<p>ibnhf1, I have a D at Vandy who never even considered rushing. She has no more interest in "cool" than she did when she was in high school. Those who are confident and comfortable with their decisions will be fine if they don't want to go greek.</p>
<p>I am greek, so I have no problem with the system.</p>
<p>vandySAE-When you say "more comparable" to what do you refer? What is it that you have in common? </p>
<p>Random question -My brother is a sigma chi (years ago, different university) would my S be considered a legacy at Vandy? Dont know anythng about the guys in that house or if my S would be a "fit" -- just wondered.</p>
<p>How much does where you're from really affect what sorority you'll end up in? In other words, do the sorority girls really prefer rushees from their geographical region?</p>
<p>So many future Vandy women have a naive view of rush. I'll tell two stories from this year's recruitment rounds. Both occurred in houses always labeled as "top tier" on this forum.
1. One young woman was cut from a top tier house where she was a legacy after second round. What was unusual is that her mother, a highly involved alum from the Nashville area, had just finished serving the chapter dinner that evening.
2. One young woman who ended up in D's house was the sibling of a junior year member of a top tier house and was also cut after the second round. D thinks the junior year sister deactivated from her house.
Greek life has been a wonderful experience for D. However, you should never go into the process believing that you will be the one holding all the cards.</p>
<p>wow this whole process seems superficial. so what you look like, your hair color, and what geographical region your from determines your "status"? awesome.</p>
<p>My son is not interested in pledging, but he is social - just not into heavy drinking or hazing aspect, etc. But, he does want to plug into a group in some way. I heard that the BUCs are another option - does anyone know about this group at Vandy?</p>
<p>I am not a legacy at any sorority nor do I have any outside connections to any girls. I admit that I am very naive when it comes to sororities, I have never been through anything like the rush process. Because of all this, I have tons of questions. </p>
<p>What should I expect from the different sororities? Are the girls going to show their true "colors" during the rush rounds? How much are candidates "judged" (for lack of a better word) on their looks, location and personality? Which factor is the most important? If you're not a legacy, will that make or break you at a house? Any advice?</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>eri196- honestly, you will find that ANYWHERE. its just based on natural tendency even though it may not be the most admirable system.</p>
<p>TexasMom2009-What is a BUC?</p>
<p>It's Brothers Under Christ (think it's BYX) - they are a national Christian-based fraternity that is a social fraternity, but different purpose. We have heard good things about this group on a couple of campuses he is considering. He is checking out this option to see if it has the social aspect he wants. If anyone has any info please let me know.</p>
<p>Wow! This is kind of unbelievable.... Make it sound like high school was just practice round for these "queen bees and wanna be". </p>
<p>Make you wonder if the heavy drinkers, the ones with sketchy or slutty reputation were well-rounded high school students.</p>
<p>Does anyone knows what is the approximate percentage of Greek members (both males and females) at Vanderbilt?</p>
<p>I would be aware that few groups on campus are free of hazing. Though some christian groups may not drink, there are other forms of hazing that occur. This doesn't mean that hazing occurs everywhere either. From what I have seen, the most amount of hazing is really a draw on people's time. Most pledging for men does involve a huge amount of study hours, but there is also things that people wouldn't go tell there parents about.</p>
<p>As far as percentages go, I believe it is around 40% of students on campus are greek, and it is relatively equal among men and women. A little of 50% of the freshmen class this year registered to rush. VandySAE, might be able to give you a better set of percentages, and more insight on the pledging process.</p>
<p>BYX (pronounced "Bucs"), aka Beta Upsilon Chi or Brothers Under Christ is an AMAZING group of Christian guys who throw fun, alcohol-free parties and have lots of great events. If you or any one you know is interested in the Christian community at Vandy, PM me and I'd love to talk to you about it!!
Mal :)</p>
<p>i know that it is somewhat of a "natural" tendency to judge on looks and where one is from...just didnt think that vandy would be so open, and encouraging, about this trend. </p>
<p>hahah im a northern brunette..looks like i would be shunned from the majority of sororities!</p>
<p>eri96, try not to worry! my D and all her friends pledged this year and all got into sororities that they wanted and were happy with (seems like theyeach got into at least one of their top 3 choices). They are all Northern girls. They are in several different sororities . Though they were all nervous going in to rush, it sounded like the experience was overall pretty positive. It seems that ithe most important thing is to be at least fairly open minded toward several sororities, and then you'll probably be OK.</p>
<p>oooh. i'm mixed (black/white). my friends are pretty equal amounts of ALL races.
i feel like other schools have a greek system that i could fit more easily into.
but, lemme guess, vandy would pretty much shove me into only black sororities, right?</p>
<p>According to my daughter, there are girls of various ethnicities in most sororities.</p>
<p>There may be various races but only a few. Look up the composites for some of the sororities. Probably only a handful out of 200+ girls...</p>
<p>People on this board need to stop making Vanderbilt, specifically its Greek Life out to be this warm, welcoming place.. because it isn't always, and there has been several instances of students complaining that the Greek system reinforces racial lines that already exist on campus.</p>
<p>true. as one of my current profs said, "Scratch Vanderbilt and you get the Old South."</p>
<p>Aurora, do you <em>need</em> to be in a sorority? If not, then I would say that the answer to your question is not really the be all and end all. My Vandy D has a black roommate who is friends with people because she likes them & they like her. I have no idea how she might have been accepted by the greek system, because she wasn't interested. I will not pretend to know how you might be treated at Vandy - but if you like the school, you might want to spend some time on campus - talk to random people you meet - and see how YOU feel about it.</p>