Originally Posted by Soliloquy
You know what, screw decorum and trying to stay classy. I'm tired of being dogged by people that don't know me, where I go to school, or anything about our greek system. Frankly, it speaks incredibly poorly of the people who have been posting, and exemplifies the elitist stereotype given to sorority women. Go ahead, flame me for saying it- many of you have been doing that already without justification. What's worse is that many of you have been getting onto some other posters for backing me up (without knowing me) and now many are making judgements about me without knowing me. Pretty hypocritical.
How many times have GC regulars said that sometimes it takes more then one shot at FR to get a bid? It may take a COB effort or maybe just one more additional round through FR. I have already said that I know plenty of girls at my school who had to go through twice. There's nothing wrong with them. They weren't unqualified women, they weren't hideous, they had the grades, they just didn't get a bid. Just because you don't get a bid, it doesn't mean that for the rest of your collegiate life you are unworthy of being in a sorority. I will concur that going through FR more then twice, or attending multiple COB events, is a bit overwhelming for sorority members and a bit pathetic on behalf of the PNM. However, sometimes women who truly would be assets never get the chance to shine for stupid things like rumors, or relationship status, or maybe the friends they have. Don't act like you haven't denied membership to some girls because of some shallow reason like that, because many of you have admitted to doing so. I suggest that those of you passing judgement look up the word HYPOCRITE. It applies to you.
I did have a lot of friends in house, and have more now. And for your so-called "voting bloc" if that were the case in this particular house, why did the president rush me and why did they not drop me the day after I was grouped with 3 actives? If they were trying to bar me from entering their house, common sense would dictate they would have dropped me as soon as they could. And uh, they didn't. Rush at my school this year was pretty crappy. One house got fined out the wazoo for spreading rumors and rush-infractions. Another got put on probation for dirty rushing. There was also a significant number of girls who did not get bids this year. We really do need a 5th house, but it'll never happen. Once again- your ignorance of my location and school makes it pretty impossible for anyone to pass judgement about my situation and how things work here. I didn't know during some of my posts that most girls actually did secure recs. I also didn't know that one of the chapters here is considered the have the most competitive rush in our state, which was shared with me by several alums. I left out a lot of little details for sake of privacy for myself and the alums who assisted me.
Also, just because you "voted no" once doesn't mean you'll do it again without considering new developments in the person. There are plenty of real world examples for this. Such as someone who gives you a bad first impression, but when you get to meet them again and talk more- guess what? You like them!! Holy crap!! But wait, you already wrote them off once so I guess that means you'll have to do it again, right? Forget the fact that now you think that person is cool. Your first impression will reign supreme, well based on your post at least.
Finally, the position I posted about really would make a difference. Without revealing my identity, I can't tell you much about it. I can guarantee you that nearly all of the girls selected for this elite organization will end up on homecoming court before they graduate, if they haven't appeared on it already. Some will likely end up presidents of their sorority or fraternity. This organization has also yielded nearly every SGA president or Vice President. Are you starting to understand why I said it's a big deal? It's a huge honor to be part of this tradition and to be in the spot I'm in. I'm blessed to have the opportunity and to utilize it for some good on my campus. However, if it helps me go greek- cool. If I decide not to rush again, then thats fine too because I'll have this on my collegiate resume insted of greek letters. Just because I said it would give me an edge doesn't justify creating 3 pages of worthless bashing and flaming based off of NOTHING except a simple comment that had some truth to it.
/the end of soliloquy.
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