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Originally Posted by 33girl
People who have been here for a long time, like Sandy and I, remember when GC WAS happy pony rainbow land. There was nothing but positive encouragement offered, no matter the PNM's particular situation. Then those PNMs came back devastated because they didn't get bids. We learned our lesson. I used to say "junior? LSU? 2.0? Go for it!" I would NEVER say that now, not without a disclaimer.
If you went on collegeconfidential or other college entrance info type MBs and said "Hey! I have a 1.9 and have never been in any extracurricular activities, and I want to go to Harvard!" people would tell you very quickly that your chances were practically nil. That doesn't mean you would never go to college because all those people in college are so mean.
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I'm some what confused on this
If I'm answering this question with complete misunderstanding to what you typed, I apologize in advance. I guess I'm not sure which your implying, that I am not considering Greek because of this thread, or that I'm not going to college because of this thread. Either way, its a wrong assumption. I never asked for it to be constant encouragment, but I did ask for advice on a specific question, not opinions about my life. I'm still going to college.. I don't know if I'm still going to rush because I was never sure if I wanted to in the first place. I was seeking out more information on it, and thats all. I don't recall coming onto GC with "OMG I SO WANT TO BE A SORORITY GIRL!!! I JUST HAVE TO GET IN!! ITS MY WHOLE LIFE!!!" I completely agree you should be honest on here, don't sugar coat things, but there is a line between giving truthful advice and opinions on whats been asked, and giving negative opinions about a persons
life and expecting them to be happy about it. It works both ways. You don't give me "happy pony rainbow land" advice because its wrong and ends up hurting people in the end, I respect and agree with that. I don't give "happy pony rainbow land" kiss ass answers back because its wrong. I'll never answer something that makes me angry or upset with "Wow, like, thank you sooo much for your hurtful comments! Like, you are so smart *twirls hair* " It's not me and its fake and people who do it are sucking up to you.