The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - My Sorority’s Got Issues with Becca Moore

Episode Date: September 12, 2026

Who’s right, who’s wrong?  Sometimes in the sorority it’s a little more sour than sweet. For this well-known influencer, Becca Moore, she had strong opinions about sorority requirements, and was not afraid to voice them. In her attempt to push back at Greek life standards, who came out on top?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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From being banned from parties to getting kicked out, she's been through it all. And she's ready to talk now on Dirty Rush. So please welcome Becca Moore. Hi, Becca. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Thank you for having me.

No. Thank you for coming on Dirty Rush. It sounds like you have quite the story. Oh, God. Yeah. I mean, I went through a lot with that sorority. It was crazy. Well, how are you now? How has life been? It's been good. I started doing social media full time, like around a year after I graduated from college. And ever since then, it's been pretty good. I'm glad that I, like, kept posting because I don't know if you have a similar experience, but like, when you can't really post a lot in a sorority, you have to like be, it's like really everything you post is being watched by, exec. So I'm glad that I like was headstrong in that sense of like post. I was really like,

yeah, I was in control of my social media the entire time. Like I didn't want them to tell me what I could or could not post. That's interesting. I mean, I went to Rockers University in Jersey. So where did you go to school? I went to Ohio University in Ohio. It was like a party school. It was the knockoff of OSU, like Ohio State. Yeah. And people get those to confused. used. Yeah, we. Okay, so you're Ohio University different from Ohio State. Got it. Because I was going to say my cousin goes to Ohio State. Yeah, and I grew up like really fast going to the bars, like getting a fake ID and going to campus. Because I'm from Columbus. So I definitely had like the party gene and me. Like we would all have fake IDs in high school and we were going out at OSU.

But OU is like a huge party school. Got it. Okay. So what made you? decide on going to Ohio University? Honestly, I just Googled the party school. I just wanted to party, I think. And it was kind of like the school that like everyone and all the teachers were like, no one should go to OU because it's like a party school. You shouldn't, which made me want to go more. Whenever anyone tells you not to do something, that's literally the keyword to, okay, I'm going to do it. Exactly. Yeah. So that's why I went. And then I was like a communications major because I, it was like the easiest one. I don't know. I was being lazy. So what was recruitment like at Ohio? When did you rush? Did you rush first semester or second semester? I rushed first semester.

And it was even at OU, it was like really long and strenuous. I can't even imagine like at a big especially like the southern schools. I hear it's like really crazy down there. But ours was supposed to be kind of more relaxed and yet it was still like really chaotic. And, And it was like a lot of pressure. I also like, we didn't really know, um, what sororities were the best. So like, it was like, it was just, there wasn't as much of like a culture of like everyone has to rush at OU. Um, but even though there was like not pressure to do it, it was still really intense.

Like it was like a lot of small talk. The days were so long and you're talking about things that you don't care about. And you kind of start realizing like what sororities are like cooler than they. others. And yeah, it was like a lot. It's honestly, I, going through that made me like a better version of myself because I like learned how to talk to anyone. But it was a lot of pressure to like look cute and everything. Did you go into recruitment already wanting a specific sorority? No. Like I also, it wasn't really normal in my family to rush. It wasn't like, I was like the first one of all my siblings to want to do it because I was like researching it on

there was like a website called Total Sorority Move and I was like looking at all those stories and I just wanted to like at the time it was like vineyard vines was like really cool like wearing sparries like being preppy was really cool and I just kind of wanted to be cool like that like I wanted like the cute like Instagram photos and everything but it wasn't like something that I was expected to do. also I forget what you asked me. Did you know what sorority you wanted when you went into a recruitment? No, I had no idea. Until I got like halfway through. I prepped Kyo. I really wanted Kio, but I didn't get that one. Where did Gamify Beta fall into the sorority hierarchy at Ohio at that time?

