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Originally Posted by DTD Alum

And then flash forward to college. Juniors and seniors have by now realized that college is a whole different beast...ANYBODY can have fun at college and be involved. Hell, even the biggest Icky Iota on campus has fun parties, has people on student government and dance teams, dates fun guys, etc. But to a freshman PNM who is just months out of high school, I think she (and he, to be fair) hears about the tiers the second she starts rush and is going to be focused on that throughout the whole process. If she wasn't popular in high school, this is her chance to redeem herself. If she was, she certainly doesn't want a downgrade. I think in most of their minds, popular = the only chapters that will have fun, just like in high school.

The issue here is that I'm not sure this mindset is something that can be changed, even with RFM and patient recruitment counselors and whatever. This is something that comes with maturity, and with living on campus long enough to realize, "Oh, nobody really cares about high school status anymore, anybody can have fun and be themselves."

Well said.