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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real problem here, and what perpetuates the misery, is that the girls are so status-conscious.  This is their own issue and their own insecurity.  I was in a mid-tier sorority and didn’t for one minute care about the “popularity” of any of the houses.  I wanted to go where I felt comfortable, where the girls were kind, and where I felt I could be myself.  Accordingly, heartbreak didn’t ensue when “top” houses dropped me.[/quote]

This is 100% true. +1 
I have posted about my DD who is in a "mid" house and guess what? She has friends in the "top" houses and even in the top frats AND the low frats, and hey everyone gets along! How could that be? Because really the only people who care about this whole tier situation are rushees.  Once they are in the house, they have to actually LIKE the people and that is nowhere near guaranteed at a "popular' house. Yes at some larger schools, the tiers do generally dictate the mixers, but again, most freshman guys are not going to get into the top frats, just like most freshman girls aren't going to get into the top sororities. When my DD was disappointed that her only options were mid and low tier houses, I reminded her that her best guy friends were rushing mid and low tier frats, so those are clearly the people she likes and gets along with. In her "mid" house, she mixes with hmmmm 15+ frats? Whereas the top tier exclusively mixes with 4 frats. Four. You tell me which would be more fun.

To the poster who said we have no sympathy for girls who have to drop out because they only have one option and they don't like it, I am sorry to hear that. And one of you has been posting consistently these last few posts about greek like about the "loser house" being the only one left. That sounds like entirely the wrong attitude for your DD and its clearly perpetuated by you. Just by calling that, you're making it so. Also, yeah sometimes it just doesn't work out the first time around, so they should rush again next year when they may have more of an idea what they want and where their friends are.  [/quote]

You keep blaming the moms for using the language the girls use just to tell their story. Not one mom has given the impression that SHE thinks there is a “loser house”.   [/quote]

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