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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if you don't get invited to join any sorority?  Then you'd feel like the biggest loser.  Why are they so exclusive?  So that they can feel superior?[/quote]

[b]Far more students go through rush than there are openings.[/b] And yes, if you go through to the end and get no bids, it is pretty awful. DD1 specifically chose a school with no Greek life, but that doesn’t seem to be DD2’s plan. Dreading it. [/quote]

This is not true any longer. Any young woman who completes the recruitment process is guaranteed a spot. No one goes bidless. They may not get the bid they want, but every potential new member will be given a bid.  (The only school where this is not true is Indiana.  They are special snowflakes.)[/quote]

+1 How many times has this been explained since the first page?

I think some people have baggage from their college days and can't let it go. Times have changed. If you can't get over parts of your college experience, talk to a professional to process it and don't burden your kids with this outdated information.[/quote]

That may be the case at UVA, but it is not true at all schools. At my daughter’s college, they post the data after rush each year. Last year 7 girls didn’t get bids. The previous year, it was 17. [/quote]

Oh, and you can also get completely dropped from recruitment any night of the week. That is actually quite common and happens just because you weren’t invited back by the sororities you picked. Many girls don’t even get invites to the next round. It’s not the safe and comfy process you make it out to be [/quote]

I do think schools and organizations are trying to make the process better. Trying to figure out how to keep the good parts of sorority recruitment and minimizing the hurtful parts. For example changing the rules at uva so you can’t go all the way to the end and go bidless after prefs. And I’ve heard some schools don’t allow a girl to get dropped everywhere. Fine line though letting girls select their members vs being inclusive. [/quote]

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