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Originally posted by shinerbock
Well, notice that I mentioned that I didn't necc think the motives were bad, but that would probably be a common thought in many fraternities. I mean, if he wants to do it, he should try it, but i'm telling you it might not work at a lot of places. In my experience, there is usually a reason somebody didn't pledge when they were freshmen, and it is usually one that most fraternities don't like. I'm sure there are plenty of cases of legitimate reasons, but most often in my experience, they either A) joined a fraternity and didnt make it through pledgeship (which is mostly an auto non-bid), B) have had trouble socially or C) want to give legitimacy to their already held connection to the fraternity(sometimes this is fine, like if they're good friends with a lot of brothers, but i've also seen it when they're friends with like 1 brother, and the rest really don't want much to do with them).
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All I am saying is that it doesn't matter what we think. It's up to the groups on his campus and if they don't want him, he'll find out soon enough.
Whatever his reasons, it's not up to us to tell him what he should do. Also, some of my comments were directed to him and others in his position. I don't know why they come here seeking approval from GCers when they are considering rushing? Every school is different, some groups won't take seniors, some will. My chapter took me in as a junior. But if I had rushed at another school, I might have been cut.
I'm not going to blow sunshine up his butt and tell him that he'll find a home, but I'm also not going to tell him not to rush because as a senior he won't get a bid. When it comes right down to it, I can't give a straight answer and neither can most of us. They only people that can truly answer his question are people from his school and even then they can't guarantee anything.
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