Also, as a last point, I think in NPC interest in a GLO is good, but it's mostly about women that fit in with a chapters personality. Every year we have women that we are very interested in due to their resumes and recs and there is buzz about them. However, when they step through the door we struggle to find anything in common with them. This goes the other way too...maybe a woman had an average resume (still making all the GPA qualifications and such) and no rec, but she has the best personality and everybody is in love with her. In this PNMs case, she created a lot of buzz but the personality failed to match/work for us, and I think it is primarily because she only wanted to talk about us, not her. It made many women very skeptical about her intentions for researching these facts...was it because she loved us genuinely, loved us with an unhealthy obsession or was trying to trick herself in?

I agree too. Knowing the chapter founders, particulary an older chapter, would take me aback but other than that it's fine. When we host Spring Teas, we allow each sorority (with one or two chapters/sorority) to have a brag board. Alot of naraht's answers are on that board.

The PNM could use the information to ask more direct questions like naraht suggested. That's fine. If she goes on and on about how she liked the annual dodge ball tournament and couldn't wait to coach her team, yeah, that's over the line and creepy.

I am a nerd, I know, but here is my last analogy:
Say you are hiring a nanny for your daughter Petunia. On paper, Nancy Nanny has worked with Madonna's children, solved world hunger and invented the baby monitor. She's clearly going to be the first one you interview and if the personality is right you are going to pick her. The whole time she talks about researched facts about Petunia ("I love that she is the most liked girl in her preschool!" or "I heard she got five gold star stickers in her kindergarten class!") and gives you NOTHING about how her personality is as a person. Those accomplishments no longer matter, because the second woman you interview has such an outstanding personality that she will be the perfect match for taking care of Petunia. Nancy's qualifications were wasted because she gave you no indications she was a match. That's how I guess you could explain NPC rush sometimes.

I get what you're saying about the fit thing I guess, although I think the Nannie analogy didn't quite work :P.

I guess it's the differing structures, speaking specifically for my org (but it's similar elsewhere), we have a much longer time to "feel the woman out" before we extend an offer of membership.

Yeah, I thing the longer time period probably helps. We often have to make snap decisions based on very little conversation, which is not the ideal way but for NPC rush there really is no way to make it longer.

I would find D to be a bit wierd, and F to be flat out creepy. I was a chapter founder, and I can't even name every girl in my class. Granted, there were 65 of us, but I think that's what would make F even more creepy.

I am a legacy and had helped my older biological brothers study for their pledge exams. As such, I knew some of the Fraternity history (bolded above) before walking into my first rush event. However, I knew nothing of the chapter history since it was a different chapter (campus) then where my brothers pledged.

And for the record, during the rush parties, I did not go around telling members that the White Rose is the flower of Sigma Chi. :D

Really? I would have pegged you as that guy who ran up to the Rush Hostess and belting out "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." I kid, I kid. :p

Well, that goes without saying. Get the Rush Hostess on your side and you are half way there. ;)

Actually, I sort of/kind of knew the "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" before college. My Mother often served as an unofficial hostess (or House Mother as it were) for some of my brothers' chapter functions when they were undergraduates. More than a few times, the whole chapter would come to our house afterwards (day after or so) and serenade my Mother as part of their appreciation. :)

Speaking only on an NPC level...
This is where the interviewer can take control a little bit though. The woman may be spouting out facts because she is nervous and doesn't know what to say. Asking open ended personal questions to counter the fact spouting could help. For example, if she is talking about your philanthropy, you could ask about what community service she has done. If she's talking about grades, ask about her major and why she chose it.

Knowledge is power...use it wisely! It doesn't hurt to know the information, but it is all in what you do with it. We talk a lot about recruitment as an interview type process, and when you interview, you are expected to have researched the company in some way. While you may have all of those facts and figures, it doesn't mean you have to whip them out at the first instance. Using them to frame questions and then slip into your "resume" (recruitment profile) is fair game.
PNM: "So can you tell me more about your latest event with the Girl Scouts?"
Active: Yes...blah blah blah.
PNM: That sounds like it was a lot of fun! I was a volunteer scout leader for Troop 1337, We went to that same camp, we did this fundraiser, etc etc etc.

BUMP for a story.

The other night at rush a guy asked me about different activities we do. While I was talking about alumni events I mentioned Founder's Day and he said, "Oh, that's coming up isn't it?" I was surprised and said, "Yes it's October 13th - somebody's done his research." We kind of laughed it off, but it wasn't really all that awkward. He did however remember my unusual major from the chapter website, and told me that he remembered it - that was a little weird. I have an excellent memory, but I've learned you should sometimes play dumb to things you really shouldn't know or remember. I wouldn't say it hurt his chances, but it probably would have served him better to pretend he didn't know.

I hope he didn't send you flowers as a follow-up. That would be strange.

Especially if they were white carnations. :D