August 26, 20187 yr I will say this for the Greek system, Frats/Sororities + Obsession with Tshirts = Lots of cartoonists with steady livings. Gracias.
August 26, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, gsoda3 said: PhD do you mean your son's paying $1,000 / month per person for those 4 person units? Yes. And that's about in the 40th percentile of what you can pay for those newer places. This one's about 3 years old. But he loves it.
August 26, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, phdhorn said: There have been, but man not to this degree as I see it. You could always find a nice old 3-story among the elites. Now it's almost built out completely. At least in my take. Maybe it's been longer than I imagine, but it always was a place you could find decently priced, if not older, lodging. It's almost impossible now. Oh, BTW, my kid said that Jester (West) was ok last year, but a bunch of really, really weird loner losers there now. Again I think that reflects the Top 10% thing... "normal" people less in favor of super-duper-6.0-on-a-scale-of-4 autistic, narrow savant-like Super Academics with no social skills. He said he's glad he did it but for the most part he felt like he was in some weird academic summer camp or something. He said that San Jac is now the "normal" dorm (athletes stay there) but he's glad he experienced Jester. I had a sad... Jester is now Dweeb City? I mean, Jester is huge. It’s kind of silly to think the entire thing is inhabited by weird, loner types. I think almost anyone can find a niche there.
August 26, 20187 yr Just now, SubliminalHorn said: I mean, Jester is huge. It’s kind of silly to think the entire thing is inhabited by weird, loner types. I think almost anyone can find a niche there. Yes, and I don't want to paint everyone there with one brush, but I've heard that a lot of it is like what my kid experienced (lots of weird loners who seem to have been kind of babied by mom and dad). Could have been his floor or wing and certainly there were no doubt coll places. But even his floor meetings he said were a lot of weird people. My guess is that indeed the nature of Jester has changed since the greater exclusivity in admission.
August 27, 20187 yr Author 12 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: The Jews probably have something to say about that. Hits close to home. My grandfather grew up in West Campus in the 1920s and the family homestead passed in to the hands of the third-tier Jewish frat -- that one that isn't ZBT or Sammy.
August 27, 20187 yr On 8/24/2018 at 12:40 PM, TexasBeta said: How do you like my old house....and I'm an idiot - the ATO's have our old house. Trying to figure out who you are. Lat must know. Whoever said Phi Psis were creepers... accurate. Odd bunch that often lost their couches to spontaneous combustion.
August 27, 20187 yr On 8/24/2018 at 12:49 PM, TexasBeta said: Top 10%, 9%, 8% or whatever it is today has killed the greek community. The primary big high schools like HP, Westlake, Memorial, Alamo Heights just don't send their kids to UT like they use to. I don't know how the fraternities are surviving really. We had 120 actives when I was at UT and almost every other fraternity had the same. I would guess 30% of the UT student population was greek in the 80's - I doubt it's 10% now. Not sure if they did this back then but UT frats do accept ACC students now. In fact, I've heard a few of them are nearly 50% ACC students now.
August 27, 20187 yr Trying to figure out who you are. Lat must know. Whoever said Phi Psis were creepers... accurate. Odd bunch that often lost their couches to spontaneous combustion.Lat and Cajun know me. I’m a year ahead of them.
August 27, 20187 yr Not sure if they did this back then but UT frats do accept ACC students now. In fact, I've heard a few of them are nearly 50% ACC students now.That’s just not right. Might as well start taking Blinn students too.
August 27, 20187 yr Author There were a bunch of ACC dudes in my day but none of them started out there. They'd all flunked out, but they remained actives in good standing. Few if any of them made it back into UT IIRC.
August 27, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said: They'd all flunked out, but they remained actives in good standing. You needed the dues?
August 27, 20187 yr On 8/24/2018 at 10:01 PM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said: All yous hope to be Nus. We went out on top. hamm?
August 27, 20187 yr Jr. just told me that he's aiming to join the Tejas Club. Not a pure frat per se, but I've always liked those guys (i spoke at one of their weekly roundtables). They have a bitchin' house. Anyone here a former Tejas Club member? Do they make you drink liquid shit and pureed pus or something? Do you have to fuck your hallmate in the ass? Anyway, I'm for him being in that and would pay the dues. Edit: To clarify, I'm all for him being in Tejas, not being in his hallmate's ass. But hey, he's 19, it's his life, it's his ship now, his command. He's in charge, the boss, the head man, top dog, big cheese, a head honcho, number... Edited August 27, 20187 yr by phdhorn
August 27, 20187 yr Just now, TwiceHorn said: I dont think Tejas hazes much. IIRC it's just juniors and seniors. I believe they take sophs now.
