Greek Rush Experience

The Rush Experience

Imagine going through Greek rush and visiting all the fraternities and sororities that are on your college campus. You meet many cool people who seem to be interested in you to join their organization. After one day of rush parties, the Greek members invite you to come and hangout with them at a members’ apartment to socialize. You accept the invitation because you believe the Greek members like you. It turns out the next day, that you are cut from that organization because of the clothing you wore, your hair cut or even your ethnicity. This is a factor that many rush members face because they are not accepted in that organization. Many students believe that the Greek rush system works, but others believe that due to bias and “dirty rushing,” the system should be changed due to its harsh judgment of potential new members and illegal actions.

Every year, students rush to become part of a Greek Organization only to find out they were not accepted for being who they are. They are rejected from the Greek organization of choice because of their personal appearance, social status, and presentation. The reason why sororities and fraternities do not accept rush members is because they do not want that person to poorly represent or hurt that organization later on. That person might have alcohol, drug or violence problems which could hurt that organization if he or she is witnessed doing these things. The problem is that organizations really don’t know this person long enough to know too much about him or her. Rush parties only last fifteen minutes to an hour-and-half a day over a 3 day period. Organizations judge rush members too quickly.

Going through Greek rush, not only are the organizations bias, but new members are also. They must be able to judge and determine which fraternity or sorority best fits for him or her. This is a good aspect of rush because each Greek organization wants to maintain a cohesive unit, and each potential new member...