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Actually, among my friends, the one who had one of the worst Greek experiences had it because she did not like her pledge class. During rush, the GLO did an excellent job of matching her up with the few members of the org who fit her well (intellectual, politically aware, sarcastic humor), all of whom were juniors and seniors. She liked them, and she didn't read much into the fact that her friends were all cut by that sorority, while girls she had nothing in common with were getting invites. (It was a big greek system and lots of friend groups ended up in different GLOs.) She pledged that group and found that her entire class was made up of girls she'd never choose to be friends with (very popular, expensive outfits, good time gals). She didn't realize that her experience in the group would overwhelmingly be with her pledge class, not with the women who were recruiting her and were about to graduate. To make a long story short, she stayed in the group for the parties, but her attachment to it was and is virtually nil. She said she wished she'd gotten firmer advice to look past the seniors' hard sell at pref and think hard about the other rushees in the room...
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