co-sign. As these campuses get more and more competitive, there will be enough girls brave enough, and you will lose your place if you don't take the chance when you have it.

And yes, even at these super competitive schools there will be COB, but please realize we're talking about a handful of girls who will get placed this way, not the 100+ who don't get placed for whatever reason.

I believe the Christian sorority (ADChi ?) as well as SDT will hold informal recruitment in a couple of weeks. I am not sure if any of the houses did COB last year... But of course this year is a new ballgame

Long Greek History at USC
 

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...eakfast4-1.jpgSigma Delta Tau and Alpha Chi Omega did rush informally last spring.

Greek life has a long history at SC. Alpha Chi Omega was installed well over 100 years ago. Many sorority traditions have been followed for decades such as Presents. The Pansy Breakfast originated there in 1927 and was featured in Life magazine. In days gone by Greek women announced their engagements by stepping through the pansy ring. There were full page features in the Los Angeles Times with photos of women and their sorority affiliation. Guests at the breakfasts were fashionably dressed in the latest ensembles of the time with hats, gloves, suits or dresses.

In the above photo Adrienne Atwood steps through the Pansy Ring in a wedding gown to conclude the Pansy Breakfast in 1957.

FF, was the Pansy Ring something for all Greek women, or just for Tri Delta (and Theta?) women?

OMG a terrible transposition of letters on my part...my apologies!

A Few Details....
 

It was for all Greek women. The Tri Delta chapter members acted as hostesses. Greek engaged women were guests. In past years there were more NPC chapters on the row, but total was much smaller than today It was an outdoor full breakfast served in the front garden of the chapter house.

The pansies came from area gardens, particularly from the huge pansy beds at Exposition Park adjacent to the SC campus. Los Angeles park officials gave permission to pick the pansies and supervised the process.

In the LA Times each woman's photo and her affiliation was printed on one or two full pages. It was part of Los Angeles social history.

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.....apologies to yayaya for interrupting your daughter's recruitment story.

No apology necessary. I love any discussion about USC. :) So as you all can probably guess. Recruitment has come and gone and I now feel free to add my daughters story.
With apologies to dgdramadawg, I will be stealing her formula since so many of you are familiar with it and I think it is a good way to preserve anonymity.

USC recruitment begins with Conversation Days. There are three conversation days and each PNM visits three houses each day. Zoe's schedule was as follows...

btw just as dgdramadawg...the codes are love, really like, like, lukewarm, and didn't like.

Day One:
Dior: Really like
Chanel: Loved
Vuitton: Lukewarm


Day Two:
Chloe: Like
Versace: Really like
Burberry: Loved

Day Three:
Gucci: Lukewarm
Prada: Really like
Escada: Really like

At the end of these rounds, the PNMs will go from 9 to a maximum of 6 for House Tours. So Zoe went and placed her rankings as follows...in no particular order

Chanel
Vuitton
Versace
Prada
Escada
Burberry

1. Dior
2. Chloe
3. Gucci

At this point, Zoe was so excited and had a great time visiting all the houses.

Favorites: Chanel and Burberry

More to come... :D

Wait, if she was lukewarm about Vuitton, why did she put it in her top six instead of Dior?

and also above chole?

Bid Day at University of Southern California was last Sunday! Would love to know how Zoe's recruitment went! Yayaya...please tell us what happened!

Im so sorry this has taken me so long to get back to...crazy week!

I'm also happy to explain why Zoe kept Vuitton. Vuitton happens to be the chapter of a much loved relative and Zoe felt like she really needed to give it the best shot she possibly could. After all she loves this relative and it was the chapter she chose. With that in mind, she kept Vuitton for another round. [=

So a very excited and anxious Zoe went to pick up her schedule for House Tours. She was very happy to see a full set of six. Yay!

Chanel
Vuitton
Versace
Prada
Escada
Burberry

House Tours

Chanel: Loved
Vuitton: Lukewarm
Versace: Liked
Prada: Really Liked
Escada: Really Liked
Burberry: Loved


Zoe had an amazing time at House Tours. She thought all the houses were gorgeous and had so many great conversations. At the end of House Tours, the PNMs had to rank again. Zoe's least favorite part. =\

The next day would be Skit/Philanthropy?? I have no idea what it was called, but it was the next event. [= The PNMs could return to a maximum of four houses. So Zoe ranked as follows in no particular order:

Burberry
Prada
Escada
Chanel

1. Versace
2. Vuitton

Zoe called me right after with major ranking guilt. She had put my chapter and her other relative's chapter at the bottom. I reassured her that we all felt very very strongly that she needed to go with the houses where she felt the most comfortable. All the outside influences can be so hard on these PNMs. :(

Now we anxiously waited for the morning!

This makes you an awesome mommy. :D

Thank you 33girl. :)

Once again it was time for Zoe to pick up her schedule. Today was Skits/Philanthropy and she was allowed a maximum of four parties. She opened her schedule and found she was invited back to

Escada
Chanel
Burberry
Prada

She couldn't have been more excited and headed off to her parties. On this day, most of the houses showed a slideshow or video of their chapter and Zoe said she really got a feel for the sisterhood in the houses.

Escada: Really Liked
Chanel: Loved
Burberry: Loved
Prada: Really Liked

At the end of the day...once again...ranking time. At this point, Zoe felt like she couldn't go wrong with any of the houses, but she definitely had some that had stood out for her from the beginning. So the selection now would be for Preference which at USC is held in the morning. The PNMs can go to two houses for preference and Zoe filled in her rankings in this order:

Chanel
Burberry

1. Escada
2. Prada

Fingers crossed she turned it in and waited for Prefence morning results! :D

How did things turn out?