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PinkShipChick07,

I'm EagleChick19, but I'm also from a state school (Lock Haven). My hometown is Camp Hill, about an hour from Ship. I'm doing an internship with PCN (Pennsylvania Cable Network) this semester, so if you need to talk to a GCer, I'm here. I'm glad that you decided to rush. Give all the organizations a chance. (I'm not biased towards AST!) I would love for you to find a home @ Ship.

Greek Love,
EagleChick19

Hi and Welcome to Greekchat,

As everyone else said just relax and be yourself. Most important go through each open house and event with an open mind and then listen to what your heart is telling you.

Then then second most important thing is please don't forget to post all your experiences every day of rush to fuel all are rush thread addictions :D hahaha.

Oh, a lot of people do recommend you create fake names for the groups until you can reveal the bid day information. That way things remain fairly anonymous as you go through recruitment.

Good luck and I can't wait to read your recruitment stories.

Carolyn

Good luck and have fun!

i didn't know there was a Phi Sig chapter there
WOW

Everyone has given you excellent advice and links for you to follow. I echo their responses. Best of luck! :)

Thank you girls, You have been a ton of help! I'm glad to hear that rush isn't too competitive. Besides, I have 9 options to choose from so I'm sure I'll find a home somewhere. I had another question also. My mother went to the same University and she knows a girl that she graduated with who can talk to a few girls on campus about inviting me back. Also, my boyfriend's best friend has a friend who is the vice president of our Greek Affairs here on campus. Should I have each of them talk to their friends to help me get recruited or does that give off a bad vibe? I'm glad to hear that Ship is noncompetive. That's neat. Well, thanks again for the info. You girls are totally the best and I'm so glad I found GC.

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Originally posted by PinkShipChick07
I had another question also. My mother went to the same University and she knows a girl that she graduated with who can talk to a few girls on campus about inviting me back. Also, my boyfriend's best friend has a friend who is the vice president of our Greek Affairs here on campus. Should I have each of them talk to their friends to help me get recruited or does that give off a bad vibe?

NO NO BAD BAD VIBE!!!!

If your mother's friend wants to write a recommendation for you and send it to the sorority, that would be fine, but she should not talk to the girls. They would feel extremely pressured by that, and it can be construed as an infraction if any of the other groups would hear of it. (infraction means the sorority in question is punished)

The only reason you should talk to the Greek affairs VP is if you have questions about rush. Under no circumstances should you ask him/her for any sort of "in." They are supposed to be impartial and support all the chapters. Depending on the Greek system's opinion of the VP, even if they could do that, it might harm you as well. I know the old Panhel advisor at my school was such an idiot that if she had anything nice to say about someone, I would have voted the rushee out right away.

Alright. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks. I mean, I'm excited to get in and everything, but I want it to be ME that gets myself in...not my connections, ya know? I guess I just wanna show everbody that I can do it myself without help from anyone. But anyways, thanks for the answer. If I have any new questions, I'll be sure to ask GC is GREAT!

PinkShipChick, check out the LXA Chapter at Ship. Think they have an outstanding Chapter there and a couple of them are on GC!:)

What State is Shippensberg In!:D LOL!:)

PLEEZE PENN PEEPS, dont flame me!:)

LoL...thanks for the advice. I've been to LXA parties before and they were pretty good. One of the houses I wanna get into, Phi Sig, is right next to our LXA house on Frat Row (It's a street with most Greek Houses in Ship). Do you know who is from Ship on GC? Maybe I could talk to them on campus and see what they think about Greek Life. Anyway, thanks a bunch. I know that LXA is a group of cool guys, so hopefully I get to know them a little better in the next few weeks.

hey welcome and best of luck
one of my best friends goes to ship and is a part of oen of the sororities and she pledged last fall she loves greek life so much. I think it is formal rush in the fall at ship??? but want to wish ya the best of luck...i know she loved going through rush up there.

The best advice I can give you is to join a house that makes you feel comfortable. If you walk in and feel like you have to be putting on a show for those girls, then that's not the house for you. Join a sorority that you could call home. They're all going to have basically the same activities and the same things to offer you, it is all about the women that you want to remember as your sisters. Find girls that you can laugh with, cry with and be yourself around. you'll know when the time is right.