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re: Make sure that your sons do well in school.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:52 am to lsu777
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:52 am to lsu777
quote:taking into consideration how many years ago Mingo might’ve been on campus is a factor as well
when you major in things that are hard...tends to limit the amount you see funny how that works
My oldest was an engineering major - there was plenty of ghetto in the PFT
When I was in grad school in the early 2000s, it was like a different campus.
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:52 am to GreenRockTiger
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but they didn’t want to buy friends & join a frat
I'm not pointing this at you, specifically, but can we let this term go? The Greek system is a huge social club, nothing more or less. It's way less about "buying" friends and more about collecting more friends than if you were just floating around campus. It's private parties and social connections.These connections last a lifetime and have a lot to do with business networking later on.
"It's not what you know, it's who you know" is still as applicable as ever.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:55 am to HouseMom
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t's way less about "buying" friends
Except for the part about where you pay thousands of dollars a year to not float around campus collecting friends. Which sees to work fine, as you'll be in class with 200 or more kids a week.
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The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association explained that the 2025-26 new member fee per semester can be as high as $5,532
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:55 am to Commandeaux
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Patriarchy Board
I would have said Incel board, but that probably doesn’t need to be said at this point. The whole site is infested and dominated by them.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:08 am to GreenRockTiger
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you don’t know what you are talking about when it comes to this
yes i do
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You really don’t, and I know you will try to argue but I live in the city of BR - three kids at LSU (well, one recent grad) - and it is HARD to get away from the constant minority pushing.
i didnt say you could 100% get away from it but you can absolutely minimize it especailly for a kid living on or near campus
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My family is not the type for Greek life - so I cannot speak for that. I told my kids they could rush but they didn’t want to.
and thats fine, but if you take out the historical black frats/Sor. you will see the its well over 90% white.
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we have gone to many, many engineering/STEM presentations the past 5 years at LSU and not one white boy gave a talk - not saying it was ‘ghetto’ but it was borderline and very DEI
you said ghetto not foreigners. big difference. Stem and specifically Asian/Indian are always going to make up a sizable portion of that student body. always been like that. I didnt say different and a lot of the professors will come from those demographics too. That is pushed in those cultures a lot more
but for the average student living on campus, in a frat and majoring in engineering or accounting or finance.....yea absolutely you can avoid it 95% of the time. sure there will be some, but not like you are going to southern.
not that hard to understand
and yea i do understand BR and the BS there. but again, you can avoid a lot of that depending on where you live. Im there very often and still have close family that lives there and spend roughly 30 days in the city per year.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 11:10 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:08 am to GreenRockTiger
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taking into consideration how many years ago Mingo might’ve been on campus is a factor as well
I’m still on the advisory board and on recruiting. The college of business is how it’s always been, mostly white, split pretty closely between men and women
And they haven’t picked the building up and moved it so you can still park right across the street
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:08 am to LemmyLives
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Except for the part about where you pay thousands of dollars a year to not float around campus collecting friends. Which sees to work fine, as you'll be in class with 200 or more kids a week.
I didn't say it was free. I just said that it's a tactic to make connections. The law of large numbers (those Greek kids are also floating around campus and sitting in class with 200 people). You're not going to socialize with a fraction of the people you are sitting in random classes with, because you don't have much opportunity to talk. Fraternities and sororities host social exchanges weekly.
And goodness, I'm in no way saying that the only way to make friends is the Greek system, I'm just saying that it's a social club. And yes, the fees are high, but those houses aren't cheap and have full-time staffs.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 11:11 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:10 am to LemmyLives
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The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association explained that the 2025-26 new member fee per semester can be as high as $5,532
Which included room and board and meals. Both of which are way better than the dorms and about the same cost
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:12 am to HouseMom
yea the whole buying friends thing is retarded, real easy for someone that is sending their kid to college in same city they grew up in to say.
1) making friends randomly on LSU campus is not the easiest thing to do no matter how out going 1 is
2) the stats show those in greek life make better grades and are more involved in the school
3) as mentioned, connections matter big time in life
4) it certainly allows you to be around a higher class of people than average student body. that in and of itself is a much bigger deal than this board would ever admit.
and ftr I was not in a frat or involved in Greek life at any point. But I certainly can read statistics and understand trends pretty damn well.
1) making friends randomly on LSU campus is not the easiest thing to do no matter how out going 1 is
2) the stats show those in greek life make better grades and are more involved in the school
3) as mentioned, connections matter big time in life
4) it certainly allows you to be around a higher class of people than average student body. that in and of itself is a much bigger deal than this board would ever admit.
and ftr I was not in a frat or involved in Greek life at any point. But I certainly can read statistics and understand trends pretty damn well.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 11:14 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:15 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Which included room and board and meals. Both of which are way better than the dorms and about the same cost
also since tictok came on board, alabama greek life has blown up and gotten more expensive but at the same time it is attracting more and better students.
LSU is dumb AF for not requiring test scores and promoting greek life. dumb AF.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:31 am to lsu777
quote:no, you don’t
yes i do
You will argue with a fence post until a hurricane comes to knock it down and you are still standing and still arguing.
It’s ok to not know everything. I have lived this life the last few years - you haven’t - you don’t know. I’ve repeatedly said my kids are STEM majors and still you want to talk around the facts. That’s fine. All of my other mom friends have kids the same age and we are all saying the same thing.
Good luck with your future college search.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:35 am to GreenRockTiger
This thread has taken an interesting turn.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:37 am to GreenRockTiger
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It’s ok to not know everything. I have lived this life the last few years - you haven’t - you don’t know. I’ve repeatedly said my kids are STEM majors and still you want to talk around the facts. That’s fine. All of my other mom friends have kids the same age and we are all saying the same thing.
You also said there hasn’t been a single white male speaker in an engineering presentation in at least 5 years which just isn’t true. 4 of the 8 department heads in the college of engineering are white dudes
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:37 am to lsu777
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but there is nothing wrong with sowing oats when in college either
So you're fine with your daughter getting dicked down by a bunch of random dudes in college?
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:38 am to wadewilson
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So you're fine with your daughter getting dicked down by a bunch of random dudes in college?
18-22 year old kids have sex
BREAKING NEWS
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:39 am to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:except for the dorms that are going to be built there
And they haven’t picked the building up and moved it so you can still park right across the street
That might get in the way of parking
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:40 am to GreenRockTiger
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except for the dorms that are going to be built there
So what I said was correct? Thanks
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:43 am to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:I didn’t know you had children going to engineering school presentations!!
which just isn’t true
The department heads did not give talks - students did
Well, the Turkish woman in the engineering department gave a talk - but I’m not sure if she’s considered white or not. Which is why I said no white male has given an engineering talk that my kids and I attended - because one hasn’t. I guess the 4 guys were taking their white privileged days.
And since this werent there - how would you know? I was. I’m sorry your beloved LSU is not what you want it to be.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:46 am to GreenRockTiger
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The department heads did not give talks - students did
Yes, it’s totally believable that there hasn’t been a single white male student give a presentation in a college that is 72% male and 68% white.
We totally believe you
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And since this werent there - how would you know? I was. I’m sorry your beloved LSU is not what you want it to be.
You’re right, you’re just making absurd claims and your back up is “just believe me”
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 11:47 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:46 am to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:not really bc earlier last week for welcome week you could not park there
So what I said was correct? Thanks
I’m not sure about this week be it my sons could not get a commuter tag, and are parking at the park and geaux lot and I’m not going to campus any time soon
Ask your advisory board friends
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