So..... yeah. That'll keep you from joining.

Except the one. Who was in one that wasn't very good.

:rolleyes:

I personally was cut from all of them. Most of the others I spoke to dropped out because they were cut from either the "good ones" or the ones they wanted to be a part of.

None, but I rushed as a freshman. I'm a Junior now.

Yes, that's correct-I was a freshman when I went through recruitment. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have as to the open holes in my story.

Well, yes, I do not KNOW. But I am fairly sure. By philanthropy day, I only had 3 sororities invite me back, and two of them were ones that I had cut already. That early on in recruitment, I feel like there is no other reason to be cut from that many.

I'm just being fair. Like I said, neither I nor any other Indian girl I met that I rushed with got in. To be fair though, I worded that very carefully because a. There is always the chance that there is an Indian girl that rushed with me or has rushed since I went through recruitment that got in, although I haven't seen any evidence of it, and b. I did see that one Indian girl in a sorority.

There are many reasons to be cut, even that early, and especially during a competitive recruitment. You don't know why you were cut.

I completely agree with everything you've just said. In my opinion, if they had kept me around until closer to the end of recruitment, I wouldn't have considered being dropped to be racist. In that case, I would say that of course it would mean more to a girl who's a legacy or has Greek roots to be given a bid than me. I personally feel that my rush experience was racist because I was dropped so early.

I think it's wonderful that your school and sorority is so open to the Indian race. I simply mean that in my experience with the University of Texas' rush, that's definitely not the case. I make no claims of any other school's rush keeping Indians out.

Maybe you're just not a pleasant person...

I'm sorry that you dislike my username. Since I wasn't invited to be part of a greek sorority, I just improvised. If you have suggestions for a better one, I'd be open to them.

As for my post being dumb, you are of course entitled to your own opinion. If you have specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

Congratulations on pledging Greek! I'm glad some of us are given that opportunity. No, I'm not in a culturally based GLO.

I know that not all schools will have the same experience with race being an issue. I'm glad that that is the case, and wasn't implying otherwise. I just am saying that in my personal experience at my school, that was a problem. I should've been more clear with my wording in my original post. And no, I am not in a culturally based sorority.

Everyone who attends recruitment is "given that opportunity."

No, I definitely wasn't trying to steer anyone away from NPC. That's why I said in my post that I didn't regret rushing and advised the girl who posted the original post of this thread to go ahead and rush if she wants to.

AND THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE....

IF YOU DROP OUT OF RUSH YOU WON'T GET INTO A SORORITY. (funny how that works)

What was your GPA?

It's not ulterior motive. I'm not a part of any sorority, culturally based or not. I'm just stating my personal experience. Do you know any Indian women in a NPC sorority at UT?

There seems to be a lot of interest in my username being greek. I actually planned for my original username to be DIVA, as it's an ongoing inside joke between my friends and I about how we're in a diva sorority (Delta Iota Verve Alpha-Yes, I know Verve is made up, we didn't know if there was a Greek letter for V) since we can't be in a NPC one, but apparently that was already taken, hence DeltaIVA. I'll say it again, this is not an ulterior motive, I am not part of any other sorority, and as I said in my original post, if anybody wants to rush at UT, Indian or not, I say go for it if you want to.

No, there is no ulterior motive here. Like I said in my original post, I do not know much about the Indian sororities, I've just heard of them. I'm sure they're all wonderful ladies. I am not a part of either organization, nor any other sorority, and I have no doubt that they wouldn't condone recruiting like this if that were what I was doing.

Well, hopefully that's the case. The only other reason I can think of is because I'm not from a big city, but even then I find it odd that they would cut me that early for just that reason, don't you?

I agree, but I wasn't one of those who dropped. I was cut from all 13 sororities before the fourth day of rush had begun.

Haha, this is theoretically a valid reason. However, I don't think this is the case. I was actually nominated for class favorite when I was in high school.

I was not-I was cut from all of the sororities. I did not drop. That's why I say that I wasn't given that opportunity.

On a scale of 1-10 how hot are you??

I understand that. I did not drop. I was cut from all of them very early on.

And you assumed it was due to your race.

I'm not saying there's never racism, but your elitism in this post has made me go with "it's not them it's you."

The following piece of information is crucial to this discussion: We do not discuss membership selection on GC; not NPC, IFC, NPHC, or any other organization's membership selection.

And, for the record, I know of several East Indian women who hold membership in NPC sororities, including my own.

Please do not shoot the messenger. Finished.

Let's just say I'm not exactly unfortunate looking.

Yes, I do assume it's my race. I'm not saying it couldn't just be me. I just feel like to be cut from 13 different organizations halfway through recruitment seems more than a little fishy.

I'm pleased to hear that this is the case! Don't worry, I don't intend on shooting the messenger. :) I know that a lot of schools are more than happy to let girls in as long based on qualities that don't include race. I just mean that in my personal experience at my school, I feel that I was discriminated against because of my race.

Texas is an extremely competitive school when it comes to rush. Plus, being a premier state school- and highly academically regarded nationwide- it is heavily attended by state residents- and thus naturally the children of alumni and established members of the Texas community.

Compared to other southern schools, I think Texas is actually far more "progressive" on issues of race and religion when it comes to acceptance in Greek organizations.

For a variety of historical reasons- those same patterns are reflected in successful members of the community in all senses including country club memberships and the demographics of top private schools from which many UT fraternities and sororities recruit heavily.

I graduated from college years ago (Texas actually) and I have been in the real world for quite some time.

I get what you are thinking- and it is a logical conclusion in many senses. But in this case I really do not think it applies- at least not with regards to Greek recruitment itself. For better or for worse, Greek membership at competitive schools where a large number of students come from a relatively concentrated region is an extension of the communities from which their members are drawn.

It is no mistake that southern state schools are where recruitment tends to be incredibly competitive and insular, or that expensive private schools drawing students from around the United States tend to appear more open. This is a gross generalization with many exceptions, but it is worth considering.

:rolleyes:

Yes, because no other Indians got into .. oh wait. They did, they just either dropped or joined "not as good" chapters.

Sounds like you.

Just like practically everyone else at UT, and probably every girl that was rushing. Your GPA and being in the Top 4% does not make you unique at that school.

WTF is 'class favorite'?

It's what it sounds like. lol. It's a popularity thing. At the end of the year, the "class" (i.e senior) vote for the guy and girl who were the 'favorites' for that school year. It's a fluff award that usually goes along with the senior 'who's who' (if your school does that).

Let's be honest here, it's not like the whole freaking school votes, at my school we probably had like 20 people max vote.

Being "class favorite" does not mean you are sorority material nor that the sororities should love you. They aren't going to say "OMGZZ, you were class favorite?? You're in!"

DeltaIVA,

There is a multi-quote feature on this board. It's directly to the right of the "Quote" button. You can use it to link a bunch of quoted posts together instead of quoting each one individually.

Also,

:(

Memories. We had a "Most Likely to Be in Entertainment" or something to that effect. Wouldn't you know it? The girl that got that vote ended up being a international opera singer.

LL please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the understanding that it was pretty common to see women cut by all 13 chapters before day 4, right?

Or is that my dirty and disgusting deferred recruitment mind being jealous of the super awesome ultra-competitive schools?