People are fired up because James (I like you dude, I really do, but......) there's a time to pop off at the mouth, and a time to cork it and some people think he got those confused this time.
I blew off this thread for a while because I wasn't going to let some usual GC shit-stirring ruin my day on Saturday.
While we're on the subject of "respectful disagreement" I'm throwing this into the mix.
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1. The AI process has nothing in common with the NPHC grad process except the most superficial resemblamce. To compare the two is to insult the NPHC process and lend a glamour to AI it doesn't warrant, or need.
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Wrong.
My input on similarities between NPHC graduate intake and NPC AI came after several discussions w/ colleagues IRL who are active NPHC alumni/ae. They didn't feel insulted. Therefore, you, James, do not need to be a final arbiter on what is appropriate, or insulting, or whatever. You're not involved. Hence the negative reaction to your "respectful" comments.
Similarities I've noticed and discussed with the RIGHT people:
--NPC orgs often are more open to post-college women who can show (in some way) that their heart is set on THAT org and no other. NPHC approaches intake the same way. (Reference several threads on the topic right on GC.)
--As stated by Jill (hey, buddy!) numerous times in this thread alone, discretion is key. That is, you keep your preference under your hat while the org is deciding that you are a match for them. Blabbing any sooner is often considered distasteful.
--W/ NPC AI, prospective alum members are expected to document a history of community service and good character and the ability to be active in the fraternity. Ditto the NPHC orgs, at all levels.
Since the first steps in either process are most important, they are not "superficial".
I'm not going to offer any degree of agreement on anything else because of the turn the thread took: you started off with a bull-in-a-china-shop approach to this topic, knowing full well what kind of heated response you would get, then negotiated down to something more palatable. I'm not going for that today.
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