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AnchorAlumna 07-31-2010 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1961321)
Just got a phone call about a pnm going through at LSU. I mentioned maximizing your options, but Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake didn't register with our Alumnae Panhellenic because she knows which groups she is interested in, and who she is sure will just love her because,ya know, she's so special - oh, I'm sure this will end well . . .

Well, ya know.......it might. :rolleyes:
That's what's so frustrating!

exlurker 07-31-2010 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1961321)
Just got a phone call about a pnm going through at LSU. I mentioned maximizing your options, but Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake didn't register with our Alumnae Panhellenic because she knows which groups she is interested in, and who she is sure will just love her because,ya know, she's so special - oh, I'm sure this will end well . . .

It's awfully late for a PNM to be hunting for recs for LSU, so why the phone-calling ? (I know you probably can't say..).

< sarcasm coating the following like oil on a pelican > I suppose the chapters that her royal highness is willing to grace with her presence are aware she's on her way, right? < /sarcasm>

33girl 07-31-2010 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna (Post 1961351)
Well, ya know.......it might. :rolleyes:
That's what's so frustrating!

Yep. The people who need to get spanked the most are sometimes the ones who get spanked the least.

SWTXBelle 07-31-2010 09:19 PM

I especially love those pnms who think that because my sorority is not on their campus I can do NOTHING to help them . . . 'cause it's not like I'm president of an alumnae panhellenic and LITERALLY know alumnae from 20 of the 26 NPC groups . . . and served as an advisor to two chapters . . . I'm resisting the urge to do anything nasty to Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake. I'll report the results, for good or ill.

BAMA2 07-31-2010 09:43 PM

I believe Alabama recruitment starts August 8th as well!

Alumiyum 07-31-2010 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1961474)
I especially love those pnms who think that because my sorority is not on their campus I can do NOTHING to help them . . . 'cause it's not like I'm president of an alumnae panhellenic and LITERALLY know alumnae from 20 of the 26 NPC groups . . . and served as an advisor to two chapters . . . I'm resisting the urge to do anything nasty to Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake. I'll report the results, for good or ill.

She'll probably get exactly what she wants. As infuriating as it is, it often seems to work that way. Drives me crazy.

aephi alum 07-31-2010 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1961321)
Just got a phone call about a pnm going through at LSU. I mentioned maximizing your options, but Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake didn't register with our Alumnae Panhellenic because she knows which groups she is interested in, and who she is sure will just love her because,ya know, she's so special - oh, I'm sure this will end well . . .

I think we know how her recruitment is going to go. <pops some popcorn>

Katmandu 08-05-2010 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1961321)
Just got a phone call about a pnm going through at LSU. I mentioned maximizing your options, but Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake didn't register with our Alumnae Panhellenic because she knows which groups she is interested in, and who she is sure will just love her because,ya know, she's so special - oh, I'm sure this will end well . . .

Oh, I'm pulling out the popcorn and the barcalounger for this one.......
Sure to end well.

FSUZeta 08-05-2010 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BAMA2 (Post 1961489)
I believe Alabama recruitment starts August 8th as well!

you are right. YAY!! 2 exciting rushes to look forward to.

carnation 08-05-2010 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1961321)
Just got a phone call about a pnm going through at LSU. I mentioned maximizing your options, but Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake didn't register with our Alumnae Panhellenic because she knows which groups she is interested in, and who she is sure will just love her because,ya know, she's so special - oh, I'm sure this will end well . . .

She should read justamom's thread about her daughter's LSU rush and the one about the next year too. Lots off surprised PNMs...

SWTXBelle 09-13-2010 10:51 PM

UPDATE
 
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1961321)
Just got a phone call about a pnm going through at LSU. I mentioned maximizing your options, but Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake didn't register with our Alumnae Panhellenic because she knows which groups she is interested in, and who she is sure will just love her because,ya know, she's so special - oh, I'm sure this will end well . . .


Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake did not get a bid - BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE HER AUNT GOT A BID AS A JUNIOR AND SO IT WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER NEXT YEAR. :rolleyes:

AOII Angel 09-13-2010 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1983118)
Pretty Pretty Princess Snowflake did not get a bid - BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE HER AUNT GOT A BID AS A JUNIOR AND SO IT WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER NEXT YEAR. :rolleyes:

Oh...of course! That's a recipe for success!:rolleyes:

KSUViolet06 09-13-2010 11:04 PM

^^^I love that rationale. Especially if the aunt or other relative rushed something like 20-30 years ago when it was probably totally different.

DeltaBetaBaby 09-14-2010 10:51 AM

Back when I was rushing, U of I still used SORUSH, so when I got my list for 2nd invite, I saw that only 5 chapters had invited me. Now, 5 was the maximum number of parties I could attend, but I was a 16-year-old girl sitting next to my rush group friends who all had 9 or 10 invites. I was DEVASTATED.

Fortunately, I had a great Rho Chi, who pulled me aside and told me that she knew two of my favorite chapters were still on the list, and I still had a full schedule, so I should stop crying, pretend these were the only five chapters on campus, and go get some sleep.

And I did, and it was a very good thing.

But as said upthread, a lot of Rho Chis aren't very good. They don't know how to handle situations like that. I literally put the other 14 out of my mind. Back in the dorm, people were comparing lists, and I was like "Are you going back to some of your favorites? Awesome, me too!"

I think PRUSH is a big improvement, because if I had shown up ready to go to parties, seen a list of five, there may have been one or two missing that would have disappointed me, but I would have been over it and off to second invitational in a quick minute.


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