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Originally Posted by facethemusic
At the time, I could think of about a million reasons why I SHOULDN'T rush, including the following:
1. I was the straight-A valedictorian of my high school, and no sorority would want a nerd in their house.
2. I was painfully shy and making conversation during rush would be excruciating on every level of my existence.
3. I was coming from over 1,000 miles away and knew NO ONE at my new school, and no connections surely meant no bid.
4. I was pursuing a notoriously difficult major, and a sorority would take up too much time that I'd need to spend studying.
5. Sorority girls were all cheerleaders and pageant girls whereas I was a geeky musician who excelled in two instruments and spent my weekends traveling to auditions and solo competitions rather than waving pom-poms at football games.
6. I was neither blonde nor noticeably pretty.
7. I held tightly to my Christian faith, and pledging a sorority would mean having to abandon my beliefs in order to drink, party, and hook up.
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LOL ... If everyone from my school thought that way, there would be no sororities there. I was a straight-A valedictorian, an introvert, pursuing a difficult major, and a brunette. But half my class were valedictorians or salutatorians planning to pursue difficult science or engineering majors, I forced myself to de-introvert myself for rush, and there's nothing wrong with being a brunette! And, as I quickly learned, the "frat boys" who wanted to get drunk and hook up didn't want to hook up with girls from my school... we were too smart to jump into bed with some random guy.
(Note that I am distinguishing between "frat boys" who only want to party and hook up, vs. fraternity men who are gentlemen and treat women with respect.)