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Hi, I'm a recent graduate and was in a sorority at Madison. Just came on this board to check quota, etc. Anyway, I honestly don't understand why anyone would assume that all girls should just be entitled to be a member of a sorority. If anyone could join, then why have rush at all? It's a membership selection process, which you should know if you were Greek (although it's become much more competitive and popular in the last 25 years). It sounds like your daughter was selected by a sorority, it just wasn't the one that she wanted. So, in essence, the system actually worked, it just wasn't the optimum outcome. Also, if 3 out of 4 girls who rush receive an invitation to join a sorority, I think that's pretty good odds. Better than most things in life. Again, as it's been said before on this board, the retention rates have more to do with girls who drop out because they feel their options left are unacceptable than it has to do with sororities dropping girls completely. I've always felt that if a girl truly wanted to be greek and experience sisterhood than they'd be more open to the chapters that truly want them instead of focusing on the ones that don't. All the chapters at Madison have strong sisterhoods and positive aspects. I welcome the prospect of a new chapter next fall, but it's not going to change retention rates.