Was it considered a top house or where did it kind of rank? No, so it was actually Gamify's first year on campus. so it was not like it had no ranking it was like I was their first one of their first ever P&M so they had never done Rush before and the reason that I did it was because it was that or not a good one kind of because it was like all the all the girls were like trying to make gamify cool by well G5 is a great you know it's a very well known sorority you know just in in Greek life in general. So on other campuses maybe. Yeah. Yeah. It was just the first ever year.

So it was like a good option. I really wanted Kyo, but I kind of, um, gave up on that one, Gamify. Everyone in my classes was like the older girls in my classes freshman year were telling me to do Gamify because it was new and we could like make it cool. Um, but I have heard and I don't mean to, I hope this isn't mean, but I have heard that they kind of like fell off since I like, since we graduated and it did get like, kind of a worse reputation. I think they were just really strict because it was like the first year. But no, I didn't have a ranking yet because that was the first ever. Wow, that's interesting.

So what inspired you to rush? Did you just want to be involved in something on campus? I just wanted the friends because it's like the easiest way. Also, we ought to like go to school earlier, I think that we got to like move into our dorms earlier if we were rushing. And I just thought it would be like the quickest way to make friends because not any of my close friends were going to owe you. So I like wanted the girlfriends. And I also again, like saw how cute the girls online were that were in sororities. And I just wanted like honestly the cute Instagram photos. You've also spoken on social media that your sorority actually made you delete Instagram posts. What was your experience like with this? I'm actually very interested about this. And maybe it was because it was their first year on campus. But what like, what were

you posting that they would make you delete? Like what type of content? Well, right from the start, we got in a lot of trouble my entire recruiting class. We got in a lot of trouble for having Finstas. And we were kind of stupid about it. Like we all of us had Finstas and we're posting crazy things. And my Finsta was literally called Becca drinks more. So it was like very easy to, and it was a photo of me. It was like stupid. I don't know how I didn't think I would get caught. Yeah. So we got like screamed at. They like brought us. us into an emergency chapter and they're like everyone take out your phone and show us that you're deleting your finsta so we have bright secretly kept mine were your finsta's public or private they were

private but i don't know how they found them but maybe i guess they saw your username your picture attached to the profile yeah like followed by and i could see who was following it um so they like and the girl cried i remember in that meeting she like started crying as if it was like a big emotional thing that like we were all in trouble for having FinCDA. So they kind of scared us with that meeting. I refused to delete my Finsta and I just changed the name and I changed the photo, but I still had it.

And then after that, they like really cracked down on us. Like, we were not supposed to be posting with red solo cups or like any alcohol at all. Were you allowed to post with red solo cups or alcoholic beverages prior? Yeah, I mean, like we were, yeah, before that, if you're not in a sorority or just like, allowed to post whatever you want. Oh, no, of course. But, well, the same rules apply to us as well. Like, when we were, when we were at frat parties or when we were at any mixers or socials, we were

only allowed to have our drinks in a red solo cup. Like, we weren't ever allowed to hold a like a bottle, especially if we were underage. But then when it came to posting on Instagram, like, obviously, we really weren't allowed to advertise that we were. were drinking. Of course, we could post photos if we were at frat parties or socials or anything like that, but we weren't allowed to like have a cup or anything in our hand that would like imply that we were drinking. Yeah, but we couldn't do that at all. We couldn't even post. If we were at a frat party, we couldn't even have the background, make it obvious it was a frat party. And I do think that after they found our fintas, keep in mind this was like two weeks in, they got really strict on

the rules. And we couldn't even have a red solo cup or, you. be in a bar. We couldn't even post that we were ever in a bar, even though we were always in bars. Like, it was really, really annoying. And they were, because it was a new chapter and they had, I can't pan-hole, no, not Panhellenic, like the higher up said Gamify were like closely in our chapter because they're- Probably nationals. Yeah, nationals. Yeah, they were like always watching us and trying to like, I think, scare us straight in the beginning so that we weren't posting at all, but they were really, really strict on us. And I think that we were like, one of, if not the strictest sorority on our campus, based on like what we could post.

