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Originally Posted by PhrozenGod01
It's kind of a two way street. The aspirant has to want the org just as much as the org wants the aspirant. I actually went through the IFC rush process at my school (very informal, lots of debauchery involved) and soon came to realize that there didn't seem to be anything personal that was wanted out of me besides raising the number of people in the pledge class and getting a fat check for my membership. Some of the orgs were full of good guys, but I'm not too sure if they knew I was a good guy. Before being given the priveledge of trying to become an Alpha, I learned that I had to seek out membership. The bruhs were going to be there, but they were only going to help me if I was willing to help myself in the process. That's the way they treat everybody, regardles of race.
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The way you are explaining your GLO experience is exactly the way I feel about mine. I think it has to do with the Greek culture at the school, and where the school is. I know that NPC sororities have what is called "Formal Recruitment," as opposed to "rush," so it is can be a lot more serious than most fraternity "rushes." It might be time for IFC fraternities to streamline their recruitment processes and adopt a more formal way of finding members. Sometimes, they can get out of hand--one fraternity on my campus had a cigars and bourbon night for recruiting members, which I found tasteless and completely playing into the stereotype that all fraternity members are brainless binge drinkers.