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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if you don't get invited to join any sorority?  Then you'd feel like the biggest loser.  Why are they so exclusive?  So that they can feel superior?[/quote]

[b]Far more students go through rush than there are openings.[/b] And yes, if you go through to the end and get no bids, it is pretty awful. DD1 specifically chose a school with no Greek life, but that doesn’t seem to be DD2’s plan. Dreading it. [/quote]

This is not true any longer. Any young woman who completes the recruitment process is guaranteed a spot. No one goes bidless. They may not get the bid they want, but every potential new member will be given a bid.  (The only school where this is not true is Indiana.  They are special snowflakes.)[/quote]

+1 How many times has this been explained since the first page?

I think some people have baggage from their college days and can't let it go. Times have changed. If you can't get over parts of your college experience, talk to a professional to process it and don't burden your kids with this outdated information.[/quote]

That may be the case at UVA, but it is not true at all schools. At my daughter’s college, they post the data after rush each year. Last year 7 girls didn’t get bids. The previous year, it was 17. [/quote]

[b]Can you read?[/b]  I said "any young woman who COMPLETES the recruitment process."  Potential new members are dropped for a variety of reasons, but [b]to get dropped by every group, you have to have 1) bad grades or 2)bad morals or 3) a mean, mean personality.  If you're not dumb or a total slut or a total bitch, you will be fine. [/b] Ordinary potential new members will get a bid.[/quote]

You are really not making a great case for sororities here. [/quote]

1. You have a “mean, mean personality” So does that mean you got dropped?

2. You’re wrong. Girls get dropped because they’re quiet, or because they’re not dressed “right” or because they don’t know the right people. You are naive to assume that every campus is just like the one you attended. There are plenty that have many more PNMs than available slots.

3. You don’t make any sense. How can a girl complete the process if she is dismissed from the process against her own wishes? 
The sorority jargon makes everything sound fair and absolutely pleasant and it’s just not. It’s a dirty and judgmental process. There’s no way around it. 
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+100
Certainly, the experiences detailed on this thread back that up.  Sounds like torture by mean girl, plain and simple. [/quote]

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