We couldn't even post like two quote unquote like slutty photo. Like if it was like too much like bikini, that was also monitored by them. And like we weren't allowed to post anything that would make our chapter look bad. But it made me start hating the chapter because I was like, it's not fair that the other, my friends and other sororities are allowed to post whatever they want. And like, I'm always in trouble. I guess because you guys were under a microscope, but then, you know, I feel like they should have at least been watching what other sororities were doing so that there wasn't such a distinction between the two, you know, like there should have been some sort of like common ground where you guys could have posted some to not feel like you were restricted of all. Right.

And it honestly made a lot of the girls hate our chapter. A lot of the girls dropped just because the rules were so strict. And then we had like a whole week of sober week where we, every semester where we weren't allowed to drink or eat. Yeah, during like rushing. Yeah. And they were really strict with us. And we always, I was always getting in trouble. I feel like I was kind of the leader in trying to get people to like not listen to the rules.

Because I was thinking like if we all just like don't delete our photos with the red cello cups, they can't do anything. But no one would listen to me. So they started you because I was, I was posting with alcohol and I didn't even care. then you would get like a black square, like a comment from exec, which meant like you have to take this down. And I just wouldn't take it down. So they started banning me from social events. Like I couldn't go to socials or date parties. And I couldn't go to like any of the fun events. And they at one point, like started using my photos as like what not to do in chapter. Like they would put it on a screen of like, Becca, you should have taken this down. I was always in trouble. Like I always had to have an

exec meeting. But they wouldn't kick me out. Um, ever. Like, they just like let me keep breaking the rules. So I, it was just annoying though, because it wasn't allowed to vote. I wasn't allowed to go to events or anything. But I was, um, I had to pay and like do all that stuff. Were they just punishing you or were they punishing also the rest of the girls in your pledge class? No, it was just me because everyone else listened. Like everyone else. And I also wasn't even the, it's annoying because like the older girls would party with us. Like they would take us out to the bars. They would give us shots. But then we were in trouble if we like posted a selfie with them even though it was their idea to like go out that night. I'm surprised the older girls didn't

get in trouble for it because when I was when I joined my sorority freshman year, it was bid day. And, you know, you throw your party at your house and you have fun and you're, you get welcomed home and it's a big celebration. And the older girls actually like, brought me up to their rooms and we were drinking and they ended up getting in trouble because they were the older girls and the sorority that should have known better and they were influencing the behaviors on like the new P&Ms that or the new pledges that just joined the sorority. So it was like their fault for kind of initiating that behavior. And then so yeah, I'm surprised the older girls didn't also get in trouble for it.

Well, I'm sure they did. but like they would also punish us. So it wasn't like... Yeah. I just feel like they were like really harsh. Like it was the strictest sorority on campus, I really think. Even though we were all drinking and it was also hard because it is a party school. Like OU is like one of the biggest party schools.

And so we were all partying. And it was just like they were punishing us for like being normal college students. And I do think that the rumors started spreading that we were like too strict. So girls didn't want to rush our sorority. And I think that is what ended up. making them have a bad reputation. It kind of fall off. What were some other like super strict rules that they had besides not posting photos

while drinking and maybe not posting like derogatory photos? We couldn't have boys in our house ever, which was really annoying. We couldn't have, we couldn't be like up past midnight, like out of our rooms, I think. There were like really crazy rules. And then during sober week, we couldn't leave the house at night unless we prove that we're going to like the library or to like a friend's dorm that wasn't drinking. We also had to like go to all these really boring things or else we would have to pay like $100. But I think that is normal in a sorority. You had to go to like chapter every weekend.

