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Mount Fuji

<strong>Subject:</strong><br />my message to pnms on this website<br /><br /> Poster Message:
So many of you are stressing out about rushing... Greek life isn't everything. You don't even have to go Greek if you don't want to. That's why college is great, you get a chance to actually be yourself, find what you love, and explore what you're passionate about. I was in my chapter for a year and a half before I dropped. The chapter I was in was fine and it was a hard choice, but I'm honestly so glad I'm on my own now. Embrace your independence. You can have friends, go to parties, do service, and, more importantly, represent yourself as an INDIVIDUAL without being in a fraternity or sorority. Generally, the lack of independence was my largest issue (personally) with being involved in Greek life. There are other qualms I have about the Greek system that I'd rather not ramble on about, but I'll address them in general terms. Hazing is an obvious first. The whole rush process is pretty fake and superficial. Clearly dirty songs that become "tradition" can be hateful and discriminatory towards certain groups. And, almost undeniably, Greek life is frivolous: Parents of Greek students pay thousands of dollars so that their kids can wear letters as a status symbol, bask in superficially-based exclusivity, make friends connected to you by a set of values and insignias that are honestly kind of arbitrary at this point, go to socials, and have something frilly to put on their resume. We're not in high school anymore. You don't have to be in some sort of club or clique to feel...