it's 2014

That doesn't make it right. They probably made comments like that in 1958, too. But this is 2014 and women shouldn't really be judging women exclusively on looks. That's not what rush is about, as anyone who was "grade cut" can tell you. You should know better.

I'll let that comment slide because you probably just pledged but the reason we know who got the hot pledge classes is because we were all rushing the same girls. We know what you all look like, we saw you most of the week. We stalked you on social media all summer so we saw you at your best in your pictures. I know where my favorite girls went that my house didn't get and I know who got the duds my house cut.

Could you use some common sense please? You're in college now, this is how the system works. It's superficial. You knew that before you joined.

How does your house rush girls "Ya ok?" Do you just wait for them to show up during recruitment because my house does the same thing "Social Media" does. We FB/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr stalk all the PNMs we can find. We scour rec letters. It's pretty common.

Greek life is superficial. Always has been, always will be.

Then you must be bottom tier. My bad, I forgot quality didn't matter to some houses.

You woke up early every morning for rush to put on your makeup and do your hair, you and all your sorority sisters had coordinated outfits for the entire week, you decorated your house to look nice.

What about that isn't superficial? I'd really love to know how your house manages to put on a successful rush without having any superficial aspects to it.

How is getting up in the morning, putting on makeup and making your house look nice superficial? Don't most of us do that every day? So what if outfits were coordinated? That's how it's done. Day in and day out we are a sisterhood. We care about each other and we prop each other up. I am closer to many of my sorority sisters than I am to my real sister. If that's not important to you, then don't bother going Greek. But don't insult the rest of us who have found something special in our houses, regardless of tiers.

The system is designed to be superficial. If it wasn't, then we wouldn't spend a week tweaking minuscule details so that our rush was perfect during work week. I don't see the logic in your argument. If it wasn't superficial then we'd be rushing girls while wearing our own clothes, hair up, no makeup, no chants, no skits, etc.

Rush is flashy. You're trying to impress the girls. IT'S SUPERFICIAL. Learn the meaning of the word.

I kind of don't think "flashy" and "superficial" are synonymous. And if all you had were superficial conversation during rush, god help you.

I heard it was like 91-ish? Sigma is the only house that didn't make quota but they took under quota on purpose so they would be eligible for COB.

It matters a LOT to many of the members of ADPi and Sigma.

^^^^^^ Like. Except I don't think it's all that superficial. It's not as if we are judging just on looks. We know PNMs' grades, class rank, ACT score, whether they sing opera or excel at the high jump, whether they volunteered with dying kids or started their own business, whether they grew up 1,000 miles away or down the street. I think we do a pretty good job of finding out the big picture before we make a decision. Now, perhaps it's purely superficial stuff at some houses, but not at mine.