Meet the ‘Basement Girls’ who run college sorority rush’s secret power structure: ‘We are the puppeteers of rush week’
and a coven of barely legal coeds are divining the fates of their peers in the basement of a sorority mansion. They pore over data sheets, interview notes and custom-made “grading” software that ranks wannabe sorority sisters in a carefully calibrated scoring system.
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and a coven of barely legal coeds are divining the fates of their peers in the basement of a sorority mansion. They pore over data sheets, interview notes and custom-made “grading” software that ranks wannabe sorority sisters in a carefully calibrated scoring system. They cross-reference the social media channels of 17-year-old girls, swiping through grids of tanned, smiling teens on Instagram and TikTok. And then with a nod from their leader, they wordlessly delete the “bottom girls” who won’t make the coveted sorority’s final cut — even though they’ve never even met them.
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- and a coven of barely legal coeds are divining the fates of their peers in the basement of a sorority mansion. They pore over data sheets, interview notes and custom-made “grading” software that ranks wannabe sorority sisters in a carefully calibrated scoring system.
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Meet the ‘Basement Girls’ who run college sorority rush’s secret power structure: ‘We are the puppeteers of rush week’
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