Pre-covid, one of the years there were 2500 who went through rush, and almost all of those are freshman, with about 2200 getting bids. Most of the 300 without bids dropped out of Rush on their own.
As I said above, the formula they use assures almost all will receive a bid IF they accept the maximum number of parties they can for each round.
As a former tri-delt, I’m appalled! Jk. In all seriousness, I enjoyed my time at UCLA as a DDD. Nothing compared to the Bama video though, not even close. That said, I’ve told both my kids, do what you can do to steer clear of greek life. Just not worth it or worth their time. Son might still be interested so well see. But in my own experience at UCLA in the 80s, it was true debauchery, racism, and sexism. Lots of sexual assaults as well. Would just rather my kids not be around that. Although I have many sorority sisters whose kids are currently in frats and sororities so I might be the outlier.
But wouldn’t that advice apply to girls, too? If you’re in a sorority you’re going to be associating with frat boys. You’re going to be in that atmosphere. 
Yes, both frats and sororities, just Greek life in general, edited my reply.
I just watched… thought it was interesting but nothing over the top at all. the whole “machine” thing is a little scary.
Just watched. Thought it was kinda boring and wondered why HBO would have been interested in it 
Nothing overly controversial.
If they wanted to do a whole doc on The Machine or dig deeper into segregation in Greek life, I would be interested. They just skimmed over both of those.
One thing that stuck out was how many girls in their 20’s suffer from anxiety, depression, eating disorders & trauma. What are we doing to our girls?
Yep. Seems like everyone had a therapist.
I wonder why. Is this something in particular with girls at Bama? Or is it generally with girls in that age group?
I would say it is in general. I have college-aged daughters and they and their friends, who are primarily from stable home situations, all struggle with these issues. These are kids that are high functioning and often high achieving, but they also have day-to-day struggles.
My own kids tended towards having anxiety issues, but the pandemic caused one to really begin deal with depression in a way that she never had previously.
(Neither attends Alabama.)
Boys seem less prone to these issues.
Not sure that’s accurate - a lot more stigma to boys expressing these thoughts.
Yes, my daughter has anxiety. I try to understand but I really can’t.
To the extent I know, I don’t think it exists. Also while growing up, I don’t recollect many of my friends having anxiety. There is some disregard or lack of concern for external validation I think. This is important. Less concern about consequences – perhaps less mature. So less concern about outcomes that are far in the future. Also boys don’t care very much about their own looks. That also helps.
That’s baloney.
Never once does it come up in conservation with my boys. I wish they cared a bit. Never once did it come up in conversation among friends when I was growing up.
Your boys and your friends don’t actually extrapolate to half the world’s population. 
Most scholarly articles I have read over the past couple of years seem to indicate that male and female college students experience mental health issues at similar rates, but female students are far more likely to access services to address the issues.
The first link that came up on a google search seems to suggest something different: Teenagers’ mental health problems predict probable mental diagnosis 3 years later among girls, but what about the boys? | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | Full Text
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The prevalence of mental disorders is increasing, and there seems to be a gender difference in prevalence, with girls reporting more mental health problems than boys, especially regarding internalizing problems.
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We were talking about college-aged adults, not children.
“Other research from the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment shows that while there’s no real difference in the number of male and female college students who report mental health issues, females are about 20 percent more likely than males to pursue help.”
Boys care about their looks. I’ve been in more gyms in my life than I care to admit here, but I can say, without hesitation, boys do care about their looks.
All of them? Of course, not. That’s why we have an obesity epidemic in our country.