August 27, 20187 yr 18 minutes ago, phdhorn said: Jr. just told me that he's aiming to join the Tejas Club. Not a pure frat per se, but I've always liked those guys (i spoke at one of their weekly roundtables). They have a bitchin' house. Anyone here a former Tejas Club member? Do they make you drink liquid shit and pureed pus or something? Do you have to fuck your hallmate in the ass? Anyway, I'm for him being in that and would pay the dues. Edit: To clarify, I'm all for him being in Tejas, not being in his hallmate's ass. But hey, he's 19, it's his life, it's his ship now, his command. He's in charge, the boss, the head man, top dog, big cheese, a head honcho, number... Are Tejas the guys who get dressed in Wimbeldon white and play a protracted game of croquet on their lawn the first day of Spring or something equally queer? I never understood the whole pomp and circumstance of that whole thing if so. I thought they were a student group or something, were they more akin to a social club? Edited August 27, 20187 yr by Guest
August 27, 20187 yr 12 minutes ago, OatmealRaisinCookie said: Are Tejas the guys who get dressed in Wimbeldon white and play a protracted game of croquet on their lawn the first day of Spring or something equally queer? I never understood the whole pomp and circumstance of that whole thing if so. I thought they were a student group or something, were they more akin to a social club? DId you have a brain tumor for breakfast? Wtf is wrong with a little croquet?
August 27, 20187 yr 28 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: DId you have a brain tumor for breakfast? Wtf is wrong with a little croquet? Sorry, didn't realize you were Tejas. Party on, croquet dude!
August 27, 20187 yr Of course I've played croquet and it's fine for a lawn game; the idea of making it your centerpiece with the faux pomp and circumstance surrounding a Saudi Arabian magnate game of polo complete with coordinating and planned outfits seems a bit much, but ya, sure, it's just me and my brain tumor sugar O's.
August 27, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, OatmealRaisinCookie said: Of course I've played croquet and it's fine for a lawn game; the idea of making it your centerpiece with the faux pomp and circumstance surrounding a Saudi Arabian magnate game of polo complete with coordinating and planned outfits seems a bit much, but ya, sure, it's just me and my brain tumor sugar O's. It's a tongue in cheek thing. I have no problem with it. Particularly post-Heathers. Edited August 27, 20187 yr by TwiceHorn
August 27, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, OatmealRaisinCookie said: Are Tejas the guys who get dressed in Wimbeldon white and play a protracted game of croquet on their lawn the first day of Spring or something equally queer? I never understood the whole pomp and circumstance of that whole thing if so. I thought they were a student group or something, were they more akin to a social club? It was def a social club. I went to that party every year of college. Though by the time I left UT (2010), it was on the verge of becoming Gay-jas. So phdhorn, your kid might be a closet banana crammer.
August 27, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, Js1 said: It was def a social club. I went to that party every year of college. Though by the time I left UT (2010), it was on the verge of becoming Gay-jas. So phdhorn, your kid might be a closet banana crammer. That's the vibe I got from that place too, a decade earlier.
August 27, 20187 yr Not sure if they did this back then but UT frats do accept ACC students now. In fact, I've heard a few of them are nearly 50% ACC students now.That's been going on for years with some of the frats. That's what got the SAEs in trouble. They've been doing it for years (though most of them got into UT after a year at ACC) and an alum recently complained about it and then other stuff was discovered which led to the charter being revoked.
August 27, 20187 yr I was never in a UT fraternity but I've been fairly close to UT for 20+ years now...and I had no idea that UT "frats" take in that many community college students. I don't understand how that works in terms of their national chapters.
