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Originally Posted by Alumiyum (Post 1916842)

It depends on the campus. If her Greek Life office tells her girls frequently get dropped for missing a party, it would be worth talking to the professor. If it's unlikely to be a big deal, then she should probably just go to the class, but many people do choose to miss class for something like this and they need to be smart about it. It's one thing to miss an event once you're in and initiated, but it's another to miss an event and never get to be in the sorority in the first place.

My campus has to have recruitment after school starts because GL isn't particularly popular and we can't get enough PNM's to sign up before school starts. Most of our recruiting is done after classes have begun at the open rush parties the fraternities have, and at freshman orientation events. Ours is always the second week of school, and the numbers go drastically up during that first week. Because of that the chapters usually work around students who do not want to or cannot miss class, and hopefully her campus is the same.

I'm in the "move it to after the first semester is over, and before the next one starts" camp. I think 33girl is in the tent next to mine. Not just for avoiding missing class, but to allow for an adjustment period and passing a semester worth of classes, making friends, and so on.

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel (Post 1916853)

That used to be brought up in our Panhellenic meetings...I don't remember what the excuse was for not considering it, but it didn't seem to be a popular idea. I remind every sorority girl who complains about getting a surprise bad egg about that approach.

Thanks for the help everyone! As it turns out, the class closed out this morning, so I'm not going to be taking it anyway, but thanks for all of the helpful advice! There's a chance that I may be taking a few classes that end at 6-ish this coming semester, so depending on what times recruitment is, I may need to be taking your advice after all. Thanks so much once again! It's so great to know that should I have any more questions, I can come here and get such wonderful responses.

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1916611)

Another thing to do is try to meet as many sorority women as possible right now. In class, at the dining hall, at parties, etc. That way if you do have to miss a party and your name comes up, they already know you.

This.

I wish people would realize that it's about connecting with people, one on one.

That one person can introduce you to another, and so on, and suddenly, you have a group of new friends.