I don't know how things work where you're from, but here on GC we try to stay away from trying to tell girls why they were dropped. Why? Because we weren't there. We aren't in any of the chapters and we didn't meet the girls during recruitment. We can speculate, but we can't say for sure, because we just don't know.

Don't chew gum...if you need fresh breath make it a mint.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! Recruitment counselors should emphasize this too (yes, there is a story here)
As an adviser, I made sure I had a stock pile of mints for the chapter. I drilled the no gum rule.

First round of recruitment (first party), I have a PNM asking a sister where she can get rid of her gum. The sister has the panicked look on her face. I had to scramble to the back room to get my pocketbook to get a tissue for her to get rid of her gum.

Yes, I gave the PNM a look of death. I nicknamed her "Gum Girl". She did not get a bid (and no it was not because of her gum chewing)

A PNM once interrupted me mid-conversation and asked one of my sisters if she had a piece of gum. Big mistake.

Particularly when you didn't even receive a single invite to preference rounds. :(

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OK I have a question. During rush the members ask your questions, do you (rushees) ask them questions back. Like if they ask you how classes are going, where your from etc. do you ask them the question back?

also, is it required by most schools that you receive at least one bid?

Yes

No

NO. No one is guaranteed to receive a bid.

Except at Tufts. That's the only one I know of though, except for that Christian college in Florida that was mentioned and I'm too lazy to look for the thread. But as far as NPC groups....Tufts is it.

I'm not sure if this thread would be the most appropriate place to put this, but since I don't really feel like starting a new thread...

Most PNMs get the hint when they first come here and are immediately told that DISCRETION IS KEY. Please let that be the same if you choose to document your experience in your blogs.

I'm signed up for Google Alerts, so whenever "Alpha Gamma Delta" turns up somewhere on the interwebs, Google sends me an email containing a link to it. Now that rush is going on again, it's been turning up a lot. Some were pretty general, but some were just...WOW.

Just be careful. If someone really wanted to ruin someone's rush, they can. By choosing to put info about yourself out there, it'd be easy for someone to figure out who you are.

Don't forget to cover your mouth when you sneeze. When I was going through recruitment, the PNM next to me sneezed on one of the sorority members. If looks could kill!