Ours is attached via a skybridge (over the alley behind the house) and is where the seniors live. It's basically just more bedrooms.

But then, we house 108 women. You can't exactly add on to the houses at the U just due to the location so the only hope of being able to house everyone (and everyone has to live in) is to buy another house. I know a fraternity bought the sorority house next door to them one year when the sorority shut down (this was a long time ago).

But I've also been told that recruitment numbers were much lower than normal last year so many of the houses (the buildings) aren't full. Total is under 100 currently which is low.

You didn't say anything wrong YET.

BUT, you gave us enough information to figure out who each of those houses are. So anything you say in the Fall, we will know what houses you are talking about.

adpiucf is right, suzieQ. Give all the houses a chance. You might change your mind about them. There's a difference between April and September.

Also, posting not-so-good comments will have you possibly cut severely from recruitment. So like what the others have said, BE DISCREET. You haven't said anything bad at all. But watch out.

I was not in a NPC but i can tell you what my opinion would be.

i do get the feeling that you are excited about joinin a sorority, but your honest comment could be taken as bad.

Such as:

about the house remodeling, well what if going through recruitment your first choice house (abc) hears/reads what you wrote about this other house (def). Well abc could be thinking hey we are going to remodel our house in two years, so if she does not like dealing with remodeling issues then will she quite when we remodel. This possible could get you droped from an invite list.

Now this might not be true, but someone could possible be thinking this and if they have to cut someone this is just a good a reason as anything.


Okay and lets take the example that someone else mentioned. Let us say that you said, I don't like XYZ because they seem to concerned about grades. Well, what if a sorority is trying to improve their grades or they could take this statement as oh, i don't really care about grades.

Where none of these statments might actually be things you would say, but i can tell you that someone could think them and one persons bad opinion of you, mistake or not, could mean the difference between getting an invite back to another party of getting a bid. I think everyone in life has meet at least one person who toke what they said incorrectly and i think that what the people on this board is trying to warn you against is positing to much info that could lead you to be identified and then bad things could happen.

Plus, good luck and hi from southwest washington.

While none of this advice is bad, I got the impression that suzieQ isn't making any strong judgements now and was only relating what she'd seen and felt at the time. While it's not outside the realm of possibility that someone would hold something on here against her, I don't feel like she said anything actually bad.

I suspect in the fall when she is presented with X number of houses that have annexes and QRS who's under contruction, etc. she'll find that the sisters and not the houses are more important.

And suzieQ i wish you all the luck!

(And I'm going to say goooo Violet, since I'm biased... though I'm sure that Violet is going to be one of the non-violet using sororities.... oh well.) :p

I can't understand why you all are so quick to jump on a PNM when she identifies sororities.

So what? IMO, the best rush thread we ever had identified all houses by name. (I'm about to bump that thread up, anyway..)

If there's someone reading from the house under construction, then great! they'll know that it's affecting PNMs' opinions of their house. What's wrong with some criticism from the PNM's point of view!? I mean, sorority members don't look all pretty for themselves - they want to impress the PNMs.

SuzieQ, thank you for sharing your true feelings. I hope you continue to post whatever you feel comfortable with. Just don't reveal ANY personal info about YOU! ;)

(BTW, I did not attend UW, & am currently not involved w/ the KD chapter there... :)

I'd never read that thread. Pretty awesome.




I'm kind of torn. To me it seems fine if you want to say "Oh I visited ADPi, Chi-O, Kappa & Theta, etc... today"

Listing who you visited and who dropped you (with no details) isn't really that big of a deal. At least to me. The details, whether positive or negative is what is a big deal.


But on the other hand, it wouldn't take me long to do what some of the other girls have mentioned (finding out which chapter had the highest GPA, which chapter has 90 girls living in the house, which house is under construction). Details like that, that are so incredibly specific, are never good in a rush thread. IMPO

KDOnline, I attribute it to a combination of poor judgement of what to post and the increasing number of GC members and readers who report back to their chapters.

Remember, curlygirly pledged 4 years ago. There's been an explosion of blogs, personal web sites and a lot more folks lurking around to find out about the PNMs at their campuses.

Even the most innocent comment "I'm liking XYZ a lot" could be damaging if the sorority were mentioned by name or too many party specifics are given.

I think it's just a different time. Curly used great discretion and judgement, but even some of her comments today could have been taken the wrong way and affect her recruitment in a way we wouldn't have considered in 2002.

If it helps the PNM keep her anonymnity, I'm for it. I like reading the threads and new posts, but I also want the PNM to get the bid she wants without our interference.

It's one thing for you or me to say that at our age, not actually going through it. It's another thing to read it when you are working on rush as a collegian and your head is ready to explode.

But I would say there's nothing wrong with identifying the sororities, as long as you reveal NOTHING about yourself. Don't post in the other threads, don't put a location or profile, don't use a name that is even remotely connected to yours.

I think it's sort of a choice:

Do you want to tell us all about your rush experience, including every detail (The M&M's were awesome today, but I don't think I like the Skittles much)? Fine, but then don't tell us the university, city, state, etc. that you're at, and don't give us any personal details - major, age, year, hometown, hair/eye color, what you wore, etc.

OR

Do you want to tell us that you are rushing at Eastern Illinois University and first round you visited Tri-Sigma and ASA, and tomorrow you are going to DZ (for example). Then try not to make ANY comments about which groups you liked and didn't like. And, to be on the safe side, I would say still don't give out any personal info.

adpiucf & 33girl: I agree w/ your comments. Curly was a very bright PNM, and already a seasoned journalist by the time she rushed. I know she carefully thought about each of her posts before she pressed that "POST" button. If only other PNMs would do the same. :)

But, in bringing this thread back to the OP (SuzieQ, you still out there?), I think that SuzieQ can do the same thing, if she's still interested. She's given us her location, and as long as she doesn't mention anything else about herself (including what she's wearing or even telling us about her Rho Chi/whatever-they're-called), she can still have a GC-interference-free recruitment.

...provided that no GCers try to stalk her, of course, by trying to find out her identity.

Why, GCers would NEVER do that! :eek: ;)

None here in WA at least. We have enough going on in our own lives.

I'm still here :)

There's just not much more to say until September! Sooo far away

Good luck SuzyQ! I used to live in Renton (Fairhood represent!), so I have a lot of friends who ended up at the U and many of them are going to be recruitment counselors this year, so I'm sure it'll be a great time.

One of my best friends who isn't in a sorority there ended up living in a former sorority house (Eta Beta), so you'll hopefully be in the same Greek Row neighborhood! It's a beautiful area! I hope you have a wonderful time going through rush this fall. :)