Hmmm, I've been trying to think of how I could best describe some situations I've seen. On the one hand, it's difficult when a rushee turns up her nose at numerous chapters because they aren't cool enough for her. Sometimes these chapters are just newer or smaller or don't have all the Miss University candidates but they're good, strong sororities.
On the other hand, I have seen (and I'm sure several other seasoned Greeks have too) some really sorry groups, both fraternities and sororities. It may be due to lousy grades, not caring about the group, a cheap reputation, group drug use, extremely low morale--more often a combination--and even the most naive rushee thinks,"I do not care to go down with that ship." Almost every group I've described was gone from their campus in 1-2 years.
What has got to be hard for a rushee is to be told,"You didn't get a bid from your top 2 but this group you (and almost every other rushee) cut the first day wants to give you a snap bid." And it happens! When I rushed, there were 2 groups that asked everybody back every day and no one was interested. One group got 16 new members (quota was 42) and they lost over half before initiation.
I guess that's why I can't decide what I think about this issue...because on the one hand you have rushees who disdain almost every chapter on campus and on the other hand you have groups who have honestly earned the disdain of every chapter on campus.
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