Awww I love you too!! So when are you gonna take me to Pounders?? lol haha but nooo I'm serious!!:) Muah

At my school, a jersey is a a THICK HEAVY (often sweat producing in the miami heat) cotton shirt.

Your official chapter jersey (which is usually bought by a big brother or big sister and everyone owns one) usually goes something like this (depending on your chapter): Nickname (or not) "scroll"/initiation number (or not) chapter designation goes on the left shoulder (or not) and pledge class on the right (or not). These factors very greatly by chapter, especially with sororities. But many allow you to put whatever you want on your "family" or other random jerseys. And I mean almost anything. My most expensive jersey is a red and grey Tau Kappa Epsilon styled jersey bought for me by my "Big brother" who is a TKE it was at least 80$ because he put a very long (and they charge by the letter!) nickname for me on the back. My official chapter jersey was ordered by the big sisters in bulk from online and cost about $20 or so each. But our local greek store/sport store is called D & N and is very expensive, so when you want one locally made it get's pricey (hence the 80$ jersey). The prices of the letters vary depending on the size of the letter. (Ex. the two/three big letters on the front cost more per letter than the smaller ones on the back/sleeves would) You CAN get symbols, and I've heard of campuses with them on jerseys, but we are just not symbol people down here and we go with the basics. I've only seen one or two symboled jerseys and even a few on t-shirts. Iron on shirts are much cheaper, but they can get ruined if the wearer doesn't turn it inside out and iron it once in a while. You can also just buy the stitched letters (which will also iron on, but poorly) or the actual plastic/vinyl style iron on letters). If you don't know what I'm talking about, I guess you don't have it at your school...options rule!

Jeresy
 

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Mine looks something like that, with the letters down one side (double letters, like http://somethinggreek.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=91), and then my pledge name & number on back (they charger per letter for that!), and then I have my NM Class & Semester on one sleeve and then my chpater on theo ther....for a total of about $70. They get expensive, but it's one of my favorite pieces of SDT clothing that I have.

Symbal had a bad day and is obviously heartbroken if she can't even bear to be in here. Out of respect to her, and I hate to be Debbie Downer here, but don't you think it's a good idea to move the conversation about jerseys and clothes to ANOTHER thread?

Symbal, I'm sorry that things didn't work out the way you had hoped. Best of luck with the rest of the semester and know that you're always welcome on GC. :)

Symbal, I'm sorry to hear things didn't work out for you. If you decide to do spring rush, good luck! Keep a positive outlook!

Hey- I'm sorry to hear things didn't work out. I went through Formal rush twice and informal rush once and got rejected from all of them I stuck with it and decided to do COB one last time as a junior and finally found the right house. things work out somehow in life.

Yes, but the first time you put one on, you feel very special. They're typically an initiation gift b/c of the hefty price tag and tradition. But a new member can buy herself one or receive one at any old time (unless of course she is a new member of a sorority that does not allow its new members to wear Greek letters until initiation). I know parents and boyfriends who have bought jerseys for my sisters. And some of us bought our own, esp. if the first one was getting a little too worn-looking.

I have four jerseys from my UCF days! They languish in a closet. I think the only time I would ever wear one would be if I were invited to help out at a UCF-ADPi Bid Day.

ETA: reading ahead and regrets for the letter shirt hijack.

haha my friend in zta at ucf as a crazy obsession for pounders lol...sorry..random i know

haha its ok...well I've never been but we were talking about going one night and it got cancelled...long story short I would love to go out and me and JessXica and I don't don't get to hang out often because we are both very busy and haven't had time to catch up...

Symbal, i meant to and forgot to put it in my message but...


<<<<<<HUGS>>>>>>

(((((Symbal)))))

Sorry that rush and COB haven't worked out. Hang in there, and stick around GC. Try again later, maybe? And good luck this year!