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Thinking of rushing this fall, but...
I am thinking of rushing for the fall, which is around next month or so. I am planning on attending one of the IFC informational meeting. However, am not quite sure if I would get in or fit well.
I am Chinese, and part English to an extent, even though I have brown eyes and black hair. I am technically 10% British, but nearly everyone I met in middle and high school though I was full-Asian. I am not exactly jocky, and rarely exercise pass 10th grade after when I was on varsity baseball for a year. Can't say that I am the stereotypical image of a fraternity guy...you know tall, athletic, great looking, and party hard. Heck, my parents got angry when my brother got his first drink at age 20.
On the whole, I don't know any upperclassmen or any fraternity brothers at all. Mainly due to the fact that I live in an all-freshman dorm and taking all intro classes. So my "connection" or whatnot is not on the upside.
I go to a major university in Conn, and I know that last year 85%+ of the guys who got a bid was either white, black, or well connected with certain fraternities through their relatives (a legacy, I believe).
My older brother said that when he rushed at another college 7 years ago, none of the houses there had an Asian in them...except for 2 houses that had a couple blacks and Latinos. He only got a bid because he was on the Texas football team.
I am not sure how to approach rushing, and am not too sure of what I could do to make me "fit" to most houses. I know race and looks are not supposed to make-or-break...but it does happen regardless of what "laws" the national offices set.
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