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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
I would want to go through an SEC recruitment just to see what it was like, and to experience the insanity of it all. However, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't fit in and I wouldn't want that typically large chapter experience.
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This is exactly how I feel. I said I'd want to go thru recruitment at Alabama (and maybe Auburn) to experience what it's like, the "insanity" as you call it. It's fun to follow it on GC from the outside looking in. There's always so much stress and drama! But I, too, question whether I would have fit in at an SEC school where Greek life is such a big deal.
I went thru "rush" at the U. of Minnesota in 1990. Greek life was NOT a big deal there at all (that's changing). I went thru with NO idea what it was about (besides being social), NO recommendations, NO family members who were Greek...literally I knew NOTHING! And I always had the maximum number or more invites back each day, and ended up preffing at Tri Delta and Pi Phi. It was all very laid-back, and I never, ever, EVER would've had the experience I had at an SEC school. Ever! I would've been cut by most, if not all, chapters after the first day at an SEC just by having no recs!
In the end I'm glad I had the rush I did. I probably would've soured on Greek life after get cut from all houses after the first day! That's why I like to live vicariously thru others' experiences on GC, 'cause it's sooooo different than what I experienced. All the fun and drama without a personal investment!