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Originally Posted by 33girl
A woman shouldn't feel she has to choose between those things and Greek life, or that those things are the same as Greek life. If she uses "I didn't like the groups I got and anyway my dorm mates are so much more awesome" as an excuse to drop out, she's not ready to be in a sorority. Maybe she'll come back in a year when she's grown up a little and go through rush again. If not, it's not really any loss to the system IMO.
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I don't think it is necessarily a matter of choosing between the two or thinking they are interchangeable. On a less Greek-focused campus like MSU, there are many women who go through rush but are uncertain about whether or not it is what they really want. It's not a campus overflowing with legacies and rich Greek traditions. The majority of Greek women are first generation Greeks. Many sorority members pay their own sorority expenses through working. For many of these women, there has to be a compelling reason to join. At MSU I think it is about friendship, social activities, and finding a place on a large campus. If they are able to meet those needs in other ways, they will take the opportunities that frankly cost a lot less. I don't think it means they wouldn't have been great members. We had many valuable members who were not necessarily gung-ho Greeks-to-be until they got acquainted with other Greek women and discovered it was something they would enjoy. At MSU (and I'm sure other campuses), the sororities have to "rush" the campus as well. They have to prove there is something valuable there that is worth the time and money.
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