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A warning of sorts
The niece of a good friend of mine had the misfortune to get the dreaded "call" the morning of bid day, even though three houses invited her to three preference night events.
In retrospect, the young woman realizes that she was seeking membership into three of the top tier sororities (hold your horses, GCers; every campus has a ranking as to who the top fraterities and sororities are) on campus. She also realizes she was pretty lucky to get as far as the preference round at a highly competitive Greek campus, considering that she wasn't a legacy nor part of the old-girl network.
When she got the call, she said her Rho Chi tried to be consoling as did some of the women in her group. She put on a brave front as she watched her friends go off to their sorority houses, even though she admitted that she was envious of those girls.
She said that most of the sororities that she had been interested in the early rounds made quota and those that didn't she didn't have any interest in. She said it would be pretty difficult for a second year student to go through rush again if she hadn't received a bid as a freshman.
The young woman said she thought about transferring, but she didn't want to give up her place in a competitive academic program.
My friend said that her niece enjoyed her college years for the most part. However, my friend said that her niece almost never discusses her experiences during sorority rush and tries to change the subject whenever someone talks about Greeks or Greek life in college.
I hope and pray that other young women don't have the misfortune that my friend's niece had during her Greek recruitment period.
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