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Feigning Interest in PMs
During the Thanksgiving holidays, I had a conversation with the son of a very old friend. The young man attends a university with a very strong Greek community. He is not a member of a social fraternity. He is a resident assistant living with college freshmen.
He said he noticed that during fraternity rush, men who live on the same floor will attend rush events together, anywhere from six to 12 guys in a group. Often, he said, certain fraternities hint they will accept the men as a group. However, during the dinner-by-invitation only round (when serious candidates for membership get and receive one last look at a fraternity), not all the men will receive invitations. The more diplomatic fraternities will tell those who didn't receive an invitation that national headquarters has limited the number of pledges that are allowed to be accepted; the less diplomatic ones will tell the guys that there was no way that they would have gotten a bid from ABC or XYZ.
My friend's son told me that such situation increase tension between Greeks and independents in the dorms. He said some of the men who receive the bids reject them, but most accept them. The worst case scenario, he said, is when one roommate gets a bid and the other doesn't. He said he extends a lot of tea and sympathy during the last week of rush.
I want to know is it common for fraternities to fake interest in a group of men, knowing that they are interested in a few but not all in the group?
Just being curious
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