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Old 04-22-2010, 07:53 PM
southerngreek12 southerngreek12 is offline
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You don't want to join a fraternity that you have to accomondate.
The fraternity should fit who you are and if you don't get a bid they fare failing you not you failing in any way. Really if one brother doesn't like you that isn't the reason you didn't get a bid bc most guys in a fraternity aren't best friends you pick the few you are close with and that is the way it is in anything in life work school even your subdivision. You find a few ppl you love and a few you don't. Even if you are a legacy or have a 4.0 sometimes you don't fit that exact image. You can't push yourself into something but fit openly. A fraternity isn't going to take you for what you have or who you know but who you are on the inside. If you get along with them and fit in then nothing else matters.
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Old 04-22-2010, 09:50 PM
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You don't want to join a fraternity that you have to accomondate.
The fraternity should fit who you are and if you don't get a bid they fare failing you not you failing in any way. Really if one brother doesn't like you that isn't the reason you didn't get a bid bc most guys in a fraternity aren't best friends you pick the few you are close with and that is the way it is in anything in life work school even your subdivision. You find a few ppl you love and a few you don't. Even if you are a legacy or have a 4.0 sometimes you don't fit that exact image. You can't push yourself into something but fit openly. A fraternity isn't going to take you for what you have or who you know but who you are on the inside. If you get along with them and fit in then nothing else matters.
You do NOT know how membership selection works in ANY fraternity other than your local. In some organizations, it can take a very few "NOs" to not bid someone.
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Old 04-23-2010, 09:53 AM
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You don't want to join a fraternity that you have to accomondate.
Don't worry about the accomondation. I see lots of rejectment in your future.
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Old 04-23-2010, 12:28 PM
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I don't know how many votes it takes to black-ball you with TKE, and local practice may well vary from TKE chapter to TKE chapter. That said, if you really want to try again you should talk to an active brother that you feel close to and ask him to advise you. I doubt if he would say who or how many dropped the ball on you but he could tell you if anything in particular was working against you. He could informally advise if he thought you had a chance or if you pissed off a lot of people and may as well forget it.
It might be that some of the graduating seniors didn't like you and your chances got a lot better with them gone. It could be something unconscious like over using the word frat, it could be anything. This is why I suggest you ask a friend directly whether you have a chance and if there is something that rubs some people the wrong way that you could be aware of and watch out for. There are a lot of things that may mean nothing to you which you could down play without trying to be too accomodating.
Its a bit wishful thinking that your chapter must fit you like a second skin and you must be exactly what they are looking for. Everyman is an individual to a greater or lesser extent. What you need to be aware of is if you are saying or doing something that has the effect of putting your cigar out in the rush chairman's eyeball.
Ask, learn, if you have a chance decide if you are OK with what it might take to score a bid, make up your mind and go have a great college experience.
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