Chapter once a week. I mean, it's pretty standard for boys not to be allowed in the sorority house because it's like, forbidden. Like no boys were ever allowed to sleep over our sorority house, but the frat boys were allowed to like come and eat like lunch with us or dinner or stuff like that. No, we couldn't even have that. Like they were like banned from our house completely. I'm trying to think of like what were the crazy rules. Oh, we couldn't do any hazing like at all like no one. If we got hazed or we're like hanging out with too many of the older girls too early on, then we were all in trouble because it seemed like a hazing event.

It was just like they were really strict. Like they didn't want us to drink at all. So you also shared a passive aggressive, hey girlie text that you've gotten when told to delete things. Is this better or worse than a straightforward punishment? It was way worse because it was passive aggressive. They would like put it in the group chat and then be like, hey, I'm just wondering if you'll delete this.

And then I'm when I'm saying like, no, I'm not going to delete it. then they were like, okay, well, then if you don't do that, then you might not be able to go to the social. And I was like, okay, obviously, I just won't go to the social. And I, like, don't want to hang out with you guys anyway. Because I was, like, at that point, like, I'm annoyed with the exec. And then they, like, would pretend to be my friend in front of my face. And then I heard behind my back, they were, like, really complaining about it.

But I wish that they were just like, dude, you literally have to delete that. Like, they were, I just felt like it was, like, a culture of, like, being like kind of fake because they thought I was funny. And then behind my back, they were like really annoyed with me. Like they would pretend to be my friend. Yeah. Taking the devil's advocate, if you were in the shoes of the standards board, in what circumstances would you make a member delete something? I think I would only, also like they, by the way, I will say, because I've graduated, I feel like they had every right to like do. I like don't care about this anymore. I'm like, whatever. Like I shouldn't have been drinking underage anyway, but like I do think that the only time

I would make someone delete something as if it was like a naked photo. I feel like I just don't, it's not like I was posting that bad or like anything too scandalous. So I think I would not ever tell someone to delete something because I wouldn't care. I just feel like I couldn't believe that they cared about it so much. I was like, oh my God, let me live. I get it. And I, you know, it's annoying. Like especially when you're in college, you want to like, live your life, express your personality, be who you are. I think it's just a pretty standard rule across like all sororities that like you just shouldn't advertise that you're drinking. I will say like not being able to post like at a bar that

you're at with your friends or, you know, maybe if you're underage, I understand because maybe they don't want to like advertise it that you're at a bar underage. But I mean, even posting at like frat parties or socials that your sorority is planning with other fraternities, I feel like that should be fine as long as there's like nothing in the background or no drinking involved like no drinking in your hands or anything but i feel like that's like a pretty standard rule like all across sororities yeah and i think that's why i maybe just shouldn't have rushed because like i hated it i hated all the rules i literally couldn't do it i also do i will say um my first week we had like a party like an underground party i feel like you just didn't like being told what to do yeah i didn't like

being told what to do. So I wasn't going to be like a good sorority sister. But I do think that they were harsh on me because the first week, um, I was like flirting with this guy. I didn't know any of the older sisters or really anyone. Oh my God. That's a bit back in. That is a huge no-no. I already know where you're going with this. Yeah. I was flirting with this guy. But it was probably a guy that one of your sorority sisters were talking to. Yeah. It was one, I'm not kidding. Yeah. It was like one of the exact girls, I guess, ex-situation ship or something, but I didn't know her. I didn't know this. It's hard. When you're a freshman and you start going out and you start talking to guys, God forbid you talk to one of your sorority sister's ex-boyfriends or someone that they're talking to.

They will literally scrutinize you until the day. I don't know. They will make you remember the day. And it's so hard because when you enter your sorority as a freshman, it's so hard to actually know every single person that's in your sorority right off the bat and let alone know who they've talked to in the last. It was like a year before I hadn't even gotten there and I didn't know. And so a girl came up to me and she was like, as a sister, I do think that you need to stop talking to that guy. I don't know his name, like Mason or something. You need to stop talking to Mason. And because as a sister, would you want your sister to be talking to your ex?

