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Originally posted by MTSUGURL
Can an 18 year old girl who is looking to be happy in her new Greek home after years of being groomed for rush and hearing how happy Mom was an an XYZ, or expecting to be made happy after sitting in a recruitment info session where it is made to sound as if everything is her choice, be expected to go in with eyes wide open to the fact that she may be cut? That part was completely glossed over when I went through, and although I knew it was likely that I would be, some girls had no clue. Either way, it still hurts when they are cut by a chapter filled with women that the night before seemed so happy to see you. Telling the devastated ones to just get over it doesn't exactly erase that hurt - it only compounds it.
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I understand what you're saying, but I think that irishpipes made a valid point. Unless you are completely unaware of the concept of rush you know that it is a "mutual selection process" which would include the possibility of not being invited back to a house. I don't think she was saying "just get over it". She was saying that if you can't handle the possibility of being cut from a house or multiple houses you should NOT go through formal recruitment.
I don't think it really pays to sugar coat the situation anyway. In life there are no guarantees for anything. You could interview for 20 jobs and not get any of them...it would suck, but it happens. You could also go out on 20 dates and have each of the guys/girls tell you that they're not interested...again, it would suck but it could happen. Recruitment is not a perfect system, we all know that...but it's the best idea we've come up with so far! Just my 2 cents
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