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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rush is great preparation for the real world. Not everyone is going to like you, you may not be a good fit or your skills/likeness fit in with the culture and you are exactly what is needed. Go where you are wanted. Most kids these days seem to have a very different view of themselves versus what everyone else sees.  Kids from the DC area seem to think they are “better” than kids from other areas and rush may actually be a good wake up call[/quote]

Don't lie to yourself. You know full well that fraternities and sororities place great weight on a certain look and manner - you need to be handsome in a certain way, presentable in a certain way, and talk in a certain way. And white American for a lot of the frats and sororities. A whole lot of diverse populations who might do very well in the real world get left out of that. The real world is actually much wider and more tolerant than you think it is, with careers to suit a great many intellects and social profiles.

My husband is an Asian MD/PhD on the spectrum - he doesn't do small talk, he doesn't present particularly well, he wouldn't check any of the standard boxes. He would never have had a chance in a Greek life system. How can you be so stupid to believe that rushing is a great preparation for the real world? And yet he's done exceptionally well for himself in the real world, because older people looking for real professional talent aren't as shallow as most young idiots in frats and sororities.

What a moron you are.

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DP.  Would he even want to be in a fraternity?  I am similar and would have actively hated it.

The biggest misconception is that you somehow need to join a frat to be successful.  Or have a social life.  Or for any reason other than you want to pay some people to be friends.  What a ripoff.[/quote]

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