The catch is, however, not everyone gets to join these groups. Their selection process is about a week and takes place either in the beginning or in the middle of the school year.
Why does Greek life exist? Greek life offers students an opportunity to try something new. Greek life opens up potential friendships within the fraternity or the sorority. Greek organizations are also responsible for admirable charity events and fundraisers and can be the “life” of the school.
In my opinion, however, the system is flawed. The selection process is often based on superficial things like what people wear, what brands they’re displaying, and their looks. The process is structured in such a way that it encourages the superficiality of the entire system. Although the fraternity selection process isn’t as flawed, it still is based on “coolness” and the willingness to party with the fellow brothers.
After witnessing sorority rush, I am completely mortified.
For my university, girls “rush” sororities in the spring of their first semester. To “rush” a sorority essentially means to talk to the different sororities and hopefully join at the end of the rush week. The beginning of rush week seemed great. My friends thoroughly were enjoying their time going from one sorority house to another. Each sorority has a house in which many of the girls that are part of that sorority live in. The girls who rush visit each house and converse with a couple of the girls. Many enjoyed this part of the experience, since it was relatively casual and more laid back than the future days to come. As rush week went on, however, many girls started to drop. After a series of rankings and deliberation , the sororities begin to “drop” girls, which means the girls aren’t allowed to join the sorority. By the end of the week, girls were not being called back and so the tears ensued. Girls sobbed once they found out they weren’t allowed to join the sorority of their dreams, and many expressed frustration, wondering what exactly went wrong. Several girls voluntarily dropped from the entire rushing experience by the middle of the week, unsatisfied with the results. Many girls even conjured theories in which they believed that many sorority pre-picked the girls that would join, betraying the other girls attempting to join fair and square.
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