August 27, 20187 yr Our babysitter (no pics) just went off to UT. She’s going thru rush and keeps calling my wife (no pics). She didn’t get the ones she wants and was considering bailing from Texas altogether. WTF! I had to coach my wife what to say to this girl so she wouldn’t bail to aggy where all her dumbass friends went. She’s doing the right thing. She just doesn’t realize it yet. Hell, school hasn’t even started yet. She finds out tonight if she gets the one we all decided she should go with. Poor girl barely missed making Pom earlier this summer to boot. If she had that this would be a lot easier. No clue where her mom is on this one. My wife got really close to this girl over the last year and I guess I had some drunk conversations about how awesome Texas is. Disclosure: wife didn’t go to Texas
August 27, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, kmac30 said: Our babysitter (no pics) just went off to UT. She’s going thru rush and keeps calling my wife (no pics). She didn’t get the ones she wants and was considering bailing from Texas altogether. WTF! I had to coach my wife what to say to this girl so she wouldn’t bail to aggy where all her dumbass friends went. She’s doing the right thing. She just doesn’t realize it yet. Hell, school hasn’t even started yet. She finds out tonight if she gets the one we all decided she should go with. Poor girl barely missed making Pom earlier this summer to boot. If she had that this would be a lot easier. No clue where her mom is on this one. My wife got really close to this girl over the last year and I guess I had some drunk conversations about how awesome Texas is. Disclosure: wife didn’t go to Texas Sorority rush kind of be that way. However, completely getting shut out of "ones she wants" may speak to a lack of self-awareness. And wanting to bail an entire university because of rush not turning out "well," speaks to a whole other lack of something, namely perspective. How did a gal like this get into Texas in the first place?
August 27, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, cabowabo said: 16 hours ago, TexasBeta said: Lat and Cajun know me. I’m a year ahead of them. TL? I'd kill everyone of you for some of his fried chicken right now.
August 27, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, kmac30 said: Our babysitter (no pics) just went off to UT. She’s going thru rush and keeps calling my wife (no pics).
August 27, 20187 yr 22 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: How did a gal like this get into Texas in the first place? Top 10% weight class
August 27, 20187 yr She’s sheltered. Smart girl, just a little clue less about some things in life. I was surprised she was dropped by the one she wanted. She’s a cute girl, was head cheerleader. She’s a goodie goodie. She got into UT because she was top 3%. If I can find a pic of her I can post I will.
August 27, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, kmac30 said: She’s sheltered. Smart girl, just a little clue less about some things in life. I was surprised she was dropped by the one she wanted. She’s a cute girl, was head cheerleader. She’s a goodie goodie. She got into UT because she was top 3%. If I can find a pic of her I can post I will. so you have pictures of her that you cant post? you had my curiosity....
August 27, 20187 yr I feel like the increased admissions standards at UT nowadays have sent a lot of normal middle to upper middle class sports fans to aggy or Tech when they would've gone to UT in the past. I guess it could be worse though. After all, we could've embraced becoming an increasingly average degree mill like aggy has embraced so heavily. I'd say that's aggy's rightful role since so many of their students' career aspirations are middle management at somewhere like Exxon.
August 27, 20187 yr On 8/26/2018 at 9:09 AM, Surly Bevo said: The Jester and other comments about the top 10% are interesting....as we work to promote diversity (socio-economic background, etc) are we actually ending up with other singularities (personality types, etc). Maybe, maybe not. Obviously anecdotal comments don't prove jack shit, but you hear these kinds of comments a lot from students and parents of students at UT these days...even from some of them who have the loner, dork savant who they were hoping would be rounded by the college experience. Moved my daughter (no pics) into Jester East on Saturday. My completely non scientific assessment was that it looked a lot like the United Nations. All colors represented.
August 27, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, kmac30 said: She’s sheltered. Smart girl, just a little clue less about some things in life. I was surprised she was dropped by the one she wanted. She’s a cute girl, was head cheerleader. She’s a goodie goodie. She got into UT because she was top 3%. If I can find a pic of her I can post I will. Top 6 sorority is a combination of hotness, money, popularity, perceived virtue, connections and more connections and/or money. A deficit in any one area drops a rung. In any two, and you may be out of the top six.
