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Originally posted by FellowSoutherner:
Prospectiverushee- LSU is a very deep South school. Were you a freshman when you rushed? Are there any minorities in the NPC orginizations there? Do you feel you were cut simply because of your race? Did you eliminate any houses yourself? As an outsider, I can hardly see how that experience was positive. I think it shows that racism still exist in a place of higher education in this new century. Sorry for all the questions. I am just very interested in learning about how much race still plays into NPC rush at certain schools.
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To my knowledge there aren't any other Africian Americans in NPC sororities here at LSU. As far as other ethnic groups such as Latino or Asian,I'm not sure.
In my last couple of post I don't think I was very clear about my experience when I rushed. I went into rush without any expectations. I wasn't expecting to get a bid. If I hadn't gooten one,then fine. If not that was great to. Rush was like an experiment for me. I wanted to see if I had the guts to do it since I tend to talk myself out of things, and I wanted to see what it was like. I had always wanted to know what it would be like and now I know.
I don't thing my race had anything to do with me not being offered a bid. There could have been a number of factors. Such as:
-me being a upperclassman(I'm a senior)
-my gpa isn't the greatest
-finances(the sororites here cost a grip and my money situation wasn't the greatest at the time)
-my campus activites.(I'm not as active as I should be cause I work and carry a full time load)
Don't get me wrong, my race could have had some part in it to and I'm not going to sit here and say that it hadn't crossed my mind. But if I keep thinking that way,then it would turn me off of the Greek System for good. Instead, I choose to think that it was there(LSU's)loose and that there is a sisterhood out there for me.