[paulaKKG]

"Shallowness" (Picking on looks or family background) is soooo not exclusively a southern SEC school/competitive rush" problem.

I bet EVERY system has at least one chapter (if not all!) who have biases towards better looking PNMs. Some people are just a little more honest about it than others.

I went to a nothern school with a fairly small greek system (our first day of rush was always spent convincing people to go greek, much less to join our chapter!) There was a big issue one year when an email intended for chapter members only accidentally was sent to the wrong address (not our chapter, one of the other ones). In the email, the assistant rush chair had gone through freshman photos and picked the "10 best looking freshman women" and identified them to all members so the house could target them during rush. The email was posted to a school-wide bulletin board, and immediately all the other sorority houses feigned being appalled - WE would never do such a thing, such-and-such house is just SOOOO shallow. Yeah right.

If anything, I'd say the SEC schools are LESS shallow because of how much more time they spend researching the activities and background of their members.

I feel like most northern schools go "ohmigod, i need 20 warm bodies to make numbers!"

just my not-the-least-bit-humble opinion..