I Survived Southern Sorority Rush. Here’s Why Parents Are Paying $12,000 For Help.

Northerners are paying upwards of $12,000 for “rush coaches” to get their daughters into a Southern sorority. It may sound crazy, but that’s just the price of admission to college’s most prestigious social clubs.

Now before you call me “dumb” or “out of touch,” I did not pay for any type of sorority coach, but I didn’t need to. I was from the South, went to school in the South, and had connections out the wazoo with girls already in sororities at Auburn University. But to be clear, I still got dropped by some sororities I liked (I’m looking at you Chi O).