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Please be advised that the following is based SOLEY on MY experience rushing at Maryland...
The campus has the aforementioned "Jewish" houses, mixed houses and what some would call "Christian" houses. Prior to going through rush, many girls I interacted with thought I was Jewish (sidebar- 13 years of Catholic school and not eating meat on Fridays. Very Catholic). I know from MY EXPERIENCE that many rushees knew the repuations of the houses and many were turned off by the presumption/"truth" that some were only interested in Jewish girls and doing events with Jewish fraternities.
It was also a known "fact" that many of the Jewish girls would wear their Star of David necklace on the first day of rush in hopes that this would keep them in contention for later rounds. Many of the girls in the "Jewish" houses wore theirs during this time as well. Personally, I made it through to the third round with a "Jewish" house and then it came out (I was actually asked) that I wasn't Jewish. At the other houses, it was subtle like "What camp did you go to?".
I liked some of the houses and honestly could not stand two of them because I thought the girls were witches. The problem is that no matter what we say on this board or preach on our campuses, some houses have certain reputations and until bias disappears completely in society, that's not going to change. Bottom line-pledge where you feel comfortable.Your sisters/brothers should want you for who you are, not where you worship on weekends...
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