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Originally Posted by DrPhil
I disagree. There are hundreds of collegiate chapters in the U.S. People have pretty much seen and heard it all, even if we haven't ourselves.
Chapters of GLOs that would give a member who is not of the predominant group "hell" are often located on campuses with some level of racial and ethnic tension.
But, the truth of the matter is still that none of our organizations get an influx of aspirants who aren't of the predominant race. There are a couple of chapters that get more, but those are just exceptions.
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I'm not saying that it's never ever happened in the history of the world, but when I was doing my own research when I was considering joining a Greek organization, I had heard such "horror stories," and still couldn't find anyone who would actually admit to having experienced anything like this, or knew anyone who experienced it firsthand. It was always, "I talked to someone who heard about a black girl who tried to rush at Fillintheblank U and they said she was too poor, even though her father like, OWNED all of Cleveland."
The only "horror stories" I got about joining an NPC group that actually could be substantiated were from several HS classmates who didn't like being in an NPC group and depledged (or just became inactive in college), who then realized that they had basically prevented themselves from joining an NPHC group. "Don't do it!," they said, "'cause after college, you can't go AKA or Delta grad!"
So much of it is urban legends and college apocrypha.