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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just talking to a friend in Texas. She said that the girls from her son's HS hire a "social media editor" to edit their social profiles so they look good for college rush, where apparently their IG / Tik Tok accounts are like a "resume" for recruitment.

She also shared stories of girls who wouldn't pose for pictures during HS senior week with old friends who were a bit alternative and didn't have the right sorority "look" because they didn't want it posted on social media as it might jeopardize their recruitment chances.

I know this is not true of all Southern schools, and not representative of all people who rush, but in 2023, this is truly discouraging and despicable behavior that places me firmly in the anti-Greek camp.

I don't think I'll watch. [/quote]
Wow. I'm a childfree woman so I'm totally out of the loop, but I had the impression that teens these days are way more woke and self-accepting than my generation was. Clearly I was dead wrong. This is so disheartening to see...something I'd expect from my generation, not the next one.[/quote]

It's a class/ region thing.  The stuff the above commenter is talking about definitely happens, but only at red-state public universities.  So in a sense they are stuck in the past; they old-fashioned views about things like gender. Both the parents and the rushees tend to be downscale or new money people with little or no experience beyond their home state or even home town, so "sorority connections" seem like a big deal to them, or might be a big deal in their little corner of the world.  You don't see this kind of thinking at more selective or private schools that draw a national student body.[/quote]

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