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Originally Posted by jolene
I don't have firsthand knowledge of their system, but it seems strange. You hear that house ABC recruits from private school X or one house recruits from summer camp Y. I stopped going to summer camp after 8th grade so it seems foreign to me. Or sorority XYZ recruits from so-and-so zip code. And there was the dumb article from the 60s or 70s.
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As someone who had a daughter that went through successfully at UT, I can tell you that all that you mentioned above is correct. The greek system there has some serious issues for such a large school. Honestly, I think that one of the reasons for the smaller percentage of incoming freshman women going through recruitment is due to the top 10%, 8%,7% rule.
My daughter went to a very competitive high school that sent 25 students to UT that year. Of the 13 or so girls that went, only 5 of them went through recruitment. The other 8 or so simply weren't interested in greek life. They were definitely more focused on academics or other endeavors. At the time that she was there, I think the percentage of students involved in fraternities or sororities was between 9 and 12% of the total student body, which is very low for a large southern school with very deep traditions. Texas A&M is very similiar...very large school, relatively small greek system.
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