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Originally Posted by irishpipes
With all due respect, I don't think that the discrimination a Jewish chapter faces from PNMs is quite the same as the discrimination a bottom-tier chapter faces. The end result (as in numbers) may be the same, but I think the reasons would be different. In the case of the bottom-tier group I think it really is what you described - a lack of humility that the PNM could lower herself to be associated with that group. I went through rush a million years ago and we had several Jewish chapters. I never thought of them as bottom-tier, but I didn't feel comfortable because the Jewish culture was an important part of those chapters.
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Exactly. Plus, at some schools, there are tiers within the several chapters that are primarily Jewish.
Now, if the chapter really ISN'T that Jewish anymore (i.e. if only half the women in it are Jewish) and that isn't being conveyed, that's a different matter.
As for the question, I had it answered when I was still in college, when girls who'd been torn between the "top" house and ours were saying they made a mistake and wished they'd pledged us instead. But then again I went to a smaller school w/ a smaller Greek system.
There was a thread a couple years back from a very honest poster at a very big Greek school where she said that yes, if you join one of the "bottom tier" houses, you DO suffer as far as your social life is concerned. At some (but definitely not all) schools it's like that and I certainly wouldn't tell a girl "hey, the sisterhood as an adult is worth it" if you're sitting at home w/ your sisters while everyone else is out at mixers and homecoming pairings. It's NOT worth it if you're going to be miserable for 4 years.