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Originally posted by abcdefg:
I go to Indiana University, which has the largest and most competitive rush in the country. There are 19 houses here. Every year about 2000 girls go through rush, while about 800 get bids. Therefore, at IU you are actually a minority if you recieve a bid. Not all Greek systems place nearly all of their rushees.
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I have read this figure before and it makes me heartsick!! To think of 1200 girls being miserable...I could just scream. My org had a chapter there for a few years and they closed it because they felt they couldn't compete without having been there 50 years and having the huge house. My take on it? Have several of the nationally smaller sororities come in together (so it's not one org standing alone) and get started and then worry about the houses. I would wager there are women who would like to have the sorority experience, who don't necessarily want to live in that kind of house....well I'm rambling, and I don't know how feasible that would be, but you have to take that first step before you go forward.
Anyhoo - carnation -yes I agree with what you said. There was a sorority I didn't go back to after Meet the Greeks because they had a well-documented reputation for hard hazing (and they were all about 6 feet tall -eeeek). There's a big diff between groups that are legitimately scary, and groups that are full of nice, bright girls, but aren't "top of the top" on campus. The latter was more what I meant.
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