![]() For many students, the entire college experience revolves around Greek life, and if they don’t get picked for the houses they rush, there can be hefty social and emotional fallout. As a former RA at the University of Alabama said in a series of videos, finding a home with a sorority is synonymous with finding friends, acceptance, and success at the enormous public university. While these videos might appear to be dress-up 101, they girls have a lot more at stake than a ‘fit flop. (That Makayla - one popular PNM who posts as - didn’t get a bid from any sorority sent shock waves through the Bama Rush TikTok community.) (I know, I can’t imagine Dixie D’Amelio participating in this either.) You might also find videos of current sorority members reminiscing about their own rush days, or videos from observers commenting on the #drama playing out on their #ForYou pages. Most of the videos you’ll find on Alabama Rush TikTok are a similar format: A breakdown of the outfit the student will be wearing to meet with a sorority. Even if you’re not on Alabama Rush TikTok, your FYP might be flooded with people talking about it, or doing their own comedic takes on the many, many #OOTDs. In what might be the most reality show-worthy TikTok experience since Ratatouille TikTok, #BamaRush, a hashtag on videos with over 220 million views, is literally exploding. ![]() Over 2,000 students, or potential new members (PNMs) rushed last week, and it feels like every single one of them posted TikToks about it. ![]() ![]() If your #ForYou Page has been overrun by a sea of exuberant freshmen in ruffled summer dresses talking about rush this and Pants Store that, congratulations: you’ve make it to Alabama Rush TikTok, where sorority hopefuls share their recruitment experience at the University of Alabama, nicknamed Bama. “.my dress is from a boutique in Georgia, my butterfly necklace is Kendra Scott, my smiley face necklace is from an Instagram boutique.roll tide!” Ella Brooke, a freshman at the University of Alabama explains from beneath the popcorn ceiling of her freshly decorated dorm room, in her second #OOTD of the week. ![]()
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