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[quote=Anonymous]I rushed and joined a sorority at UVA and loved my house and my friends in the house, and had an overall positive experience. It's been about 20 years at this point though, so it's not updated info.

I actually decided to rush as a "why not give it a try" kind of thing and ended up finding a house where I felt a good vibe and joined. But I had plenty of friends in other activities and from home (NoVa) so it would have been fine with me if it hadn't worked out. I lived in the house one year and with non-sorority friends other years.

As someone rushing I just thought it was fun to meet a lot of new people and thought maybe I would find a place that clicked for me. I had a relatively easy time of it because I was MC (more middle-middle class, not UMC), conventionally attractive, and am good at small talk. I could tell pretty quickly where I would NOT fit in at a house even though they asked me back (like the super rich sororities where they asked where I "summered"). The person rushing is selecting their house as much as the house is selecting its pledge class and I think if you approach it with that mindset it's not so stressful.

I could write a book about the pros and cons of the Greek system, but unless things have changed most of the houses will be made up of women who are down to earth and focused on academics, volunteer work, and taking care of each other. Some houses will dirty rush and most won't. Even so, people will tend to gravitate to a house where they have similarities with the women already in the house. 
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