Cut because you're "too good"?

MaggieXi · #1 07-10-2007, 08:47 AM

If we had PNMs come in acting better than everyone else, acting disinterested, or stating that they would be joining "XYZ" chapter (and yes that did happen!) they may have not been invited back to the following round because there are so many girls who are interested, being themselves and giving all the chapters a chance -- why waste an invite on someone who clearly doesn't want to be there?

susan314 · #2 07-10-2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieXi

If we had PNMs come in acting better than everyone else, acting disinterested, or stating that they would be joining "XYZ" chapter (and yes that did happen!) they may have not been invited back to the following round because there are so many girls who are interested, being themselves and giving all the chapters a chance -- why waste an invite on someone who clearly doesn't want to be there?

Very true...but it still goes back to the fact that she's being released b/c of her attitude/actions, not because the group actually thought she was "too good for them."

There may be girls who you suspect might go to certain chapters just based on a gut feeling, but are still generally pleasant throughout rush. Unless you're being pressured to make big cuts b/c of release figures, you're not likely to get rid of them just because they "look like" they'd go ABC or XYZ.

Tom Earp · #3 07-10-2007, 05:28 PM

So, basically if they do not fit, then they do not!

So, we as GLOs are Bad?

SWTXBelle · #4 07-10-2007, 06:07 PM

All this time I thought I had been cut from a few sororities because I was a sophomore - but no! I was too good! They were . . . (everybody say it) INTIMIDATED BY MY HOTNESS.

sageofages · #5 07-10-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

All this time I thought I had been cut from a few sororities because I was a sophomore - but no! I was too good! They were . . . (everybody say it) INTIMIDATED BY MY HOTNESS.

PHTTTTTTTTTTTTT....

Darn, now I gotta wipe off my monitor....

OtterXO · #6 07-10-2007, 07:14 PM

The only reason I could think is the legacy situation. If a girl is an in-house legacy to a chapter we would probably assume she'd want the chapter that her sister is in. However, I remember one girl who was a quadruple legacy to another chapter on campus and her older sister had just graduated the year prior....and she pledged Chi-O. So I would be hesitant to judge someone based on that unless they said "just so you know, my sister is in XYZ". But then she wouldn't be cut for being a legacy....she'd, again, be cut for being a bitch.

Ivygirl8985 · #7 07-13-2007, 04:54 PM

I wouldn't say that a sorority would cut a girl because she is "too good", but there are certain "characteristics" that some PNMs have that almost immediately place them somewhere, at least from the rusher's standpoint. I've heard several people say things like "oh she's VERY XYZ, I don't know if she'll fit here". I don't think this is considered cutting because of feeling like she's too good (or not good enough for that matter, because it can go both ways), I think the rusher just feels like the PNM fits that mold. And since I'm from a campus with relatively small greek life compared to campus size, most chapters have their own mold or stereotypes that are hard to break out of.

ashleythetao199 · #8 08-08-2007, 12:47 PM

I don't think we would be intimidated by a pnms "hottness" LOL... That makes me laugh because all sororities want amazing girls but it is the definition of amazing that differs. Maybe that really cute girl had a bad personality, poor grades, or was clearly uninterested in the chapter... that is more likely than the pnm being too good for the chapter. The pnm make think this but that is only because she has no idea how things work.