I completely agree with this. It would be impossible to completely sanitize each group of their names, and as much as we like to say that you don't join a group for the name, some do for the reasons DTD Alum mentions- legacy status, philanthropy affiliation, history, religious affiliation, etc.
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Originally Posted by DTD Alum
Even with my limited understanding of how set sorority rush works, wouldn't anonymous rush really defeat the point of a HUGE part of rush? How would you do a pref ceremony? Philanthropy day? Songs and chants? What about legacies going through who really would like to be a part of their mother's chapter? Not to mention, how would you explain your sorority's values?
Last but not least, I'm not entirely sure that it would also hide who the "top" chapters are...I'm sure those houses would continue to put their hottest girls and cheerleaders in the slide show, door stack, etc. I'm not saying that every girl in a top chapter is a model, but it only takes about a minute on a chapter website (or even on a bid day photo) to make an educated guess on where that particular sorority falls in the campus hierarchy. Given 20 minute rush parties back to back with every sorority as a point of comparison, I think most girls could guess the hierarchy pretty accurately. The top chapters do tend to have more beautiful girls than the others, and while I tend to think the stereotype that lower tier houses are less attractive than middle is false, it IS usually the truth that the numbers will give it away. YMMV may vary of course.
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