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To UWO_2007: Congrats on Gamma Phi! They're a really strong sorority all across Wisconsin, and I'm sure you'll have fun meeting your sisters from all over the state.
To everyone else: I'm reading this thread for the first time, and you guys have been insanely rude to a rushee for no reason once again.
For the record, I don't think that the age gap between someone in their mid-20s and an 18-year-old is necessarily a big deal. Maturity gap, sure. But I know 28-year-olds who would fit in just fine in a pledge class of 18-year-olds, and I know 16-year-olds who have already bypassed that stage in their lives. Age ain't nothin' but a number. I don't know how old the original poster said she was, but if she's having a successful rush and getting invited back to houses, it seems clear to me that she's clicking with these ladies on some level. If she was being a condescending buzzkill, they wouldn't be inviting her back.
Furthermore, if the rushee is at a Wisconsin system school that is not UW-Madison, it is unlikely that her pledge class will consist entirely of 18-year-olds anyway. Many of the system schools have smaller Greek systems with less traditional pledge classes. Sure, there will be plenty of 18-year-olds, but there will also be a decent amount of upperclassmen and juniors rushing, both transfer students and non-transfers, and it's not out of the ordinary for these students to be older than is traditional for students to be. I rushed at Madison, the biggest and most traditional Greek system in the state, and my pledge class was still almost half sophomores with a smattering of juniors.
I really wish people would not try to speak for campuses where they aren't familiar with the Greek system.
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