question for all you southern belles ;)

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by LadyLonghorn

And those are the women who would have likely had a positive outcome if they had gone through recruitment as a freshman at UT. One of the big affiliation problems the sororities at UT are seeing is from CAP students who deliberately pledge a specific sorority at another school in the UT system that has a weaker reputation with the sole intention of affiliating when then transfer. These are women who would never have made it into those chapters as UT PNMs. They're looking at getting in through the back door an it just doesn't work.

I realize I'm far removed from this part of the sorority world, but I'm surprised it has been put up with as long as it apparently has (from what I read here). Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like manipulate the system at lesser school (therefore manipulate the sisters I really don't care about) and then manipulate my way into a place I don't necessarily belong.

Don't the women at the lesser schools start to resent this? Can't they tell they are being manipulated? Does it cause animosity amongst the sisters in the state?

[GammaPhi88]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I realize I'm far removed from this part of the sorority world, but I'm surprised it has been put up with as long as it apparently has (from what I read here). Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like manipulate the system at lesser school (therefore manipulate the sisters I really don't care about) and then manipulate my way into a place I don't necessarily belong.

Don't the women at the lesser schools start to resent this? Can't they tell they are being manipulated? Does it cause animosity amongst the sisters in the state?

As a member of a northern chapter at a competitive (but not SEC competitive or close) school, I can't give the southern perspective of this, but I can shed light on a similar situation. The year I went through recruitment, there was a girl who had numerous options, but pledged what is considered the "bottom" chapter, because, as she said, "they would take anyone".

She transferred to a southern school (which is competitive, but not Alabama or LSU brutal), and, according to a mutual friend, has affiliated. Is she meshing with her new chapter? Couldn't tell you. But what I can tell you is that her old chapter found out what happened and felt that what she did was unfair and an insult to their sisterhood...they found out she transferred over the summer, while she knew around the time of recruitment. Some sisters from her old chapter have mentioned that they resent her because of that, and they do keep an eye out for girls with a similar agenda; though it is not an common phenomenon at our school.

As I said, I speak from my own northern, mildly competitive point of view...but I can see how the chapter the transferring PNM pledged would feel resentment.

[ChioLu]

I started at a Big 12 school, then transferred to the smallest Div. I-A university in the U.S. and pledged my 1st choice.

Every year, there would always be a few sorority women who transferred over the summer to a large school where they probably wouldn't have gotten a bid to the house they joined.

Wouldn't say we were a feeder school as the top houses at my university were the same top houses at the large nearby schools. But, instead of 1000+ going thru Rush, there was only about 300.

I do know that at some of the big SEC schools, some chapters won't affiliate transfers from small schools (like, non-Division I-A universities).