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SMU mom

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I'm also a mom with a daughter at SMU who rushed 2 years ago and joined a house. The recruitment process for over 50% of the girls is extremely disappointing. There are over 650 girls who rush each year and only 55 to 60 spots for each house. If you do the math, that leaves 200 plus girls without a spot. This is the reality year after year. The argument has always been that all the houses need to meet quota before they will allow larger pledge classes. That will never happen at SMU due to the perceived stigma surrounding certain sororities on campus. I have encouraged SMU panhellenic to at least be forthcoming with the odds of getting into a house. They need to be honest at the initial informational meetings regarding the real numbers so the PNM's can enter the process with all the facts. It's really a shame they don't add a couple more sorority houses. There is certainly interest there and would give more girls the opportunity to be in a house and have that experience in college. It's easy to say the process wasn't so bad if your daughter got into one of her 1st, 2nd or 3rd choices but for over half of the girls who rush, they don't have that outcome unfortunately. It's especially disheartening at SMU where much of the social life revolves around the greek system.