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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]any discussion of greek life always devolves into this type of argument on this board. the fact is that if you talk to the girls in sororities they are generally happy with the experience, and they are also welcome to drop out at any time if they are not. Its a social club, [b]why do we have to assign any more meaning to it than that? [/b]If the girls find their "home" great, if its not for them,, great. Why grown women (and possibly men) on this board care one way or the other, I simply don't understand.[/quote]

For one thing, it's school sanctioned [/quote]

And rush is organized by the school. They could choose to be more humane. [/quote]

How many more years will it take for someone to hit a public school with an ADA or 1984 complaint based on rush? [/quote]

Overdue. But when a school gets a reputation of having an especially brutal rush and moms start steering their daughters to the other major state U because of it (true story), a sorority will give a bid  to someone with obvious differences (Down’s) for a PR stunt to show how “inclusive” are.  [/quote]

Stories like this are based on a very limited number of schools.

Generally speaking though sororities run the gamut from groups with all one type of young women to groups with all types.  Sororities vary from school to school and the most snobby sorority at one school might be the most laid back at another school.

One problem that happens in rush is most freshman will go through the process and pick the group that matches their "fantasy self" - the young woman they imagine they might be sometime in the future - instead of picking the sorority that matches their real self.  So the girl who wants to be outgoing and bubbly and popular but is really a bit more shy and reserved tries really hard to get into the outgoing bubbly popular all the time sorority and is crushed when she doesn't get accepted. She passes up the group of young women who are a bit more reserved but are just as fun and kind as the other sorority and have just as many activities going on but don't appear to be the most popular.

[b]Another problem that happens is most freshman fail to understand that during rush the sisters are like sales people. They are really good at selling the sorority experience.[/b] They make everyone feel like they love them and want them in their group. That's so the rushee feels like she wants to be in that group.  It can be hard to look past that and decide which group has the best sales people vs. which group has the best people for her. [/quote]

This is so fake and inauthentic. During rush, members are required to go to events to make them seem fun and full. Including, signing up for time slots to play frisbee and cornhole on the front lawn so it looks fun and happening. Fake.

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