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Originally Posted by Hearttoheart
Last year when my daughter went through recruitment at Ole Miss, she had three alumnae from three different chapters calling her daily to see where she stood. These same ladies were also calling me each day "checking in". All three of these ladies were very involved with their local chapters. (two of them were in town advising in their sororities' house) Both my daughter and I were very afraid that she would get cut from chapters if she didn't tell these ladies that their chapter was her "favorite chapter". On one hand it was reassuring for us to know she was still in the running, but on the other hand, she was very scared of saying the wrong thing and hurting feelings! After skit, she finally broke down and told one of the ladies that another sorority was her favorite. We will never know for sure if she was cut from that chapter that night because of what she reveled to that Alum, or if the actives just didn't have her high enough on their list.
Personally, they added so much extra pressure! This year, it will be good for the alumnae to be held to silent standards as well! The actives all followed the rules, it was the Alumnae who stepped out of bounds. (at least in my opinion)
All you moms out there, be very careful what you say to chapter alumnae if they try contacting you. If you say the wrong thing, it could hurt your daughters recruitment!
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I'm sorry, I can't find a nice way to say this. Those alumnae are just plain f'ing psycho.
I'm going to repeat a post I made in MC: one of my college friends (from another sorority) has a daughter going thru rush this fall and asked for advice for the daughter from about two dozen of her friends, some her sorority sisters, some in other groups. EVERY SINGLE PERSON who replied said that what was most important was that daughter follow her heart and choose where she felt most comfortable. Legacy? It would be nice, but not if she's not comfortable. Would I like her as my sister? Yes, she's a lovely girl, but not if the chapter's not right for her.
How pathetic and empty are these women's lives that they feel the need to bully others into, when it comes down to it, who they should choose as friends? This is a total travesty of what Greek life and sisterhood is supposed to be about. Those women should have their pins pulled. I don't care how much time or money they put into their organization, they're rotten members. Of their orgs, and of NPC in general.
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