University Cheerleader With Down Syndrome Denied From Every Sorority on Campus

[Theta1234]

I’m not sure there is enough information in this article to make any kind of informed opinion. It doesn’t specifically state that she was released from recruitment nor does it say that she dropped out. All it says is that she didn’t get a bid which we all know can be caused by one of the two things mentioned above.

Situations like these are never easy and your heart breaks for all involved.

I could not tell if she was a Freshman or an upperclassman. It alludes to the idea that she was on some kind of alternative plan. Depending upon this plan or what she did in high school, it could have been that she did not even have a GPA. I can not speak with authority here, but I would imagine that could create some problems in the membership selection process.

Overall, it is very sad and I feel for the University, the girl, her family and all of the Greek Life Community at George Mason.

[33girl]

Supposedly (per that other site) this was her second time rushing, and she withdrew on her own because she didn’t like the chapters she got.

It’s just as discriminatory to assume that because of her Ds, she’s a wonderful person who can do no wrong, as it is to release her solely because of it.

Also I wonder if her mom and sister (who went to competitive Greek schools) obtained recs for her, which most likely would have helped immensely.

And can we stop the fiction that cheerleaders are always guaranteed sorority membership?

[PhilTau]

There's a reason that 80 percent of George Mason University graduates are employed within six months of graduation. It's because 80 percent (or so it seems) of the student body are already employed while attending school - a very big percentage employed by federal agencies in the DC area. Many are in some way "sponsored" by the various agencies. The GMU graduates I have known and worked with are (as a group) extremely serious people and very career oriented and motivated. They will usually stay with the agency that has paid their tuition. Of all the people I've known who attended GMU as undergraduates, none belonged to a fraternity or sorority (or at least admitted it to me) and they all had flexible schedule jobs with federal agencies while they attended college. They were not night students. I also doubt many of them attended a single Greek function - even though they were the same age as the typical undergraduate student. The expense of Greek life likely prevented them from joining those groups, though they were the type of people the Greek organizations would love to have.


What I'm trying to say here is that GMU is not the typical four-year college.

[APhi2KD]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Supposedly (per that other site) this was her second time rushing, and she withdrew on her own because she didn’t like the chapters she got.

If you find any more info on that, please do post it. If that’s the case, her family should be ashamed to suggest she was dropped because she has Down’s.