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Originally posted by STL Kappa
Could you explain what you mean by this? (I'm not trying to attack you, I just don't understand it!) I guess I just don't get how changing and redefining yourself as a person is inhibited by the style of recruitment you participate in... maybe I'm just not getting it...
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Part of what she means is what I said - just because someone was the queen of everything in high school does not mean she is a good person. Some of them are extremely bitchy. Sometimes they were only the queen of everything because there were 2.5 people in their class and everyone else was lazy.
And I think she also meant that if women are getting cut based solely on a resume of what they did in high school - which often is happening in earlier rounds - they don't get the chance to say "hey, just because I was in 300 beauty pageants doesn't mean I want to be in the house with the other pageant winners. My mom made me do that. I would rather be in a chapter where people wear no makeup and sweats 90% of the time." Or vice versa.
Judging people on what they were or who they knew in high school often is not fair at all in college rush. And if you have to rush right after high school you haven't gotten a chance to redefine yourself in the way you want. You probably still believe some of the stereotypes that were hung on you even if they were BS.
(Little E, I don't mean to answer for you, but I absolutely agreed and understood where you were coming from with your post.)