And I was like, oh, my God, no. I'm so sorry. And I immediately was like, but even, but now I'm looking back and I'm like, I didn't know him. I didn't know this girl. I didn't know this guy. They make it such a big deal. Yeah. It's like the worst thing in the world.

And that was the girl who was in charge of the social. So I think that's why I hated the rules because I was like, oh my God, it's because I didn't even kiss him. I like ignored him after that. I like walked away from him. But even just him being interested in me for that like 10 minutes that we were talking, for the rest of my life in my sorority, they were like punishing me the entire time because they could not get over it.

And I was like, I don't like that. I don't even know that guy. I never talked to that guy. And I felt like I was getting like punished for that for the rest of my time there. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches, there's a lot of suspense. Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pastos survive the first bite? Will the lunchbox come home empty, half full, or come home at all?

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I cannot believe they kept me for the whole four years. I ended up kind of getting like pressure to be kicked out my senior year. But I lived in their house. At this point, though, why didn't you just want to leave? Because I didn't know I could because I owed them a lot of money. Like, I never would pay. I was so poor. So I thought that if I, you can't leave unless you like pay all your debts.

So I was like, I can't. I literally am stuck in this sorority because I thought contractually I could not leave because I couldn't pay. But by the way, I'm kind of starting to think I'm like in the wrong when I'm retelling a story. I never paid one time. Like I never paid my dues ever. Oh, and nothing. ever happened? Nothing ever happened. And I talk to another when I'm scared they're going to like send me to

collections or something. I don't know. It's never happened. But I talked to another girl who had the same thing she never paid and nothing's happened to us. So I don't know why they even kept me. So nationals run sororities all over the U.S. and they need money in order to keep up with the chapters at each school. So like what that being said, like each school has a budget. So I'm really shocked that you got away with it and didn't have to pay anything. I would totally think that nationals would honestly contact you post-grad and ask for your dues. My sorority lost their house. But there's still somehow a thing now. I don't know how, but not enough girls wanted to live in the house.

And I was living in the house for two years. I lived there. Well, usually now sororities make it mandatory. If you join, you need to live in the house at least one year. and a lot of girls typically do it their junior year. I did it sophomore and junior and it was really actually randomly really fun and that was the time that I loved being in a sorority. This is the first good thing I heard I've heard you say about your sorority. I know.

That was like the fun time because it was like every morning you wake up and there are like 30 girls around you all the time. And I loved like meal time and every breakfast. I would be like, guess what I did last night? And I was really like the chaotic girl there. but I do looking back on like I'm grateful for the years that I lived in the house and I actually am randomly really glad that I was in a sorority because of the social skills I learned like having to go through recruit like be on the other side of recruitment and recruit girls you're talking all day long for like hours and hours and it taught me how to talk to people honestly and living in the

house is really fun but I do think that I'm not maybe I was like meant to be in a sorority that was a little bit like more of a party back then all I cared about was party so for me to be in the strictest sorority was like not going to work for me but I've stayed my whole four years I dropped my freshman semester of my senior year when I realized I didn't I could leave yeah you've talked about being banned from sorority parties and then trying to create a ban against the exec board before ultimately getting kicked out tell us what happened there so my senior year I like wanted to go to this date party and they were telling me I couldn't go I think or I think it was like formal it was like oh yeah it was formal it was like a big trip that they were going to

and I wasn't allowed to go because of my like tension with exec back I think like in me just trying to start a revolution at breakfast all the time god forbid I would every morning at breakfast I would always be like if we just don't take our photos down or if we just like skip sober we can like go out if all of us do it, then what are they going to do? But because I was like anti the rules, they ended up putting me on the blocked list or like blacklist from, yeah, I was blacklisted from going to formal. So I tried to fight it by being like,

I don't care about the rules. Exec is fake. This whole thing is fake. Like, I don't even care. Like, what are you guys going to do? And when I did that, I had, I'm pretty sure they like called me and to have an exec meeting to like kick me out essentially because I was really trying to start a revolution.

