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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing that was interesting for my daughter, was that she met more people with similar majors in certain sororities. There definitely seemed to be some sororities which either attracted more pre-health students or, perhaps, kept them through the process. When you look at their highlighted internship opportunities, it made sense. These may not have been the most prolific on social media, but likely a better house for someone with the type of academic schedule that comes along with being pre-health.[/quote]

That is deliberate on the sorority’s part.  A result of the overorchestrarion of rush these days.  Girls are often limited to only talking to those with the same major and only a few girls each night, much different from meet as many sisters as possible rushes of past decades.  Girls then have to hope their assigned girls have a lot of pull in the sorority or they need preexisting ties to the sorority, such as other girls from their high schools attending, an older sibling, etc. . .

Many posters don’t seem to understand how rush works these days.  Everything is computerized, and designed to get the highest yield at each house.  The top houses have to cut a ton on girls each night, the lower houses keep far more.  A bottom house that underperforms reaching quota by a lot  each year will be allowed to cut almost no girls.  It’s possible for a girl to be ranked far higher at a top houses where she is cut than a bottom house where she keeps getting invited back, in fact, often the case.

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Ha!  My daughter told me she kept meeting girls with similar ECs or majors.  I figured she must have been assigned them on purpose.  That's interesting about how the cuts are made.So are you saying a girl could be 80 at one house, but they invite 70 and 110 at another house that invites 140?[/quote]

I'm not the PP but chiming in here anyway. Yes, that can happen.  The "top" houses make bigger cuts because most of the girls they choose will choose them back.  The "bottom" houses make smaller cuts because most of the girls they choose will NOT choose them back (even if it means dropping out of rush altogether). And the whole point is to get every house a full pledge class.

But keep in mind, at the end of the day, each sorority can only extend, lets say, 50 bids.  So the girl ranked 70 at the top house is not ultimately getting into that house and cutting her early gives her the opportunity to explore other options that might not be on her radar while under the false hope she's destined to be a [insert top house here].[/quote]

While this is true, there seems to be a sentiment on this thread that the girls should accept bids from "lower" houses because the girls there "wanted" them more.  Might not be the case on either side, the lower house just wants a full pledge class.  Top houses don't have to worry about meeting quota.[/quote]

I'm the PP and I (for one) don't think any girl should accept a bid from a house she's not interested in.  And unlike some, I don't think it's necessarily snobbery on her part; choice works both ways and it's supposed to me MUTUAL selection. I'm just saying I think it's better to know sooner than later what your actual options are.

I think this analogy came up on a similar thread at some point,[b] but it's like if I have a crush on the star QB and I (along with every other girl at school) is hoping he'll ask me to prom. He seems to like me and he's showing some interest in me (and why not, I'm pretty and fun and nice), so I've got my hopes up... but he likes the cheer captain better than he likes me. I may not be his last choice, but I'm not his first choice either, so the sooner I know he's going with the cheerleader the better. Then I can at least consider if I want to go to prom with the drum major or the mathlete or the class president or the newspaper editor instead. I don't have to go with any of them if I don't like them, but maybe (MAYBE) I'd rather accept one of their invitations than be home dateless on prom night[/b].[/quote]

OMG. Are you actually a functioning adult?[/quote]

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