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Originally Posted by 33girl
Ummm, the SEC has gotten raked over the coals on here a HELL of a lot more than Texas. And if Penn State or Lehigh or UCLA were asking for a full body shot, the same conversation would be going on. It's not a criticize this because Texas does it, it's criticize Texas because they do this.
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Gotcha- this makes a bit more sense the way you have stated it.
This whole thread just kind of caught me off guard because it seemed a rather harsh reaction over a photo request- and it was coming from GCers who I consider to be very intelligent and thoughtful posters. And I know a lot of UT sorority women- and am related to a few. I don't find them as a group to be especially superficial- on the contrary sorority life is intended to make people more gracious (though it doesn't always work!)
I guess my attitude is that if this kind of superficial judgment is to be made- it will happen at some point, photo or not. But I can at least appreciate why this is an insulting aspect of the process to many.
And I do not think it is entirely superficial. A person's overall appearance- and by appearance I mean their choice of clothing and state of grooming- in a formal application process does not necessarily say a lot about them personally. But it does say a lot about how seriously they take the rush process and sorority life in general.
Granted that means some good candidates will fall through the cracks if they come here not prepared for the fact that in a very real sense "rush" begins when you are born (no I am not joking), but as someone else said- when you have this many ladies competing for a very few slots, it is inevitable that some seemingly arbitrary criteria have to be used along the way.
Whether a sorority uses those photos to pick only thin ladies or ladies who have a good overall presentation is impossible to really know- though I know some will make selections on one versus the other. It is a shade of meaning that differentiates between elitism and elite.
Anyhow, I am sorry if I was rude to anyone. The strong reaction just really shocked me even though I can at least understand it and acknowledge it is not an entirely unreasonable position.
epchick- I will never understand A&M and the whole TU thing. They also do a hand gesture and have bumper stickers with upside down horns. The whole idea is to basically reverse everything- you know, just like Satan worshippers
(my brother is an Aggie- I say this in good fun.)
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