congrats! Good luck at all 3 tonite, I hope you have a great time, keep us updated! :)

Good Luck girl! Enjoy how special tonight is(I cried at my pref parties) and remember...it is only the first of a million special nights.....GOOD LUCK!! I cant wait to find out!

UFgirl!!! Sounds like you're having an awesome time! How on earth will you choose? :) Any of those sororities would be priveleged to have you! You just seem so sweet :) Go get em girl!!!

Today's the day!!
 

alright, so pref night is over and what an emotional night it was!! All of the ceremonies were so beautiful ( and all the food was great, he-he ) and I thought that it would be sooo difficult to decide.........but..........when I walked into phi mu the girl who talked to me seemed so genuinely excited to have me back and my friend who is a phi mu had told the girl I was talking to all about me so she seemed really interested in getting to know the real me. we were then taken to the dining room were each table had a place for two people. when I sat down at the table and saw that my name was written on the piece of cake with pink frosting I started to get teary. I had a great conversation with my rusher and then we were moved into the living room for the rest of prefs. They sang, they told stories of how sisterhood at phi mu changed their lives, and I bawled like a baby the whole time. after that we were given pink carnations and the rusher and rushee each plucked a petal from the flower and threw it into the fountain to make a wish. as I was doing so the girl who was rushing me said that she hoped my wish was the same as hers.
when it was time to sign my bid card I had no doubt in my mind of which chapter to put first, phi mu, and I hope with all my heart that when I open my bid card tonight at 6 pm that I will see the letters I dreamed of last night:)

Re: Today's the day!!
 

As most of you know...lol, BGLO have a different process for becoming a member...a sorority sister. I have to tell you, Greekchat has been a true education. I read the entire thread of UF girl and I cried and smiled reading all of her posts. How exciting it all must be. I am rooting for you to girl! Your last post was quite a special story. Thank you for being so generous in sharing your moment, and teaching those of us who are not familiar with rushing. GOOD LUCK!!!!!! ((((big huggies))))

Oh...that was such a wonderful story. I am so happy for you. The Phi Mu's on my campus are a great bunch of girls and their parties so far during my recruitment have been so much fun. They are so enthusiastic and so sweet. Anyways, good luck tonight when you open the bid envelope!!!! I'm sure everything will work out perfectly for you :) !!

Oh, cant wait to find out if she is a phi mu!!!!!!!! So right about now, she is getting to know her new sister?? I don't know the time there, but I hope that is what is going on.....I will be on here ALL NIGHT watching probaly, yeah, I have no life, but I am so into these girls and finding out where they have found home.
Good luck on bid sweetie!!!!!!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by AOPIHottie
[B]Oh, cant wait to find out if she is a phi mu!!!!!!!!.....I will be on here ALL NIGHT watching probaly, yeah, I have no life, but I am so into these girls and finding out where they have found home.


I DEFINITELY second that ... I've been back on here so many times already, and will keep coming back!!:rolleyes:

- Jen

i'm praying for you UFGirl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you get Phi Mu!!!!! Good luck girl!!! :D:D:D:D:D

I bet she's at bid night festivities with her sisters :D

fingers crossed!!! ;)

the suspense is a killer for all of us!!!!!! its 12:27amEST!!!!!

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GRRRRR!!!! I can't even tell you how mad this makes me! Phi Mu stole our prefs ritual! My sorority, Alpha Xi Delta, used this for a decade at UF (we lost our charter last year :( ) and now that we're gone, so much that was special to our chapter is being taken by others. TKE rented our house and tore down all the letters. A O Pi will take over our philanthropy I'm sure. (We had the best one - Men of UF Calendar, benefitting Boggy Creek Gang Camp for critically/terminally ill kids) Now, our beautiful, special preferentials ritual is no longer ours too.

I know Panhellenic requires all the chapters to submit their rush plans and ceremonies ahead of time, so as to prevent rush infractions and duplications. Phi Mu has not used this ceremony as far as I know. We used to compete for many of the same rushees, so I'm sure many of their sisters saw our ceremony firsthand. Now that we're gone, they decided to use it.

Sigh.

P.S. UF Girl - please don't think I'm mad at you. This obviously isn't your fault. This is just my irritations with the sometimes-nasty competitiveness of the Greek system at UF

I keep trying to post but it just doesn't go through. Maybe my computer is just wiggy......anyway..........I'M PHI MU:D :D :D :D
I'll give more detail later about everything, but right now I have to study....thanks to everyone for all their support!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Phi Mu has just welcomed a fabulous woman into their chapter :D

UF GIRL -- I"M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D



Sorry, I guess I'm living vicariously through you and the other rushee's posts - since I'm not rushing till prolly next year! LOL. Thank you so much for telling us of your rush experience!!

Hooray for you UFGirl! Remember to come back and share every little detail with us. We *want* to know! :)

Congrats on Phi Mu! You're going to have a wonderful time and make so many special memories!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 

I am so very happy to hear that your wish of Phi Mu came true tonight!! You were definitely in many people's thoughts tonight, as you can see by the number of posts & views!! Welcome into the greek sisterhood, you certainly will make a wonderful addition :)

You'd better believe that were going to hold you to your promise of sharing all the details with us sometime very soon!! Can't wait to hear them ...

Once again, congratulations on pledging Phi Mu UF girl (sorry, I don't know your name yet). Enjoy every minute of it!!!

