Oh, one more thing- there's more than one Jewish sorority on campus, so that detail doesn't give it away.

You beat me to it. Many GCers are used to just one Jewish sorority on campus, and it being an unpopular chapter. Certainly not the case at my alma mater.

I'm pretty sure, though, that if someone from that chapter was reading, they would know who you were talking about. That's what I'm saying.

You don't give GC sleuths enough credit... it is amazing what we can figure out with a just a few meager bits of information. Even if they seem innocuous.

Sigma Alpha is agricultural. Alpha Omega Epsilon is engineering.

I looked on their site, and there are 18 groups of PNMs even though there are 23 groups shown on the Panhel site. This would omit the 2 agricultural groups, the engineering group, the multicultural group, and the group that I thought was closing.

No doubt, she certainly narrowed it down. The lay person will not be able to figure it out. Only members from Illinois and GC sleuths. :)

I'm loving these descriptions!

Truthfulness + some shallowness + a pinch of discretion (waiting until the next round of invites) = very entertaining thread! Good luck littlemissvixen.

Whoops. I don't know why I read agricultural instead of engineering.

Agreed. I won't be surprised if someone is reading all these posts. Remember, it may be hard for them to decode your given nicknames, but it's not hard to pin you down, especially the fact that you said you're a transferred junior, it makes it even easier, because they will bound to ask you questions like, "Why did you decide to rush as a junior" and you can't really lie about not being a transfer, right?

Plus, from your second "report" post you started off with the header "More Dirt" just shows you don't really treat any of the sororities with any respect. This is not a drama club you are rushing...

I don't know...there's 1197 girls signed up to rush. That's A LOT of people to pick from. I would be a little more cautious, but it's still a needle in a haystack scenario.

I agree that it's probably not hard to figure out who she is, but the "more dirt" header was also followed by a ";)". I don't think it should have been taken so seriously.

true, you just can't take the internet too seriously sometimes ;)

Ya'll quit bugging her, this is a great thread and I want to keep reading!!

It's totally entertaining me like a good "soap" while I sit here bored to tears at work:D

Keep posting Vixen

Finally, a thread with philosophy 3-in-1s as code names. Good choice, littlemissvixen!



Yes, it's the little things that thrill me these days!

As my mother would say, if you don't have something nice to say (type) then don't say (type) anything at all which is why I had not responded at all! :eek:

I agree wholeheartedly - looks are not important and your a$$ is going to fall to your heels in the next round when the beauty queens drop you just b/c you are a junior. Pick yourself up, dust yoursefl off and take a deeper look. Where do you feel a connection???

Wow! Is Illinois a campus where recs are something every PNM should be securing?

I'm also very curious to see how your recruitment plays out, littlemissvixen.

I am completely entertained by this thread. Don't anyone be too mean and chase her away. :p

The OP doesn't necessarily sound like someone I'd hang out with, but I'm still entertained by her description of events.

GUYSSSS!!!!! She listed the sororities in alphabetical order!!!!! The engineering sorority is AOE, which means she confused it with AOPi and added that at the end.

I am certain the descriptions match up!

Nope, I missed a completely random one in the middle of the alphabet. I added "Grasshopper" at the end, and I'm not sure why I missed them, since as you can read I liked them. Nice try, though.

I can't decide whether you are an idiot or a troll. The first three are undoubtedly Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, and Alpha Epsilon Phi. The one you say is the prettiest on campus (that you visited first) is Kappa Alpha Theta, and everything else is alphabetic from there.

Nice.

Honestly, I was :eek: at the first post.

Every other word was about how pretty they were, how she hated the fake pearls, ill fitting polos, bad hair, perfect beauty queens, or something else that dealt with how they looked.

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to da max. :cool:

I know we generally expect some incoming freshmen to be that way (deciding on the brunette houses vs. the blondes where they will fit in), but a junior? I hope you graduated from h.s. a couple of years early or something.

If the OP ends up having a shitty rush because of stuff said on GC (or on the internet, for that matter), well...can't say it's the first time.

We don't care if you're just being honest or not. If you're really serious about getting that bid, I'd be careful. Copping attitides with UIUC sorority alums don't help, either.

I won't be surprised if GCers are already taking steps to ensure that you have a very unsuccessful rush.

I'm ready for Pref Round. "I don't know what to do. I didn't get any invites back".

Ok, what deep and meaningful conversations do you have with 18 houses in 2 days at 25 minutes each that let you just KNOW that you'll be bff's?

I think it was #15...something about interesting questions, but not good-looking.

I can't go back and check for certain, because you deleted your posts. Because you know I am correct.

The same conversations you have when you're trying to get to know someone new.

People "click" during recruitment.... it's happened to me and several others I'm sure. You could be talking about a hobby, what you like to do for vacations, or anything really, and you get excited when you realize the other person is passionate about it too and you just "click".

When I rushed on the sister side for the first time, I didn't have any magical conversation formulas, we just talked about a bunch of stuff, and in that conversation I could really "see" some of them as my sisters. It wasn't a deep "let's be best friends forever and pick daisies and run off to the sunset moment" but you can really tell when you're on the sister side when you're talking to someone that you don't really think would be a great asset to the chapter or you get a feeling that they are being fake and may be interested in your group for the wrong reasons.

I would honestly rather have a house full of average looking girls that are great sisters than a house of bitchy beauty queens... but hey, that's just me. You may be looking for something else in a "sisterhood"

She may have begun to delete her own posts, but can't do much with those that people have quoted. Maybe she is beginning to heed the advice that her posts could be traced back to her. I too, know many actives who lurk and watch the posts.

I know, because I'm starting to feel like a b****, and while they're not in perfect alphabetical order (seriously...?), I don't want to be too obvious. As for Phi Mu, I actually know several girls in the house who are very pretty, and while I didn't go back for First Invite (although I went back a house much further down on the list??) I think they eliminated me rather than vice versa. A little awkward during open house :-\

I can't find anywhere that we quoted the descriptions of houses 11-19, which is too bad, because I liked reading about mine.

I thought it was just me. I was wondering where the newer descriptions were.

A little late for that, dontcha think?
Methinks Phi Mu got it right.

I'm just saying I'd rather have average looking sisters that are great than to use their looks as a #1 factor.

Grow up.

And nice job on deleting your posts at least the first one will be in GC history forever since a few people quoted it :D

Then my work here is done.

I sure hope she gets a bid to the most gorgeous house there :rolleyes:

You're right it doesn't

Being a "gorgeous" chapter with proper fitting polos, perfect pedicures and real pearls doesn't = a great sister either.

:D

Strangely enough, that is what you are making your judgements on.

Aw, man! We're going to have to quit doing this. We provoke the most interesting writers into quiting.

:crossing my fingers that it's just a flounce:

I definitely hope she'll come back too!

:mad:

I told you people not to chase her off and ruin the entertainment. :(

Sigh...well, I suppose that it was in her best interests to delete her posts, so that she doesn't hurt her rush chances. But the entertainment factor is gone.

(Though she can always come back after rush is over and spill all the rest... ;))

I don't think that her approach to rush is all that different than a lot of PNMs. It wasn't the approach I took, to be certain, but its not entirely fair to jump on her for being honest about what a lot of other people do too. (Even if its not necessarily a way of characterizing chapters that we might personally agree with, we all know that's now a lot of other people think.)

BTW - I know 11-19 weren't quoted, but if y'all want I can put the descriptions back up. We have an application on our computer that captures screen shots, and I just happened to have it running for work purposes when I browsed the thread earlier. :D

(You'll have to give me a little time though, b/c I'm still finishing my project and won't be able to re-create them until then.)