And that's when I was like, well, if they kick me out, then I'll just drop. So I just showed up and I was like, I'm just dropping them. So I technically, I was like pressured to drop, but I did end up being the one that did it. At least you got out. I mean, the fact that you thought you couldn't get out and then you did pretty, that's pretty good. I know. Did you stay in your like your full four years? I did. I mean, I could have, I could have left. I was, I definitely wasn't. a like raw raw sorority girl but I did have fun I loved going to the day parties and the formals and so I get why you were annoyed there because it's your senior year like those honestly were the most like I felt like I had the most fun going to my formals and date parties so the senior year like we had so many of them because that was our time where it's like let's have as many as we can because we're about to graduate and that was the time where like we had the most fun. So that's kind of why I stayed in Greek life. Honestly, as long as I did, it was for the formals and the date parties. It wasn't even more like more so for anything else

because at that point, like especially my junior and senior year, like I had my friends. I knew everyone in Greek life. We could kind of go to whatever fraternities or mixers or socials that we wanted to. So it really was just to be a part of those formals and date nights that felt a little more intimate and close and just kind of have that time with, you know, your date and your friends. And that's why I stayed. Yeah. So imagine not having that. I would like hated it. Well, yeah, I would, I would hate it too because that was like one of the main reasons why I stayed, especially as I got older. Listen, when I was younger, it was great because freshman year it gave me a time to just like meet my girlfriend, socialize, make friends. And it was awesome. It introduced me to like so

many people in Greek life. And then, you know, as the years went on, I definitely probably could have left and not stayed as long as I did. But I did because I just enjoyed like the other things that came along with it. So if it was taken away from me, yeah, I don't think I would have stayed either. Exactly. Yeah. And I'm so happy that I was like headstrong in that sense of like not, I feel like It like set me up to not care, like not let anyone boss me around. I remember like I took a job for as a recruiter after college. I graduated during COVID, so there were not like many jobs. And I got a job and they told me I couldn't post basically anything. And at that point, I had kind of gotten some followers because Barstall Smoke Show, I don't know if you know what Barstall smoke shows is.

I know what Barstow is. Yeah, they posted a photo of me and I got like 4,000. followers and then the job that I took said that I couldn't be like a public Instagram and I had to take down bikini phone I couldn't post some bikinis and then I ended up not taking that job I was like fine I'll just bar 10 because I don't want people to be in charge of my social media it was like what you were running away from but then it kind of came back around again yeah and then I like honestly me being like a rebellion in that sense ended up giving me like my job in social media because I was so protective over like posting whatever I wanted to post

so even though I was just kind of probably like annoying to exec and everything they kind of like made me I don't know made me like stronger like more I stood up for myself more after that yeah I mean listen Becca I'm gonna fully be devil's advocate here like you definitely were doing things

that like a normal sorority like exact like that you know normal sororities on the exact team like probably would not stand for and like I understand maybe why your execs were annoyed with you and why you were brought in to standards and little things like that and get things taken away from you because if you did something, then you can't go to the social or if you did this, then you have to be a sober monitor.

I totally understand like where they were maybe coming from, but then I understand your perspective too. Like maybe, maybe sorority life just wasn't for you and you gave it your all, you know, you gave it a go and now it brought you to where you are today because all the rules that you were given, clearly you didn't like to follow them and you wanted like your own way and your own path. And I mean, that's something to admire at the same time because now it made you find what you love. So. I know. I know. But I did feel like a bad girl. Like I felt like the black sheep of the sorority. Like I was definitely the troublemaker. Yeah. But yeah, I do think looking back when I'm retelling the stories, I'm like, yeah, they kind of had a point. I don't know. Yeah, it was just annoying. I just didn't like it. I mean, at that time, I mean, you're also looking back at it now. You're older, you're more mature. Like, you're not the same person that

you were in college. So looking back, you're like, okay, yeah, I was probably a pain in the ass, but now I'm a lot better. Yeah. I shouldn't have definitely been in the strict disorder because even when you're 21, you couldn't post alcohol. That's crazy. Oh, my God. Like, it was insane. Yeah, no. I mean, that makes no sense. They should have no say when you're over 21. I don't know how anyone is like in that. I'm like, I wonder if it's the same or if it was just they were really strict because it was the first four years for them.

