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Best of luck - from what looks like one of the only people on the board who have been through what you're going through in Happy Valley! (Although there were "only" 16 NPC sororities there in my day) Your thread is bringing back a lot of fun memories.
It's been a LONG time since I went through rush, but one nice things about PSU is that rushing as a Junior doesn't carry the same stigma that it carries at Southern schools. There just aren't as many of the "born and bred to be sorority girls" - most people find out about the Greek system during their freshman year and rush as sophomores (like I did).
Also, the thing I loved about our sorority system was how democratic it was - plenty of sororities, a place for everyone, and the elitism was kept to a minimum. When confronted by the (tiny minority) "Tiffany necklace" types, I used to think to myself "it's PENN STATE, honey, not Yale. Your dad owns the town's beer distributor - he's not exactly CEO of IBM!" Girls from the "best" sororities worked in the dining hall or the libraries. It's about who YOU are, and not who your family is.
Also, on the religion issue, since there are so many Catholics at Penn State (Pennsylvania's demographics), you'll find they make up a big proportion of the sororities as well, but we all had a wide range of religions - my sorority had a lot of Jewish girls (there wasn't an SDT on campus yet) and also some non-Catholic Christians, including born-again believers. There was plenty of room in the tent then, and I'm sure things haven't changed!
Anyway, sorry this has turned into a novella, but Good Luck, and I'll be eager to hear how things go!!!!
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