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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Do you want to know why the SEC schools Greek systems are so big? THIS. I'm astounded reading this. Every girl who has any interest in joining a sorority must be jumping out of her skin by the time recruitment actually starts. Now, how do we get the Big 10 schools to take heed?
Of course, I can see a lot of potential for dirty rushing, and I can also see 17 year old girls misinterpreting a get-to-know-you invitation as an early invitation for membership, but I'm sure the members and alums take care to minimize this. Otherwise this board wouldn't have several complaints; they'd have hundreds.
And why don't you have every sorority represented on your campuses? It sure sounds like you could absorb them.
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What for????? I am assuming this remark comes because your school does not have deferred recruitment.
At my school and I would never want it that way. Big 10 schools
are different, period! And remember, not every Big 10 school has fall recruitment, so what would be the point?
I won't speak for the other 10 universities, but I would really get on my soap box if Panhellenic did something like this because. Frankly, we don't see the "ABC girls are all blonde and from Metro Center and the poor EFG girls are sociallly awkward and from Podunkville". Girls from out of state have an equal chance of pledging the way it is. Also, with deferred recruitment, PNMs have three months to meet students, line up their recs (which are not needed) and attend "meet the Greek" events.
If OSU with its 52,000 students had greater than 5% in the Greek System, one of two things would happen.
1. Students would go bidless where now a bid is nearly guaranteed to anyone who keeps an open mind (many houses don't take quota, nor are they at total)
2. The Greek System would need to expand and there is no physical space to do so. Many of the houses of chapters that have left campus have been sold and converted to apartments and are now a wreck (SDT and Phi Mu come to mind) or purchased by a Fraternity and smell of beer (old ADPi and ZTA houses). Apartment owners won't sell back to the Greek system because they have been salivating for property on 15th for decades.
I have said this before and I'll say it again,
many of the schools in the Big 10 are in large metro areas where students don't need the Greek system to find something to do. Granted, your school may not be in that category, but don't assume the entire Big 10 is in your shoes.
I can't speak for the other Big 10 schools, but Greek Life at OSU is pretty laid back and that is the way we like it. Students don't get stressed out about not getting into the "right" house, Sophomores/Juniors can easily get into solid chapters and friendships are made
before recruitment and last throughout your four years.
Is there dirty rushing? Absolutely. Does it happen in every house? No.
I love the system at DePauw. First semester Freshman are permitted to attend lunch one time in each chapter. I'm not sure how they schedule it, but it gives all girls an equal chance of getting to know the chapter before recruitment. Besides the group house tours, this is the only time PNMs can go into a house during the first semester.
Maybe, instead of suggesting that 'the Big 10 take heed', suggest they move recruitment to spring at your school.
ETA...when I went through "rush", we did not have deferred recruitment and I would rather have had it deferred. Right now, I work with a local chapter and will help at Pref next Saturday and it's just too complicated having it so soon.
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