Blue,

I sent you a PM check your box

ok, I'm back for good!

I'm soo touched by everyone's replies. My mom has been going to therapy and she hasnt had any falls in the past week. We managed to drive up here without any problems so its cool.

I've decided to work two jobs this semester. I have work-study so i decided to go back and work in a tutoring center i worked at my freshman yr so i can get paid and study at the same time. I'm also working at my other job I've been working at for 2 yrs, but I'm only working 3 shifts during the week and a weekend shift instead of my usual 5 shifts. I'm taking 15.5 credits so my course load isnt too bad.

I have two weeks to rush and i cant wait!!

another thing....

I really was freaking out about rush and being a junior, but Ive been looking at the stats from 1989-2000 (i dont think the trends change that much from year to year) and that many juniors drop out before rush and before pref. However, for the juniors that last to pref, the bid rate is between 90-100%. Mad cool. :D

http://www.sa.psu.edu/greeks/PHCformalrush.shtml

Yay I can't wait for your rush thread to start! I really hope you find a home you love!

AWW I cant wait to hear your rush thread :) Good Luck even tho its still a ways away!

Nichole

Tomorrow is the first big before rush mixer! There was to be a mixer on monday but it was rained out. I have to work Thursday from 6:30-3:00 and the mixer starts at 3:00-7:00 so I'll probably end up showing up at 4:15 after taking a shower and changing.

The beginning of the semester is going fine. My classes aren't hard but they are time-consuming so I'm starting to do some of my work now instead of waiting while I have free time. I'm also taking an fitness walking class and after my first class today I realized that 1. I'm still out of shape despite exercising all summer, 2. I'll probably lose 15 lbs alone from this class.

IMPT NEWS: To protect my privacy, I will not be posting details during rush. I'll post who I'm not going back to but no details until after rush.


:)

I respect your decision to do so! Best of luck to you as you go through recruitment!! :)

Best of Luck and can't wait to find out where you find your home!

Good luck and have fun!

blueGBI - good luck! I'm sure we'll all respect your privacy - but I hope you give us a few details afterwards! I really hope you find a happy home! :)

have fun...no worries...
and let us know whatever happens pretty please 'cause we're concerned. just that.
lol

I would like to echo the above sentiments - we love rush threads, but we respect your privacy! I'm thrilled that you're willing to share as much as you've said you would - especially considering how HUGE the PSU greek system is!!

Best of luck with recruitment....we're all so proud of you! :)

Best of luck - from what looks like one of the only people on the board who have been through what you're going through in Happy Valley! (Although there were "only" 16 NPC sororities there in my day) Your thread is bringing back a lot of fun memories.

It's been a LONG time since I went through rush, but one nice things about PSU is that rushing as a Junior doesn't carry the same stigma that it carries at Southern schools. There just aren't as many of the "born and bred to be sorority girls" - most people find out about the Greek system during their freshman year and rush as sophomores (like I did).

Also, the thing I loved about our sorority system was how democratic it was - plenty of sororities, a place for everyone, and the elitism was kept to a minimum. When confronted by the (tiny minority) "Tiffany necklace" types, I used to think to myself "it's PENN STATE, honey, not Yale. Your dad owns the town's beer distributor - he's not exactly CEO of IBM!" Girls from the "best" sororities worked in the dining hall or the libraries. It's about who YOU are, and not who your family is.

Also, on the religion issue, since there are so many Catholics at Penn State (Pennsylvania's demographics), you'll find they make up a big proportion of the sororities as well, but we all had a wide range of religions - my sorority had a lot of Jewish girls (there wasn't an SDT on campus yet) and also some non-Catholic Christians, including born-again believers. There was plenty of room in the tent then, and I'm sure things haven't changed!

Anyway, sorry this has turned into a novella, but Good Luck, and I'll be eager to hear how things go!!!!

LionTamer,

Thanks for telling us about PSU's greek system. My daughter is in the process of filling out her app to go in Fall '04 (still can't believe she is too old to still be at home in her crib). She has been rather anti-greek until we took a tour of the school in April. At that time, one of the tour guides mentioned that she lives on the sorority floor in the dorms. She mentioned that she went through rush as a sophmore because she wanted to experience everything college has to exerience and sorority life is a college experience. That statement made my daughter's ears perk. We will see what happens eventually. Would be fun to have her go through rush and become my sister should she decide to join the same house.

DaffyKD

edited note: anyone know why my KD symbol is coming out with the weird greek and is not green. I put in [ font=symbol ] [ size=4 ] [ color=green ] KD [/size] [/font] I had taken out all of the spaces Thanks