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FuzzieAlum, I think you, HelloKitty and me are the only ones who think that the sororities have all the power in rush and are not hesitating to use it. The popularity of sororities comes and goes. Remember the 60s and 70s? Well, this period followed an incredible boom in sororities of the 40s and 50s. During the 40s and 50s, like now, the sororities became increasingly selective every year as more and more women rushed. It is the simple rule of supply and demand. Now the demand to be in sororities is great and the supply is not expanding at the same rate. It is easy when are in a position of power to demand and get everything you want. Right now that is a 5'2"-5'6", size 6, freshman, who is blond with blue or green eyes, who also has a 3.5-4.0 G.P.A. and also was a cheerleader or some other kind of major celebrity in H.S. Or as close to this as possible. It seems all the houses go for this and they don't really care if they get quota because after years of great rushes most are over campus ceiling anyway. So what if they only get 40 when quota is 50. If they have 180-200 members who's going to miss 10? Unfortunately, many great women are being permanently turned off and they are tellling their frioends and family. Some of these women who in any other era would be sought after women will take this experience into their lives and never recommend sororities to their daughters or anyone else. It takes decades to recover from being "out". We need to consider some of the recommendations that have been proposed to level the playing field like guarantee the rushee a bid if they go to pref night and have followed all the rules.
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