August 27, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, phdhorn said: Jr. just told me that he's aiming to join the Tejas Club. Not a pure frat per se, but I've always liked those guys (i spoke at one of their weekly roundtables). They have a bitchin' house. Anyone here a former Tejas Club member? Do they make you drink liquid shit and pureed pus or something? Do you have to fuck your hallmate in the ass? Anyway, I'm for him being in that and would pay the dues. Edit: To clarify, I'm all for him being in Tejas, not being in his hallmate's ass. But hey, he's 19, it's his life, it's his ship now, his command. He's in charge, the boss, the head man, top dog, big cheese, a head honcho, number... Older brothers of a girl I dated were both presidents of Tejas. Knew a few other guys that were in the club as well. They are all smart, driven guys across the board. It is my understanding that there are plenty of gays now, nttawwt. They kinda always did give me aggy vibes in the sense that there are some dorky, try hard types. All in all, high caliber individuals though and your son could do much worse in picking an org.
August 27, 20187 yr 17 minutes ago, 40acredropout said: Older brothers of a girl I dated were both presidents of Tejas. Knew a few other guys that were in the club as well. They are all smart, driven guys across the board. It is my understanding that there are plenty of gays now, nttawwt. They kinda always did give me aggy vibes in the sense that there are some dorky, try hard types. All in all, high caliber individuals though and your son could do much worse in picking an org. Thx. Yeah, it probably has a few dorks but you get that with achievers. He says that they require (if not officially, practically) you to be a high-up in some organization or demonstrate some type of leadership. He's involved in 2 orgs that probably meet that criteria. As for the gay thing, I dunno if that's true, but if so, he'd almost certainly know about it and wouldn't care. Plus it'd be good for him to be involved in an org where he gets to meet different types than him, including gays, and be involved in everyday activities or projects, etc. He just said the other day he decided not to pledge, which means he pretty much won't be a frat guy at UT. He almost did but decided that his orgs and maybe later Tejas would do it for him. Good, he's making his own choices (plus he has a good number of friends in frats as it is).
August 28, 20187 yr Thx. Yeah, it probably has a few dorks but you get that with achievers. He says that they require (if not officially, practically) you to be a high-up in some organization or demonstrate some type of leadership. He's involved in 2 orgs that probably meet that criteria. As for the gay thing, I dunno if that's true, but if so, he'd almost certainly know about it and wouldn't care. Plus it'd be good for him to be involved in an org where he gets to meet different types than him, including gays, and be involved in everyday activities or projects, etc. He just said the other day he decided not to pledge, which means he pretty much won't be a frat guy at UT. He almost did but decided that his orgs and maybe later Tejas would do it for him. Good, he's making his own choices (plus he has a good number of friends in frats as it is).Sounds about right re- the leadership requirement. Tejas guys were always heavily involved with student government. To your point, it is a bunch of achievers and I’m sure the connections made from within that group would serve him as well as just about any other org. Just curious, what other orgs is he involved with?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
August 28, 20187 yr I'd kill everyone of you for some of his fried chicken right now.Is this code for buttseks?
August 28, 20187 yr 17 minutes ago, 40acredropout said: Sounds about right re- the leadership requirement. Tejas guys were always heavily involved with student government. To your point, it is a bunch of achievers and I’m sure the connections made from within that group would serve him as well as just about any other org. Just curious, what other orgs is he involved with? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk SAE(?) (not the frat, I think Automotive Engineers) and Camp Texas (man he really loves being involved with that). Edited August 28, 20187 yr by phdhorn
August 28, 20187 yr She’s sheltered. Smart girl, just a little clue less about some things in life. I was surprised she was dropped by the one she wanted. She’s a cute girl, was head cheerleader. She’s a goodie goodie. She got into UT because she was top 3%. If I can find a pic of her I can post I will. You just described a girl who has never been rejected by anyone or any club in her life. It’s hard for her to process I bet.
August 28, 20187 yr No. I don’t have pictures of her. But I bet if I really tried I could find one. Hmmmmmm
August 28, 20187 yr You just described a girl who has never been rejected by anyone or any club in her life. It’s hard for her to process I bet. This probably has some truth to it. Like I mentioned, she didn’t make Pom this spring. Made the final day. That was tough on her but she handled it well. The one she wanted wasn’t top 6. She ended up OK and I think she’s going to be happy.
August 28, 20187 yr 14 minutes ago, kmac30 said: This probably has some truth to it. Like I mentioned, she didn’t make Pom this spring. Made the final day. That was tough on her but she handled it well. The one she wanted wasn’t top 6. She ended up OK and I think she’s going to be happy. Cutest Monsters on campus.
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