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Originally Posted by Titchou
33girl: You've hit the nail on the head and don't realize it. This is a MUTUAL selection process. Just because you want to be an ZZZ doesn't mean that you just simply get to be one. If that's too competitive and offends you, sorry. Each group can only take so many women. There has to be a way to whittle that down. And yes, some get their panties in a wad and quit. But that doesn't mean the system doesn't work. It's about wanting the Greek experience, not just wanting to be an AAA.
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No, it doesn't offend me at all. You're
totally misinterpreting me. My point is that there are disappointed rushees in EVERY Greek system - even the most noncompetitive. And there are great women who get overlooked or cut for dumb reasons or disinheartened and drop out in EVERY Greek system. The reason I chose the SEC as an example is because when I tell people they can go through a noncompetitive rush and be disappointed...when I tell people I saw it first hand...they often don't believe me.
IU isn't the devil because they want to stick with the system they have and cut many qualified women, any more than Arkansas is the devil because it's very hard for a new chapter to make it there and they have to cut many qualified women. Different strokes for different folks, but from where I sit those are both equally contradictory to NPC's "belief statement" of every woman being able to find her place in a sorority. If there's a situation at a campus that an NPC group (or NPC as a whole) finds contradictory to its mission, or potentially emotionally damaging to its members or potential members, they can pull their chapter(s) out any old time. If a school feels a Greek org's or system's policies are contradictory to its mission or potentially emotionally damaging to its students, they can say "do this or we derecognize you."
If the NPC as a whole and its groups as individuals really think IU's system is that awful, they need to grow a pair and either pull out or pass policies that prevent that sort of system. As carnation has mentioned, Arkansas changed from a bed quota system. I'm betting that the NPC groups and NPC in general lobbied for this change. In other words...they grew a pair.