Question Re: Southern Rush

[BlueCarnation]

This has been going on for a long time, and not just in the South. I rushed in the 1990s and when I was home after my Freshman year, I was at the gym, wearing a shirt from some sorority event. A guy I went to high school with came up to me and asked if I joined my sorority at my school so I could transfer to his school (another Big Ten school) and be in the "best" sorority. I laughed, as I had never heard of such a thing (and my school was wayyyy better!! ) but after talking to people, apparently a lot of people did that, and from what I've heard, it still happens at that school and another Big Ten school with a very competitive Greek system.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by BlueCarnation

This has been going on for a long time, and not just in the South. I rushed in the 1990s and when I was home after my Freshman year, I was at the gym, wearing a shirt from some sorority event. A guy I went to high school with came up to me and asked if I joined my sorority at my school so I could transfer to his school (another Big Ten school) and be in the "best" sorority. I laughed, as I had never heard of such a thing (and my school was wayyyy better!! ) but after talking to people, apparently a lot of people did that, and from what I've heard, it still happens at that school and another Big Ten school with a very competitive Greek system.

At my Big Ten school it was hit or miss with affiliation. Some chapters would accept re-affiliates and some would not. Three of the so-called "top" chapters when I was in school had the "bottom" chapter at a nearby school. Girls did transfer for legitimate reasons such as going from a private school in Indy to our public university and those top chapters did NOT allow the girls to re-affiliate. Or the commuter school to the south that was a satellite campus of the main campus which was cheaper and girls would could complete a year there before coming to the big campus. Those chapters put them on "associate" membership and the girls could come to dances and a couple of parties a month, but they could not move in, recruit or attend chapter. I thought it was just plain rude....not exactly the definition of sisterhood.

[BlueCarnation]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

At my Big Ten school it was hit or miss with affiliation. Some chapters would accept re-affiliates and some would not. Three of the so-called "top" chapters when I was in school had the "bottom" chapter at a nearby school. Girls did transfer for legitimate reasons such as going from a private school in Indy to our public university and those top chapters did NOT allow the girls to re-affiliate. Or the commuter school to the south that was a satellite campus of the main campus which was cheaper and girls would could complete a year there before coming to the big campus. Those chapters put them on "associate" membership and the girls could come to dances and a couple of parties a month, but they could not move in, recruit or attend chapter. I thought it was just plain rude....not exactly the definition of sisterhood.

The first school I was referring to is a little west of yours.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

Those chapters put them on "associate" membership and the girls could come to dances and a couple of parties a month, but they could not move in, recruit or attend chapter. I thought it was just plain rude....not exactly the definition of sisterhood.

Wow. I think Chapter is one of the most important aspects of sisterhood. To not be allowed to attend would be a slap in the face.