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She was in charge of the social media stuff and the sober monitor thing. And I can't remember her name, but I'm still pissed at her because she would always make me the sober sister. So I would bring a water. So for like a whole semester, you were basically, well, I guess a year probably. Yeah, until she was not that position anymore. Yeah, it's, it's like a year. Because I think they, if I'm wrong, I think they re-up, they do it in like spring. And you have to, your term is up and the next spring.

when they vote again. Yes. And most of the time, but then I started just getting banned from the events because I was posting. So, like, it didn't even matter after that. But the first few events,

I was randomly chosen as one of the two sober monitors. So then I started really hating her a lot. And that's why I started a rebellion. But I would just bring a water bottle of vodka into the whatever event it was. And then just get even drunker. So, like, I didn't even care. Because I was just like, I hate you.

So I'm going to drink. And I was like the worst sober monitor. I remember. I don't think they ever got me in trouble for that. Well, that's good. Yeah. There's always those funny stories of when the sober monitor gets the most drunk out of everyone in the party and then like throws up on the bus on the way home.

Exactly. I think I did like puke in the bathroom or something. But like if you're, I think it was just the rebellion thing. Like if you're going to tell me what not to do, then I'm going to do it. So back then I was like crazy. First semester of your senior year when you decided to drop your sorority, were you still able to go out and be a part of the soul? social scene with Greek life, or did you kind of just do your own thing? I had already had my friends

by that point that weren't in my sorority. So I convinced my best friend who was my roommate to drop with me in solidarity. So when we dropped together, we were like, I remember the day that we dropped. It was like the happiest day of our life. Like we were like running out of the house, like screaming. We were so happy. And we immediately went to the bar and posted without alcohol. That's, that's like a big F you. Like, hey, I'm out. I was like, I don't even care. Black Square. Like, you can black square this. But yeah, we like, I ended up having friends that weren't even in Greek life. And like, also I kind of resented the entire sorority because no one really, like, listened to me. And I also randomly had a crush on my big the entire time. So she,

I made her drop with me too. She had already, or no, she had already, because she was a fifth year. And I think that the three of us just became like a trio. And we, like, ran around campus hating our sorority. Did any of your sorority sisters turn on you or treat you differently once you left? I would not even care or notice because I, like, just stopped hanging out with them. The only people I hung out with were, like, people not in my sorority or, like, my big who I was, like, in love with and then my best friend. So I, and I also, like, at that point was, like, really doing my own thing. And I really was embarrassed that I was even in a sorority at all.

So I was just really anti. So I didn't care if they didn't like me. Looking back on it now, do you think you joined the wrong sorority or do you think sorority in general just wasn't the right fit for you? I think I joined the wrong sorority because I think if I was in, I just was watching my friends in really fun ones. Like there was fuzzy on campus at the time, Alpha Z. I remember that was like, ended up being like the really cool one because they were like the

party girls and they had no rules. They could do whatever they wanted and they could have boys over and they could like go to frat parties and post it and like they were always hanging out with the older girls in the sorority and drinking with them and I think that they did like hazing things but in a fun way. So I think if I had ended up joining Fuzzy or something, I would have like loved it. And I think I would have followed the rules more if I didn't have that terrible experience with the girl that was like punishing me forever for giving this guy my number. I think that just set me up to like hate everyone in my sorority kind of except for like my close

friends. So yeah, I think I wish I joined a different one, but I didn't know how much, I didn't know what shorties were the, I should have like researched it. Like I think I did it wrong during recruitment by like ranking them wrong. Like I should have, I just didn't know enough yet. I have a lot of regrets. No, I mean, you have any learned and it brought you to where you are today. And now you have girls telling you that your story, your story inspired them to leave. their sorority while you also have other girls saying that you inspired them to rush. What is it like knowing that your experience has impacted people in such different ways? Yeah, I do still get DMs from people telling me that and I always cannot believe it.

