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OK, I just discovered today why I might not have gotten a bid to a local sorority on my campus in 1985. I wondered for a long time but wind up finding my "home" with an interest group which formed to go national and we became DPhiE. We did not have a panhellenci them to give us recruitment tips. We did not visit all the groups and then widdle down the list. We visited everyone and then the cut down. We did not cut down.
I wore their colors to an open recruitment party. I remember sitting on the floor of the multi-purpose room during float building for homecoming. Now their colors weren't anything unusual but they were NOT the school colors and I don't look great in one of the colors so maybe, I was seen in a bad light. No one mentioned it and 20 years later, I see the potential risks involved.
Why I am telling you this 20 years later? I HAD NO IDEA at the time that this was not a good idea. Thanks to greekchat, many potential new members can eliminate tons of heartache by following the advice of others before them. I was sad. I moved on and found my home but always wondered "what did I do wrong?"
Soapbox retracted!
Denise
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