Try Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Wake Forest, Washingon & Lee for starters.

[33girl]

Originally posted by alum
I concur. Great minds think alike.

BWAH.

Originally posted by 33girl
BWAH.

Again, the image of Dionysus extending the olive branch of peace comes to mind.

[oldrowPHI]

OTW, which side are you on in the article in your profile

[kkg83]

ooooh... i love being right.

[alum]

Originally posted by kkg83
ooooh... i love being right.

I pm'ed you.

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by kkg83
it's not just them that believe in a tiered system. LIFE is all about tiers, haven't you realized that by now? my top tier sorority aside, it is my top tier undergrad and the fact that i am attending a top tier graduate school next year and will certainly attend a top tier law school in the future that is going to ensure my success. there is no possible way that you can say that someone who goes to a bottom tier school - or even a school at the bottom of the first tier - can be anywhere NEAR as professionally successful as someone attending an ivy. someone from a crappy school that succeeds (and yes, that's what bottom tier schools are to those of us who bust our asses to work hard and get good grades and go to good schools) is the exception, NOT the rule.

-edited for a typo

The problem you get into is, what makes up the tiers? Are you talking specific rankings, like U.S. News and World Report, etc.? Once you get beyond schools like the Ivy's, U. of Chicago, MIT, Williams, Swarthmore, and a few others, how do you make distinctions between schools? What about things like Northwestern's and Syracuse's journalism programs, or BU's public relations program, or the film programs out in California? how about schools with reputations in other professions? You have to at least admit that there is quite a bit of gray in this, right? You can go right on down the line, to grad and law schools with very good local reputations (i.e. there are top law firms in Boston that hire from Suffolk).

I'm not going to defend my own personal intelligence/credentials on a public board, as I'm pretty secure in my own merits, but if you have problems with my "low tier" opinion, feel free to pm me.

[shinerbock]

Somebody mentioned earlier not having anyone on here of Bush status...This is probably true, that is a pretty high status. However, it wouldn't be hard to find a few congressman's kids, in addition to some sons and daughters of corporate execs. I'm not necc. referring to anyone on this board...however, I could name many people in my campus's greek system and from within my fraternity.

[KSigkid]

I have no doubt the South has fine schools - but do any of you really believe that the North has a lack of good undergrad/grad/law schools?

[oldrowPHI]

well said georgewallace

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by alum
I can think of several schools in the South that are nationally ranked, academically elite private research universities or liberal arts colleges that have her GLO on campus. Try Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Wake Forest, Washingon & Lee for starters.

While all those schools are certainly decent, Duke is the only one that I'd put on par with the Ivies.

And kids, she goes to Northwestern.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by KSigkid
I have no doubt the South has fine schools - but do any of you really believe that the North has a lack of good undergrad/grad/law schools?

Yes. Harvard, Yale, NYU, Columbia, UPenn, Cornell, Michigan, Georgetown, and UChicago are all on the same level as DeVry. Duh.