Hi Gina!
I think maybe we don't have such a big problem because eventhough rush is time consuming and nerve racking; what you go through to join a BGLO is about 100 times more. (From my understanding of everything that I learn on these boards.) If I had to go through all that I certainly wouldn't want to accept 2nd choice either.
Most of the time when a girl has her heart set on a sorority; she's met only a tiny percent of the chapter during (admitedly) the most superficial time of the year. Yes girls get bummed that they don't get their top choice, but a lot of the time realize later that the house would have actually been a horrible match. I know plenty of girls that were gung ho XYZ before, during and after rush but ended up in ABC. Then you talk to them after they get used to sorority life and their like "Thank God I didn't end up XYZ. I would have been miserable there!"
It's hard to explain, but it somehow all works out in the end. There are times when unfortunately this isn't true but it's actually pretty rare.
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