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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Girls drop mid week because the algorithm is set up to push girls into the unpopular houses to save the chapters.  Girls aren’t  falling for it. They want to rush all week and have a choice to make at the end.  They’re told to find the right fit until they’re down to the one house the university is trying to save and then they’re told to just take what you get and don’t complain. Sounds like fun? [/quote]

This is a really stupid statement,[/quote]

+1
It’s asinine.
What the PP (who thinks she has cracked the code) is missing is that prior to changing the algorithm to “push the girls” toward considering houses they may not have wanted prior to rush week, sororities used to be able to invite any number they wanted to each round. And so all the girls would think they were destined to be a DDD so they’d keep going back there and drop other groups so that they could go back every night. Then the last night, girls who were sure they were going to get a DDD bid were left without a bid at all.
The algorithm just introduces the ones who were never going to be members of DDD to that reality much sooner so that they can have time to adjust their expectations and find another group they like before the last night of rush. 
There’s no great way to make everyone happy. But unlike PP’s fantasyland scenario, the reality is many girls never would have had that “end of week” choice. The math doesn’t math on that.
This is like thinking the star football player is going to ask you to the prom, so you turn down invitations from the nice valedictorian, the cool soccer goalie, and the hilarious drama dude when they ask you…only to find out the week of prom that star football player is going with head cheerleader and not you. Guess what? The truth is he was never going to ask you. He was always going with head cheerleader. And yeah, maybe it would have hurt a little if you had found that out three weeks ago, but wouldn’t you rather have understood that reality sooner so that you had considered those other options when you had the chance? But now it’s too late. You’re home crying on prom night. [/quote]

So the star QB was always going to prom with the head cheerleader = the "top" sororities already know who they're going to invite before rush even starts?  [/quote]

That’s right. Welcome to reality. [/quote]

So why even have the dog and pony show of rush?  It's more fun when there are crying girls at the end?[/quote]

Exactly. And Yes.  Because Greek life is all about perpetuating social hierarchy. I’m not being sarcastic. [/quote]

DP. For sure. And parents, if your daughter is at the top of the social hierarchy at her NoVa high school, this will not matter whatsoever in the UVA Greek system. [/quote]

Being from NOVA is a huge strike against getting into top tier, in fact. Absolutely works against you. [/quote]

Forgive my ignorance, but why does that work against you?[/quote]

I’ve never heard this either, but I’ve never done a member analysis of the makeup of UVA chapters. Groups tend to want to recruit from the same high schools where they already have members. There are exceptions of course, but it helps to either be known by members before rush starts, or be from a high school that has a high population of women going Greek.[/quote]

A member analysis of the makeup of UVA chapters???  Would you please sell me some of your spare time?[/quote]

She said she has “never” tried to do one.

Do try to keep up, mkay?[/quote]

That anyone on DCUM - presumably a mother- could even fathom this idea is absurd. [/quote]

Please see post explaining how this is a literal job for hundreds of women in the sorority business.
Yes, business.
This is a multimillion dollar nationwide system that relies on generated revenue in order to continue to function. Not one piece of it isn’t carefully studied.
That you don’t study it or find it interesting is fine. But that doesn’t mean someone isn’t doing the work.
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DP. This is so bizarre. This must be a southern thing. This is not a thing in the north. [/quote]

New York’s Central Park Big Hat Luncheon (Ladies in Hats) may be “bizarre” to some folks in Midwest or South (or even some in the North).  As with anything, can just keep walking if not your thing.[/quote]

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