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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened to my daughter several years ago, and it was especially tough after she had been “dirty rushed” by a couple of houses in the fall that cut her (they had winter recruitment at that school). She was devastated at the time, and it was what tipped her to transfer the next fall (particularly because it was already hard to be social during all the Covid lock downs and social distancing). At her new uni she gave sorority rush another chance and ended up in a house that was a great fit for her and gave her wonderful friends and leadership opportunities. So things can work out in the end.

Winter rush can be really tough, as girls build both expectations and anxieties based on how many people they already know or don’t know in the various chapters. Plus there’s the added worry of being the only one in a 1st semester friend group without a full spring social calendar. Best of luck to your daughter as she navigates everything and to you as you watch her go through it. It really does have to be her own process based on my experience.[/quote]

What is dirty rush?[/quote]

Houses aren’t supposed to recruit before Rush officially starts so that every girl has the same opportunity to meet the houses at the same time. Dirty rush is when some members of a house gets to know freshmen earlier, so that when Rush starts, the girls they want already have connections and interest in their house. The might target girls that seem like a fit for their house, but sometimes they get it wrong and sometimes they meet girls they want more during Rush. So the girl who was dirty rushed feels led on. Nothing is promised, it’s just a head start for some and technically not allowed but happens all the time (organically or not) [/quote]

Dirty rush at my school was sororities telling girls they loved them but couldn't take them (they had too many ranked ahead of them).  Sororities encouraged girls to drop out of rush or suicide-bid (rank only that house) so they could get snap bids on Bid Day, or be scooped up via COB - it was a way to build their numbers with a guaranteed pool of candidates they were interested in, but we not the top X number (whatever quota was).  Lots of girls did it, but more often than not, the bids didn't come through.[/quote]

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