Greek Love,
- Jen :D
Alpha Gamma Delta

Yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats UF Girl!!! We are all sooooo happy and excited for you! Good luck to you, and we hope you will continue to post here, and let us know all about your pledge period, Good luck for a great fall semester!!!!!!!!
And Phi Mu is lucky to have such a sweet and wonderful young woman to call a sister, and the Greek Community here at Greek Chat is lucky to welcome you as a sister.


Much Greek Love,

AOPIHottie

Way to go! I am so glad that you got Phi Mu! I hope that it is everything you have imagined and more!

So you are now called a "Phi", right? I think they call their New Members "Phi's".

The Phi Mu's I know have the most awesome sisterhood going on. You should have a blast :)

Congratulations, UFGirl! I'm so happy that you've found your lifelong home with Phi Mu!

Congrats UFgirl!!! Best of luck, and enjoy it to the fullest :) Phi Mu is lucky to get such a great girl!

Congratulations, UF Girl! I couldn't be happier for you...Phi Mu is one lucky fraternity!

I am so happy for you UFGirl!!! Congratulations on your new sisterhood!!!!

Congrats :D:D:D:D

Okay, as promised, the details................

yesterday (bid day) I got up at 10am with every intention to get my homework done. but I was so excited and nervous about the day that I couldn't focus on anything:rolleyes: anyway, so at 5pm all of the rushees met at the university auditorium and the rho chi's were revealed. Let me just confess that I was TOTALLY wrong about mine, I guess thats part of the fun! So then we were all taken to the field across the street from sorority row, and all the sorority girls were standing in front of their houses with ballons and signs and doing cheers. It was really emotional for me. There were also about 200 frat boys there cheering us on and 5 of them streaked:D yup, completely NAKED!! ahh the joys of sisterhood, lol, just joking. So then everyone got their bid cards and we counted down and opened them all the once. When I opened mine I couldn't stop screaming and jumping and crying, but it was okay because everyone else was doing the same:) I ran to the Phi Mu house where all the "Phi's" (pledges)were greeted. We took pictures and ate dinner then we all went to the movies together where they had rented an entire theater just for phi mu and we saw legally blonde. It was so much fun. After that we went back to the house and did a little bit of ritual stuff (I cried again!) and then our "Phi Friend" ( its like a temporary big sis) took us back to our dorm at like 1am. Today I went back to the house after school to each lunch and hang out, and I'm about to leave to go to dinner there where we'll also to some sisterhood stuff. Okay, well that's it for now. I hope you guys liked hearing about my rush experience as much as I love livin' it baby, yeah!!!

Congrats to you! I'm happy everything turned out the way it was suppose to!

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congrats!!!!

Congrats! :)

I have a new sister!!!!!
 

Congratulations, UFGirl!!!!!! I am a Phi Mu from FSU and I would like to be the first Phi Mu from GC to welcome you to our sisterhood :) I can't begin to tell you what an amazing experience it is---cherish every moment and HAVE FUN!!!!!!! "Les Soeurs Fideles"

In a side note--this is the former ladybug16. When GC underwent it's new format my password got all messed up and e-mail attempts to solve it didn't work. So here I am with a similar username!

Congratulations UFGirl!!!

Ladybug1116, the same thing happened to me! All attempts to obtain my old password did not work. So here I am with a new name. :rolleyes:

UF girl, we loved hearing your rush experiences, and I know we will love to here your pledging experiences. Just remember, it may get overwhelming at times, but we are always here for you to vent or to ask questions. So please keep coming back to us(especially us alumnas that miss our pledge periods!!!!!

Much Greek love,

This is such a beautiful experience, I am so pleased to learn about GLO Rushes from the ladies going through it now. Congratulations!

Ahh...the memories!
 

Hey guys

I was doing a search and ran across my old rush experience at UF last fall and I couldn't help but bump it up! It brought back so many good memories(and some not so good ones:p ) but it was all worth it in the end.

I though people would get a kick out of reading it again, and for all those women going through UF for the first time this year can get a really good idea of what it was like for me!

Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's already been a year! I can't wait to get a little sister!:D

BYE BYE

Hi UFgirl! I read this thread back in June and it was so weird to read it because it was about your experience at recruitment and we were rushing at UF at the same time! (BTW, Group 2 rules! :D) It was funny to read your accounts because it was like going back in time and "tent talking." Anyway, glad to see everything worked out! And I can't wait for us to have our first recruitment on the other side this year! See ya in G'ville in a month!

Panhellenically,
Dyan

Had to bump
 

Hey ladies,
WOW. I can't believe this was me 12 years ago. How did that happen?

I was having fun reading recruitment stories and I thought on a whim to look for my own. Low and behold, 2001 story found. I couldn't help but bump it.

I was one of the women who got heavily cut after round one. When I went into rush (sorry, I'm an oldie) I literally knew no one at the school, and had zero recs. However, I was just so excited to be part of the whole thing that I didn't care if I got dropped by all but one chapter...I just wanted to be a part of it. I couldn't be happier with the result, and I'm still extremely close with several sisters. We're actually planning a little trip back to Gainesville next month.

Anyway, thanks for letting me be old and nostalgic for a minute. :)

Hahaha, remember the days when we posted rush stories with the real names of the chapters? This was a great one.

This is interesting to read...full disclosure...and I was surprised to read a sorority had closed...especially during these times now...and before DZ colonized and built their house....how times change!

I'm delighted by your story. Maybe we'll meet at Camp Alpha Nu or another event one day.