One of my Rho Chi girls was a double (theoretically tripple) legacy to one chapter on campus. Her family pushed her hard to go to that house, but she kept saying that it just didn't fit her. I got the feeling that in the beginning she was willing to pledge them, and I know that chapter put a lot of effort into her (not only because of her legacy status, but because of her grades and her awesomeness). She mentioned that she was leaning towards my sorority, which I obviously couldn't tell her at the time... But when I finally got to show her my affiliation (at our final party..PX's are allowed to go since silent period begins after that) she just kept smiling. I'm so glad we have her as a sister. I think her family was a bit sad, but glad that she joined our group. Her friends even painted her car with "A BRAND NEW TD KITTEN!", which was really sweet.
If I have a daughter and she goes to OC, I'd obviously love for her to be a Tau Delta girl, but I realize that especially on my campus, house reputations change DRAMATICALLY with each pledge class. We went from being a party house, to being the "lesbian sorority"
to now being the brainiacs. And i'm sure it will keep changing. I know my choice to rush was influenced by my brother's fraternity involvement and hearing stories of my grandfather's fraternity days...so I'd hope she'd at least rush no matter where she went. And if I have a son, I hope that he'd rush too.
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