I started formal and dropped out because of work but Tri Delta extended me a bid anyway.

COB fall semester my freshman year... So about a month after school started...

I started formal recruitment at the beginning of my freshman year, but dropped out. I joined my local sorority via informal recruitment the following week. About 1-1/2 years later, my local affiliated with AEPhi.

COB, fall semester of soph. year.

Formal Recruitment, fall of my sophomore year.

I originally went through Formal Recruitment, but there's kind of a weird story behind it. I was invited back to five of the nine chapters at Baylor, and therefore, I had to rank my invites back without dropping any. Not knowing a lot about KD aside from the chick who was currently in the process of stealing the WA governor's race is an alum (I'm still convinced she didn't win, sister or not, plus she said way too much about initiation to a Seattle newspaper, arrgh!), I ranked it last. Anyway, the next day, when we got our schedules back for the first day, KD wasn't on the list even though I was supposed to go to all the parties who has invited me back. What the banana? Anyway, I stuck it out until the last day, and after that first day, I had a terrible time because only one chapter was inviting me back, and I just wasn't feeling like they were as involved in campus events as I wanted a sorority to be. I didn't want to rule out snap bids from larger chapters where I felt more comfortable, so I withdrew from recruitment before signing the bid card, regretfully, with one of the rho chis. (I even panicked and called her after signing it asking if I'd checked the snap bid box!) This rho chi, who I didn't know was a KD, apparently went back to her chapter before Bid Day and told the whole "computer glitch" story (the system we were using was acting really funny with me, even listing all the chapters as invites back for the first day when I'd sat down and ranked my one invite back for the second day, aughh!) to the chapter, and they extended me a bid that night before Bid Day. So, technically, I was a COR "snap bid," and thank goodness, because I ended up in a chapter that was just right for me!

It's funny how this works out--I'm noticing that a lot of other folks on here didn't get their first choice but ended up in just the right chapter anyway--that's kind of cool.

I went through formal recruitment way late in my collegiate career. But things definetly worked out the way they were supposed to . Theta was definetly my top choice and I was devistated when I didnt recieve and Invite to Prefs with them. But I still completed formal recruitment and low and behold on bid day, I was the happiest girl to open a bid that said Kappa Alpha Theta. Things work for a reason. However mysterious, I was meant to be a Theta and couldnt be happier.

Ditto! :)

I went through Formal Rush as a Freshman in the Fall of 1996 (it was not called recruitment until the next year)!!

Formal recruitment the week before fall semester my freshmen year!

Re: Panhellenic Ladies: POLL-Did you join through formal or COR?
 

COB

fall formal recruitment, freshman year

Formal rush ( ;) ), Fall '98 (sophomore year). I'm glad I did formal b/c I had my mind made up going into rush, and looking at ALL the groups made me realize what I was missing by limiting my choices at the offset.

I went through Formal recruitment in the Fall of 2002! I had the best time and am glad I had the experience. Even if someone didn't want to join a sorority I think that formal recruitment is a fun experience because of all the excitment it generates. It sure is hard work on the other side, but I love doing it just as much.

formal rush- fall 95 as a sophomore...of course, we couldn't rush until we were sophomores.