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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1434628)

I stated that in order to judge things like chapter size, g.p.a., acomplishments, trophies won, etc., the chapter websites would be a good place to START. Obviously, you could not judge any chapter in its totality by a website.

I think websites are a pretty bad place to look. They are often out of date and they often misrepresent things.

I remember helping out at a rush over at one of the schools up the street from mine a few years back. I remember getting my hands on a rush pamphlet published by another house (which was suspended a couple of years ago when a kid died from alcohol poisoning). The pamphlet was full of blatant lies. Rush is very competitive. I would not take a website or brochure published by the organization itself at face value.

Rush is very competitive at some schools. If you're in an NPC organization, unless you've been involved in fraternity rush, you really aren't going to have a very good idea as to how things work. It's often very, very shady.

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1434463)

Oh - and if you don't want sorority women's opinions, I'd suggest moving this to Fraternity Rush.

As to making "generalizations " - um, no. My point was that there are men who are looking for more than the superficial when they go through rush. I never attacked any single fraternity, or any specific campus, although you would think I had by the virulent responses. I discussed a very specific situation where successful college students felt the fraternities at that time were not focused on the brotherhood they sought. I argued that you shouldn't assume all PNMs were not also looking beyond sports trophies and number of parties, or the type of thing that you can subjectively measure. I know that when my brother went through rush he was looking for a group of men with whom he could share brotherhood - the type he had known in the Marines. He made up his own mind, not based on what the "top" houses were, but on where he felt that connection.
And when I said I would not say all men were stupid, but feel free to argue the point - I'm really surprised someone took me up on it! So, okay, you've convinced me.
And nowhere did I say that any poster here did not have brotherhood. Some of you need to re-read my post before assuming I was attacking you.
Apparently I was wrong, so I apologize.I bow to the superior understanding of those who have previously posted. My understanding of what fraternities are all about was obviously way off base.
Find out which house has the best record in competitions, craziest parties, best mixers, and wildest formals. Good luck.
"The guilty man flees where none pursues . . . "

I never said anything about "all" rushees thinking that way....I made a very valid assumption about the majority of guys that go through rush.

Statedawg,

I think you should just go to the parties over the summer and see which you like best.

You could ask the people you know about the groups, but as long as you know guys and are invited to the events, you can probably figure it out on your own better than anyone here.

In the bigger groups, there probably isn't just one type of guy. If you like a smaller group better, it's going to be because of the individuals you know in it, not the reputation.

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Originally Posted by yale08 (Post 1434903)

Most freshman rushing could care less about house GPA, intramurals, and "accomplishments." GPA is does not matter, intramurals are won by houses who take it too seriously and do not drink the weekends they have games, and accomplishments like philanthropy are simply meaningless when rushing.

Some of us aren't interested in "most freshmen."

You'd be really surprised at the work that goes into putting a pledge class together over the summer.