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AnchorAlumna 09-06-2011 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kappamd (Post 2088642)
Just in town for the Bama festivities this weekend :)

Roll Tide....wish we could be there to repeat our 1980 (I think) trip...'tis not to be though, not this year.:(

violetpretty 09-06-2011 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06 (Post 2088648)

That's probs why all the women drop out, as the RFM = heavy cuts early by the groups that have to make the most cuts.

Right, it's just that LionTamer's comment here threw me off and made it sound like popular chapters are not making those early, big, cuts (ie PSU is not using RFM), otherwise most PNMs would have to go back to the same bottom tier sororities. Otherwise, I would have thought she would say "PNMs drop out when they don't get their faves".
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Originally Posted by LionTamer (Post 2088638)
Seriously, though: The problem is that everyone (dream girls and gremlins alike) drops the same "bottom tier" sororities after the first rounds - exactly the groups who might have provided them a happy home in Happy Valley. So there probably are women who "maximize their chances" in the most formal sense of the phrase, but they still screw up their own chances early on by dropping the groups most likely to want them.


bluepink 09-06-2011 10:07 PM

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This is the Northeast, where legacies don't predominate, you don't go to a studio to get a photo taken, sororities don't memorize the PNM's faces before rush, most sororities do not require recs, and nobody knows from Lilly.


cracked me up. My daughter didn't really even know Lilly existed until she joined her sorority at UF. LOL

ASTalumna06 09-06-2011 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by LionTamer (Post 2088638)
This ain't Ole Miss, Rashid, my friend. This is Uggs-wearing, Paterno-lovin', baseball-cap sportin', "my parents' summer home is in Wildwood" PSU.

This is the Northeast, where legacies don't predominate, you don't go to a studio to get a photo taken, sororities don't memorize the PNM's faces before rush, most sororities do not require recs, and nobody knows from Lilly.

All the reasons why I love the north and PSU :) (except for that Uggs-wearing thing..)

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Originally Posted by bluepink (Post 2088750)
cracked me up. My daughter didn't really even know Lilly existed until she joined her sorority at UF. LOL

I didn't know about Lilly until I came on this site.. 3 years ago, after I had graduated. lol

*winter* 09-06-2011 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LionTamer (Post 2088638)
This ain't Ole Miss, Rashid, my friend. This is Uggs-wearing, Paterno-lovin', baseball-cap sportin', "my parents' summer home is in Wildwood" PSU.

This is the Northeast, where legacies don't predominate, you don't go to a studio to get a photo taken, sororities don't memorize the PNM's faces before rush, most sororities do not require recs, and nobody knows from Lilly.

Oh yes indeed!

It's HORRIBLE here, weather-wise, on my side of PA. Stay dry PNMs and good luck!

ETA: I didn't read the entire thread before posting. Funny that 2 others quoted the same section!

psusue 09-06-2011 11:35 PM

Just got back from my first night. I heard that 906 women showed up for recruitment, which is about 100 more than last year. PSU definitely does use RFM, and that can account for the historically stronger recruiting groups making their cuts early and the women dropping out. Last year for example, about 800 started the process and about 400 were matched. Only around 10 PNMs are ever released entirely, and that's a high estimate. All the others drop out. It's gotten better for sure, but it's still a hard system to be a part of.

In other news, I love the women I've met so far. I love recruitment and I'm hoping for 9 other good days. It is a puddle here but luckily I don't have to change locations at all during the night! Anyway, I'll keep ya'll updated as best I can. Best of luck to all the chapters and PNMs involved. :)

nittanygirl 09-07-2011 12:39 PM

The county has declared a flood emergency today.
We're still all basically swimming around campus. Not a good day for the PNMs to have to walk around campus, but fortunately, the rain has cooled down the temperature a bit so it is not ridiculously hot during the parties (just ridiculously wet between them)

Kappamd 09-07-2011 12:46 PM

Fiance called to tell me about the flooding. I guess his route to school was flooded out and closed today. Unfortunate conditions for recruitment, and I hope everyone stays safe.

Turn around, don't drown!

Mevara 09-07-2011 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanygirl (Post 2088941)
The county has declared a flood emergency today.
We're still all basically swimming around campus. Not a good day for the PNMs to have to walk around campus, but fortunately, the rain has cooled down the temperature a bit so it is not ridiculously hot during the parties (just ridiculously wet between them)

The declared a flood emergency, so does that mean that recruitment is post-poned?

33girl 09-07-2011 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mevara (Post 2088949)
The declared a flood emergency, so does that mean that recruitment is post-poned?

I doubt it - that's more of a don't drive measure. The PNMs are all on campus and they can walk to and fro.

KillarneyRose 09-07-2011 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LionTamer (Post 2088638)
The problem is that everyone (dream girls and gremlins alike) drops the same "bottom tier" sororities after the first rounds - exactly the groups who might have provided them a happy home in Happy Valley.

Pffft...as if anyone could be truly happy in that godforsaken place ;)






All in jest of course! As a Pitt alum I couldn't just let that comment go...

psusue 09-07-2011 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose (Post 2088974)
Pffft...as if anyone could be truly happy in that godforsaken place ;)






All in jest of course! As a Pitt alum I couldn't just let that comment go...

Fine, see if I let you know how DZ did during recruitment! :p

Just kidding, of course. I'll be Panhellenic and a credit to my organization about this. I mean, you having to spend 4 years at Pitt was punishment enough. ;)

violetpretty 09-07-2011 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose (Post 2088974)
Pffft...as if anyone could be truly happy in that godforsaken place ;)






All in jest of course! As a Pitt alum I couldn't just let that comment go...

LOL, my brother is a HS senior who loves PSU and Pitt!

groovypq 09-08-2011 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by LionTamer (Post 2088638)
I am indeed a betting woman, but there's no way of determining if anyone who cut NO sororities was also cut from every sorority, so there would be no way for me to prove you were wrong so you could deliver not $10, but my payoff of preference: tickets to the opening game of the World Series, which will be held in Philadelphia (now there's something we actually could bet on)

Word. :D

nittanygirl 09-09-2011 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mevara (Post 2088949)
The declared a flood emergency, so does that mean that recruitment is post-poned?

Penn State doesn't close/cancel/postpone anything rain/flooding/ice for anything at Main Campus.
There is a Facebook group that is "When the world ends in 2012, Penn State University Park will still be open"

We're like the post office, neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail...
There was snow up to my knees and the roads weren't even clear my sophomore year and they told professors they would face disciplinary action if they canceled their classes. Um, hello? Some of them drive over an hour to get here each day and a lot of us live off campus. If city transportation is closed, you really shouldn't expect students and teachers to risk their lives coming to campus.


That said, good luck to everyone tonight. Hopefully the next big storm holds out until after the parties!


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