I agree with the afternoon wedding idea. Not something too serious but still nice. Maybe a bright-colored dress?

^^^absolutely many have recruitment. Cal States and the UCs take the huge majority of cc transfers however. So, that is why I assumed that the OP is talking about a state school. I don't think LMU has that many sororities, but I certainly could be wrong.

Yeah, I edited it and removed what I said about her school. I know which school it is now but won't say anything. ;)

Teeheehee me too! Secrets are fun :D

It seems as if it's even easier than I thought to figure out my school! I'm not planning to say anything even remotely negative about any of the groups, so I'm not too worried about it, but I'll still make sure to be discreet. Thanks for all the clothing suggestions so far!

Just a quick update, I finally registered tonight online, which makes it seem a little more "official" to me, so I'm really excited! Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what happens now? Do we get a more in-depth recruitment guide in the mail, or do we not do anything else until Orientation when school starts?

SoCalVeg- you might want to check in with the recruitment office or contact the Membership VP for Panhellenic. Most schools now have a FB page that gives some additional information.

Best wishes, I look forward to hearing your story!

M

whoo another California thread! Best of luck to you! :)

I rushed as a Junior transfer as well so I'm excited to follow this thread!


Best of luck!

Edit: It is an odd feeling wearing a cocktail dress (for pref) so early during the day but you'll be able to laugh about it with girls in your rush group!

Thank you everyone for the help! I guess I won't be alone in wearing the cocktail dress during the day, so I'll try not to stress out too much!

Orientation is on September 20, which is less than 3 weeks away, so i'm insanely excited and eager to get started!

Ohhh.. I'm excited for your story!

Good luck in recruitment, keep a positive attitude, and be careful about what you say here: it's easy to google info, but most people on GreekChat were able to narrow down your school to within 2 campuses from the first post :) You might want to delay your update posts by a day or two.

As for dress, you could almost wear a sundress for the first 3 rounds of recruitment, just try to get progressively more formal, if you can. For this campus, as long as you look well put-together and feel great, that's what counts. Comfy shoes are a MUST.

For preference, go for a dress in darker or more vibrant colors (except for black) in cotton or another daytime fabric; avoid any shiny materials, satin, lycra, rhinestone embellishments, etc. If you feel really awesome in your outfit, then you're probably good to go.

xoxo,
lablondegphi

LAblondeGPhi: Thanks for the advice! I've definitely decided to delay a day or two, because I made it way too simple to figure out my school. I'm still kind of iffy on the pref dress (I have no clue why that's confusing me so much), but I'll figure it out!

This time next week, the recruitment process will have begun, and I'm insanely excited! I'm finishing my shopping hopefully on Friday (I've been having MAJOR issues finding appropriate clothing for each round that looks good on me), so everything's going smoothly!

I do have one question however, that no one will probably have a direct answer to unless they've gone to my school, but I still thought I'd throw it out there: It was mentioned somewhere that my school has two "official sorority events" per week, such as date parties, formals, socials, etc. My question is, does "official" equate to "mandatory?" Obviously I do want to attend some, if not most of the formals, but I will also be participating in 2-3 other extracurricular activities, working (and I'll almost definitely work on Fridays and/or Saturdays some weeks), and I wish to stay on top of school work and current relationships as well. So yeah, I'm just wondering if it seems like the "official" means necessary to attend, or if it's "official" in the sense of "the sorority as a whole is encouraged to go." Sorry if this is a stupid question, but thanks for any insight!

I assume that "official" means officially sponsored and funded by the sorority, rather than a party at someone's satellite house. "Official" may or may not be mandatory. Just ask.

I cant speak directly for your school, but as far as I know, a sorority cant make social events (ones involving alcohol at least) mandatory- this includes date parties, formals, and socials. These are obviously the most fun events to go to and therefore I'm sure you'll want to go to as many as possible, but it's more likely that they're highly encouraged (for various reasons) versus actually mandatory (in the sense that there'll be retributions for not attending)