rush reality

Yes it is a lot about who you talk to. And that is why we spend a whole week going over how to talk to a PNM and how to learn about them and get as much info out of them to decide if we want them or not. And being on the other side, I realized how many things I should've done better. Although it is about who I talked to and if they were good at conversation or not, I could have shared more about myself. The system isn't rigged, it's just different than what you think it is. It isn't all about how good or bad you look on paper. Better luck next year or at informal!

You say the system is rigged because you were a stellar PNM and how could they possibly have cut you? Well, there are many reasons. I am in a top house and on the last day of rush I down-graded one girl because while we had met before and had had what I thought was a great conversation, she acted as if she didn't even remember me. I down-graded another because she seemed bored. At cut sessions I also heard about PNMs whose phone went off, another who spent almost the entire conversation complaining about the heat and how the house wasn't as cool as she liked. On skit day one of our members sang. She happens to have also sung in a Muni Opera summer production previously and yet the PNM laughed and said the singer "must be having an off day." I teach piano and there was nothing musically wrong with her performance. Another PNM couldn't stop yawning. So before you say the system is rigged and it's not fair, show a little introspection and ask yourself if you presented the best version of yourself. Because if you didn't I can guarantee others did and that's who we chose.