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I understand that moms of PNMs feel badly for their daughters who don't get a bid from a sorority; after all, it is a fairly public rejection. However, momto2girls' post -- even if it was typed in the "heat of the moment" -- sounded stage-motherish to me. There is no reason for her to question her daughter's enrollment at Auburn just because she didn't receive a bid. Life does, and will, go on!
I rushed twice in college and was never invited to join a sorority. Certainly both of my parents felt bad for me, but they didn't try to assign blame to the university or the Panhellenic system for what had happened. Looking back now 20+ years, I see that at that time I was not sorority material, plain and simple. The process may not be "fair", but to quote another GCer, it is what it is.
FWIW, I know plenty of wonderful girls who were successful rushing as sophomores and got into the sorority of their choice. Granted I didn't attend an SEC school, but Duke's rush was/is plenty competitive in its own right.
ETA: I won't lie...even after all this time, it still stings a bit when I think about how I was never offered membership into a collegiate sisterhood. But the rejection forced me to come out of my shell in other ways.
Last edited by dukemama; 08-12-2007 at 06:42 PM.
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