UT (Texas) minority in "white" sorority

Originally Posted by 33girl

AND THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE....



IF YOU DROP OUT OF RUSH YOU WON'T GET INTO A SORORITY. (funny how that works)

I understand that. I did not drop. I was cut from all of them very early on.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DeltaIVA

I agree, but I wasn't one of those who dropped. I was cut from all 13 sororities before the fourth day of rush had begun.

And you assumed it was due to your race.

I'm not saying there's never racism, but your elitism in this post has made me go with "it's not them it's you."

[AZTheta]

The following piece of information is crucial to this discussion: We do not discuss membership selection on GC; not NPC, IFC, NPHC, or any other organization's membership selection.

And, for the record, I know of several East Indian women who hold membership in NPC sororities, including my own.

Please do not shoot the messenger. Finished.

Originally Posted by JohnnyCash

On a scale of 1-10 how hot are you??

Let's just say I'm not exactly unfortunate looking.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

And you assumed it was due to your race.

I'm not saying there's never racism, but your elitism in this post has made me go with "it's not them it's you."

Yes, I do assume it's my race. I'm not saying it couldn't just be me. I just feel like to be cut from 13 different organizations halfway through recruitment seems more than a little fishy.

Originally Posted by AzTheta

The following piece of information is crucial to this discussion: We do not discuss membership selection on GC; not NPC, IFC, NPHC, or any other organization's membership selection.

And, for the record, I know of several East Indian women who hold membership in NPC sororities, including my own.

Please do not shoot the messenger. Finished.

I'm pleased to hear that this is the case! Don't worry, I don't intend on shooting the messenger. I know that a lot of schools are more than happy to let girls in as long based on qualities that don't include race. I just mean that in my personal experience at my school, I feel that I was discriminated against because of my race.

[EE-BO]

Texas is an extremely competitive school when it comes to rush. Plus, being a premier state school- and highly academically regarded nationwide- it is heavily attended by state residents- and thus naturally the children of alumni and established members of the Texas community.

Compared to other southern schools, I think Texas is actually far more "progressive" on issues of race and religion when it comes to acceptance in Greek organizations.

For a variety of historical reasons- those same patterns are reflected in successful members of the community in all senses including country club memberships and the demographics of top private schools from which many UT fraternities and sororities recruit heavily.

I graduated from college years ago (Texas actually) and I have been in the real world for quite some time.

I get what you are thinking- and it is a logical conclusion in many senses. But in this case I really do not think it applies- at least not with regards to Greek recruitment itself. For better or for worse, Greek membership at competitive schools where a large number of students come from a relatively concentrated region is an extension of the communities from which their members are drawn.

It is no mistake that southern state schools are where recruitment tends to be incredibly competitive and insular, or that expensive private schools drawing students from around the United States tend to appear more open. This is a gross generalization with many exceptions, but it is worth considering.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DeltaIVA

Haha, this is theoretically a valid reason. However, I don't think this is the case. I was actually nominated for class favorite when I was in high school.

Originally Posted by DeltaIVA

Yes, I do assume it's my race. I'm not saying it couldn't just be me. I just feel like to be cut from 13 different organizations halfway through recruitment seems more than a little fishy.

Yes, because no other Indians got into .. oh wait. They did, they just either dropped or joined "not as good" chapters.

Sounds like you.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by DeltaIVA

I had a 98.9. I was in the top 4% of my graduating class.

Just like practically everyone else at UT, and probably every girl that was rushing. Your GPA and being in the Top 4% does not make you unique at that school.

[knight_shadow]

WTF is 'class favorite'?

[epchick]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

WTF is 'class favorite'?

It's what it sounds like. lol. It's a popularity thing. At the end of the year, the "class" (i.e senior) vote for the guy and girl who were the 'favorites' for that school year. It's a fluff award that usually goes along with the senior 'who's who' (if your school does that).

Let's be honest here, it's not like the whole freaking school votes, at my school we probably had like 20 people max vote.

Being "class favorite" does not mean you are sorority material nor that the sororities should love you. They aren't going to say "OMGZZ, you were class favorite?? You're in!"

[preciousjeni]

DeltaIVA,

There is a multi-quote feature on this board. It's directly to the right of the "Quote" button. You can use it to link a bunch of quoted posts together instead of quoting each one individually.

Also,

Originally Posted by DeltaIVA

I'm pleased to hear that this is the case! Don't worry, I don't intend on shooting the messenger. I know that a lot of schools are more than happy to let girls in as long based on qualities that don't include race. I just mean that in my personal experience at my school, I feel that I was discriminated against because of my race.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by epchick

It's what it sounds like. lol. It's a popularity thing. At the end of the year, the "class" (i.e senior) vote for the guy and girl who were the 'favorites' for that school year. It's a fluff award that usually goes along with the senior 'who's who' (if your school does that).

Let's be honest here, it's not like the whole freaking school votes, at my school we probably had like 20 people max vote.

Being "class favorite" does not mean you are sorority material nor that the sororities should love you. They aren't going to say "OMGZZ, you were class favorite?? You're in!"

We had "Most Popular." It's along the lines of "Most Likely To Succeed" and "Cutest Couple." lol.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

We had "Most Popular." It's along the lines of "Most Likely To Succeed" and "Cutest Couple." lol.

Memories. We had a "Most Likely to Be in Entertainment" or something to that effect. Wouldn't you know it? The girl that got that vote ended up being a international opera singer.

[agzg]

LL please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the understanding that it was pretty common to see women cut by all 13 chapters before day 4, right?

Or is that my dirty and disgusting deferred recruitment mind being jealous of the super awesome ultra-competitive schools?