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‘I told her: your TikToks are cringe’ – the consultants who get teens into elite sororities
The Guardian ^ | August 22, 2023 | Alaina Demopoulos

Posted on 08/22/2023 10:28:02 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA

Experts on Greek life offer students tips on what to wear and what to post, in a bid to ‘smooth out the rough edges’

I need more friends. Or, specifically, I need more photos on social media where I’m posing with my friends. That’s what Lorie Stefanelli, a sorority recruitment consultant who trains girls on how to get into the toughest houses in the country, would recommend if I were an incoming freshman.

“If your whole grid is just you by yourself, it looks like you don’t have any friends,” she says, bluntly. Though in real life I am a boring 28-year-old woman with no plans to rush anywhere except home to my couch, I have asked Stefanelli to advise me as if I were a freshman joining a sorority.

This is Stefanelli’s busiest time of the year, when rush week season begins and thousands of students at colleges across the US attempt recruitment into different fraternities and sororities. These houses, which are not administrated by colleges but student organizations, admit lucky freshmen into a world of special housing, elite parties and networking opportunities.

But getting in isn’t easy: girls have to prove themselves through a series of events and group interviews with current members. The competition is so steep that in recent years, consultants like Stefanelli have started charging to hold girls’ hands through the process and land them a spot in their coveted house.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dumbgirls; greeklife; shallowness; sororities
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Reminds me of a joke:
Q: Why did the sorority girl wear underwear?
A: To keep her ankles warm.
1 posted on 08/22/2023 10:28:02 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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To: ConservativeInPA

LOL.


2 posted on 08/22/2023 10:28:33 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ConservativeInPA

3 posted on 08/22/2023 10:30:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

We wahnt prahvaseah!


4 posted on 08/22/2023 10:32:33 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: ConservativeInPA; EEGator; dfwgator
All that effort, and this is where your daughter lands:

University of Wyoming sorority hits back at members who sued over trans sister


5 posted on 08/22/2023 10:35:53 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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"One of these things is not like the others...."
6 posted on 08/22/2023 10:38:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Like, Oh my god!

gag me with a spoon!


7 posted on 08/22/2023 10:39:20 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: dfwgator

I can’t believe Jen wore the sweatshirt! Am I rite?!?...


8 posted on 08/22/2023 10:40:40 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ConservativeInPA
Wow. There goes the idea of a meritocracy. All about "who you know".

It sums up much of the current American ruling class.

You have to be woke. You have to wear the right clothes. You have to agree with far left ideology.

You may be pagan, but you may not be any Christian who challenges the woke ideology.

You have to be willing to spout the party lies, as absolute truth, and change them whenever required.

9 posted on 08/22/2023 10:40:58 AM PDT by marktwain
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10 posted on 08/22/2023 10:41:53 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: dfwgator

You beat me to it while I was looking for a pic to post. Twisted minds work the same way.


11 posted on 08/22/2023 10:43:12 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: DoodleBob

LOL.

These girls are the opposite….they want the world to think they know EVERYTHING about them.

There was an interesting documentary on HBO (I think) about the whole process. I never understood the whole Greek life thing. But, to each their own.


12 posted on 08/22/2023 10:43:24 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: ConservativeInPA

Why not get into an Honors College, and forget about pseudo-”Greek Life”?

Live in Honors housing with good people, do some research with faculty members, help the community, write a great capstone thesis, and graduate with honors in a great major (NOT “ethnic studies”)!!!!


13 posted on 08/22/2023 10:51:40 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: DoodleBob

Ew, that’s gross!!!!


14 posted on 08/22/2023 10:52:23 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: dfwgator

I dunno, I think I see two.......................


15 posted on 08/22/2023 10:56:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DoodleBob

Kappa Gam, IIRC, has made it their policy to let in trannies.


16 posted on 08/22/2023 11:14:44 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: Vermont Lt

Unfortunately...the documentarian made it mostly about HERSELF and her baldness. It was bizarre.


17 posted on 08/22/2023 11:17:18 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: DoodleBob

Orange shirt, far left, back row ...

Chick or Dude?


18 posted on 08/22/2023 11:17:44 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Yeah..it didn’t end well.

But up to that twist it was an interesting peek into the lives of what seem like a different species. Ha ha.


19 posted on 08/22/2023 11:18:47 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I went to Bama. I was a legacy but didn’t rush because I was too busy with Mu Delta Beta (Million Dollar Band). I was a little sister to one of the frats. Basically a glorified “kegger organizer”.

Bama has always been that way. Greek/Party school.


20 posted on 08/22/2023 11:24:58 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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