University of Wisconsin is one of my favorite campuses, and I checked out their Greek Life/Recruitment information for fall 2010. They had one of the best videos on joining a sorority that I have seen:

http://www.uwgreek.com


Enjoy the Beatles songs! This highlights all aspects of the sorority experience. :)

My sister looks so cute in there. I love how the campus advertised Greek Life.

The theme for Panhellenic Recruitment This Year is "Come Together", hence the Beatles Theme. :)

Best. Recruitment theme. EVAR.

My bro in law lives in Madison. We visited a couple of years ago and LOVED it there. Except for the fact that it is super cold in winter and the AGD Chapter is closed, lol.

Best of luck to you!!

My Phi Kappa Psi brother lives in Madison, so we visit there & see the campus occasionally. He went there for grad school, fell in love with Madison and never came back to Chicago - he hates the traffic here with a passion. He spends alot of time in Key West during the winters so I never feel sorry for him while I am freezing in January thru March. :)

weird that we have the same theme and same thread name, but different areas.

redsox: really??? weird...Im going to check out your recruitment thread too then, all the threads are southern schools... plus I grew up in MA so I am super big Red Sox/Patriots/Celtics fan :D



sweeeet Caroline, bah bah bah!! good times never seeemmed sooo good, so goood soo gooda aaah LOVE IT!

p.s. Im sorry that we have the same theme, I got the idea from the UW remix of Greek girl made by some friends of mine you can youtube it, one of the guys goes "Greek goddess from above, aphrodite etc etc etc" and the song is about the sororities on the UW campus (its a remix of the song Greek Girl by the same guys but about the IU campus)

check out they are some cool songs, a little stereotypical but funny because guys I know wrote it so I personally find it hilarious :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jdPEBKDU5s

theres the video!! warning: alot of the references are VERY UW references so sorry if they dont make sense, but the guy goes Greek goddess from above, aphrodite beef (one of the guy's names) love, shooting arrows, call me cupid I mean eros...thats where I got the idea, plus some of the schools here in the midwest where my friends go to school have Greek Goddess pagent type contest, kinda like homecoming queen but for the most beautiful girl in the greek system, I think its Purdue? but I could be wrong.

also I checked out your thread, you have both gods and goddesses so its not really the same, as for the name, its not like the name is very original...

hey guys!

so orientation is sunday, EEK!:eek:

Ive been preoccupied moving in my roommates and apartment shopping, but now back to focusing on rush. Tomorrow Im day tripping with another friend who's rushing to do nails, tan, and stuff, and shopping to buy the last item of my rush wardrobe my shoes for pref night. Its all coming together.

I guess it hasn't hit me yet. I'm sure I'll get butterflies come Sunday (orientation) or Monday (first rounds)

somewhat-funny-you had to be there story-
so I didnt know it was sorority PR week, so I saw a ton of girls dressed up in their sorority gear and I thought I missed rush!:eek: haha legit freaked out :D

k off to the gym, I'll update after I meet my Rho Gamma (Ro Chi's elsewhere I believe) or before first rounds :)

haha what a funny story!! good luck with shopping and orientation, but just don't get orange! i'm of the opinion that a person's natural skin tone looks the most beautiful :]

Ohio State has a greek god and goddess competition during Greek Week in the spring-it is a bit of a spoof as they have to dress up as a god or goddess but also have a "talent". Some talents are silly, some are serious.

I love Big 10 Recruitment stories!! Someday I'll get around to writing my own.

Cant wait to hear how it turns out :) :)

luckily I'm from a background that tans easily :D so I just turn brown, yay!

k so nails done, tan done, lost weight (not on purpose for rush, I decided to start working out more and got hooked, my family is very athletic so I already grew up with health nuts, and just started going with it) result, a 5+lb lighter me! I have a small frame so those 5lbs sure made a difference haha

Im going shopping to take one of my freshmen friends to finish getting her rush outfits, and then orientation today!!

I originally wanted to do a live thread and post after each day but I feel so booked with classes starting and finishing getting apartment stuff so sorry if I take a while to update after today.

RUSH starts tomorrow!! Good Luck to Everyone else who is rushing and reading this!!:D


Confession: I'm scared I won't get a bid, or I'll get a bid, accept it, and realize it isnt the right house for me and drop :confused:. As a sophomore this is my last chance to go greek at a "somewhat competitive" school in terms of recruitment and I would definitely regret not being greek.....Maybe these are the pre-Rush butterflies/jitters?:rolleyes:

k bye for now GC!:)

Don't worry about any of that. And the perfect home thing is a bit overblown. There are a lot of women in all of these houses and in 20 years there will be women you still talk to regularly and a couple that you STILL can't stand, even after all these years. It takes work, and there are no harps playing! But that doesn't mean it isn't awesome or worth the effort. You just need to be realistic about the process.

thanks Dubaisis

I met my rho gammas today!! I actually know which house one of them is in, she is a good friend of a friend of mine in another house, I don't think she remembers me though. I think I am going to be going to one of the others, because I actually would like a rho gamma who in my eyes is completely unaffiliated for my own sanity. My other rho gamma is a complete sweetheart, I really like her, and I met some new girl in my rush group already. Overall I think its off to a good start :)

I'm excited and nervous for tomorrow, as well as exhausted from today (and orientation was only a few hours!) Its a strange feeling. Ok all my outfits are prepped, now to go over conversation a bit on greek chat, and then bed time :)

Big Day Tomorrow. First Rounds. First Impressions. Wish me Luck!