Competitive? Or a Different Term?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

The social structure was:
1. The 3 queens

Did anyone else see this and start singing "we 3 queens of Orient are..."?

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

This, this, this!

Back in the day, we had to bust our butts during rush for every single pledge we brought to the house on bid day.

And I loved it. I got to do all kinds of things I wouldn't have gotten to do in a bigger "top" chapter.

And not only did we have a killer sisterhood, it prepped me for the real world far better than being part of a "machine" house would have.

So rather than competitive, I'd call this situation Unrealistic Entitlement, though Stupid Bitch Heaven has a nice ring to it, too.

My biggest choice was between the group I joined and another where life would have been comparatively easy as far as bringing in pledges. However, as soon as I went there during rush, I could tell I wouldn't be happy there. They were all SO gung ho on their sorority, to the point of suffocation. When pledging started, and one of their pledges told me all she was going through (not hazing, but just a real pressure to make the sorority the center of your life and jettison everything else), it just confirmed for me I had made the right decision.

Those girls joining the "top 3" at carnation's school may not terminate from the group because it's giving them what they want socially, but I would bet there are members who are chafing under the requirements.

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Honestly, EVERY campus is competitive in its own way. As another poster pointed out, the vast majority of women who participate in recruitment, no matter where they go, will receive a bid if they maximize their options. What makes it "competitive" is how hard it is to get the bid from the group that everyone wants.

This is a question to anyone who knows - at the kind of schools where Greeks don't exist and the college randomly assigns people to be in this or that house, isn't there still (even if it changes from year to year) some sort of tier structure or pecking order? I mean, that's just the nature of life.