Another Big 10 rush story! I always love hearing how the similarities/differences between the other Big 10 schools and MSU's greek systems. :)

(And this time there will be an Alpha Gam chapter involved too. Yippee!)

Interesting story! It's sad that Purdue didn't have a chapter of Theta Phi Alpha though. I'm anxious to read more.

How very interesting! Ok - Back to Mom's thread, I'll zip it now.

and, yet another hijack.. one of our alumnae's daughters is at Kettering B session now and ended up going ASA.

Go Purdue!

Purdue Chapters in Fall 1993
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Tri Delta
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Sigma Kappa
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Phi Mu
Pi Beta Phi
Zeta Tau Alpha
Alpha Chi Omega
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma
Alpha Xi Delta

I hope I did not miss anyone I tried to list them by going around campus.

First I went to the information session and registration. I was floored when I had to fill out an information sheet and provide a picture to each chapter. What the heck was this for?

The names of the four rounds at the time were Casuals, Open Houses, Cokes, and Formals. Casuals and Open Houses as I remember it were in October and November. Cokes and Formals were right before classes started in January. Talk about cruelty to rushees!:confused:

Very sad...oh well, can't wait to hear more!

So the time comes for the first round of Rush. I met my Rho Chi and she handed out nametags. Each Rho Chi made the nametags for their group for round 1. There was even a competition to determine which were the best. Ours were so cute. They were little dolls and they held hearts with our names on them. I think the first thing I heard at every house was, "your nametag is so cute."

We started off on our journey all over creation. We walked most of the time, but there was a bus up to the top. I really felt like I had decent conversations, but I was really clueless and overwhelmed by the whole process. One thing that was really odd about rush at Purdue is it seemed like everyone had their own plan. First round some people did skits, some gave house tours, and some just sat and talked. I remember really loving one house, and really being turned off by one house. The rest all seemed about the same. That does not mean I could not see differences, but I did not really love or dislike any of the others yet. Funny thing from round one: I still find myself humming "Everyone wants to be a red hot Chi O to this day"

We did not rank our choices, and I do not think we saw our lists until right before the next round. I wish someone had encouraged me to keep a journal. As it turned out it really did not matter though. After round one I was only invited back to 5 houses. I was really upset because I did not know what went wrong. My favorite house was not on the list (DZ:(), and the house that had not impressed me was. I only accepted invitations to four houses. My Rho Chi tried to convince me to give the other chapter another chance, but I refused. I thought (from my previous experience) that rush was about connecting with members of the chapter. I did not know that being a sophomore would hurt me, and grades did not even cross my mind. I knew there was a minimum GPA, but I guess I thought if you met that all was good.

At least she didn't initiate into Theta Phi Alpha and then try to join another group like some of the posters lately...

Seriously... :rolleyes:

I am not even in a GLO yet and I knew about that.

I guess God blessed me with a touch of common sense! haha!


Momof5- I can't wait to read more! Please hurry back and feed our (my) addiction!!

Alright, I guess we know one place you don't end up.

It is not still like that, and Purdue has fall recruitment (over 2 weekends) now.

I guess I will name the last four houses because I am having trouble wirting without confusing people. I will call them IU, OSU, UC, and XU.

After second round I really was not feeling a connection with IU or OSU, and I heard some hazing rumors about IU. I guess you always hear those rumors about someone.

I liked UC, but I was really worried because as we walked down the main hall I stepped on a rug that right after I felt like I shouldn't have. It was not their crest, but I still felt bad.

I had met a couple of XU girls between rounds 1&2, and they came up to say hi during the round 2 party. I was starting to think that this might be a fit, but my heart was not set on them.

Then came the long wait until after Christmas break. I'll tell you this was torture. I knew several girls who went through rush as sophomores because they dropped freshman year because they did not want to come back early from Christmas break. In my opinion Purdue did a great thing when they changed rush dates.:D

*hijack*

OSU, UC, and XU= Ohio State, University of Cincinnati, and Xavier? Are you from Ohio (if you don't mind me asking..I'm just curious)?

*end hijack..carry on*

Z and X are next to each other on the keyboard, but yeah you're right, if this were her org, she would have fixed that.

Round 3:

I arrived back in West Lafayette only to find that I only had one invite for round 3. The good news was that I was invited to XU. I happily went to their party, but I was scared to only have one option left I had a good time. This was still not at all what I had felt with Theta Phi Alpha at GMI, but I always thought this was due to the rush structure.

Following the party I had to drive home to sing at a wedding(2 1/2 hrs). I gave my Rho Chi my phone number. She said she would call me if I did not receive an invite to formals.