I'm like, oh my God, that's so insane. I honestly think that if anyone wants to rush, they should. Like, I think that it really did. Obviously, I was like the bad kid in mine. But I had so much fun living in. the house with those girls and it also teaches you a lot about um like social skill you have to talk so much it's just a really good life experience i'm grateful that i did it even though i sound like i'm not it honestly made me like a smarter person and it also gave me the like bravery to like not

take that job because i had just like imagine when you're a freshman standing up to like older girls that are you're scared of i feel like that made me like more calm confident. So the entire experience that made me realize that like people in power over you don't really have that much power because I kept not listening to them and I was fine. Like no one can like hurt you if you don't listen to rules. So yeah, I would say that I am glad that it like encourage people to either leave if they hate their sorority because life is better on the other side if you hate it. But also I do think that it's also fun. The whole thing was kind of fun because it isn't like serious. Like, it's not like anything was life or death or like, you know, it was just, it was a funny,

fun anecdote that I have forever. And so I think that girls should, like, I'm not here to, like, tell girls not to because it was fun. So you were just on unwell summer games. How was it filming that experience? And did that feel anything like being in a sorority house? Yeah, it definitely, because you're like living, we were like living in, um, Canada with people that you, we didn't really know. I didn't really know the girls. And it was really like scary because I was like, they're so pretty and like cool. And I was like intimidated.

But then once you get to know the girls, they become like your besties. And it's just like a reminder to like remember that everyone's human and girls just because they're like really hot and cool. It doesn't mean that they don't want to be your friend. But yeah, it was like a lot of like I was so scared because I was scared the girls would be mean. And there was a lot of drama. But luckily my drama was only.

with the guys and not with any of the girls, but there were like some girls fighting. What advice would you give a girl going through recruitment right now who's devastated because her favorite house dropped her? Oh my God. No, it won't matter at all. Like I, it's fine because even though I was in one that I like wish I wasn't, it doesn't all sororities like boil down to like you're going to have fun. Even if it's like the bottom to your house, like you're still going to find cool girls in

every house. And I remember, like, I wanted to be in Cayo, but, like, now I don't even think about that. Like, then Fuzzy ended up being the one that I wanted to be in. But even though I hated my sorority, I still made a lot of friends. So I don't think it matter. I don't think which house you're actually in ever matters. You end up figuring it out and you find your people as you go throughout college. Yeah, I could have been in any sorority and had fun, honestly, because there's normal girls in every single one. So, and it won't matter. No, you're right. It won't matter. Well, Becca, thank you so much for coming on Dirty Rush. This was such a great episode. I mean, this was definitely one of the funner episodes I filmed with someone. Well, it was just funny because

it was very entertaining to hear you really just say you didn't like being told what to do and you really just rebelled against the rules. And it took you so long for one, them not to kick you out and two, like you finally just left. Like, I'm like hearing all of this, I'm like, okay, so When were you, when did you drop or when did they kick you out? And you're like, honestly, I didn't know I could leave. And I just ended up leaving my senior year. So it was really funny. But it's honestly, you know, it's nice to know that now it kind of gave you the strength to be who you are. And you always just never wanted anyone else to kind of shade you away from being who you really are. So. Yeah. I mean, I honestly, telling the story back again. I do think I might have been in the wrong, but still, I'm okay. So no matter what the girls are going through during Rush right now, I'm like watching the videos and they're getting so stressed out, it literally does not matter.

You will be okay. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. Well, Becca, thank you so much. Thank you so much. This was so fun. It was nice to meet you. Nice to meet you as well.

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