Anymore Rushees Going Through Now?
 

I absolutely LOVE reading the stories of the rushees who are going through recruitment. Are there anymore of you out there who want to share with us? :)

Angel(a)

if their aren't maybe we should start a thread about our own rush experiences.

I've never met anyone from my school on GC, but we start recruitment this weekend. There are more people who haven't gone through, even if they don't post here. :)
Heidi

If we can still remember, maybe we can talk about what we went through during rush. Maybe what we thought of each house and why we chose our house. I think it would be interesting to relive our rush experiences.

ok, well i will start then bc i am bored at work.

here is a little background: i am originally from PA, right outside of Philly. I went to a really small public hs. I decided to go to Elon Coll. (now elon univ.) on a whim and bc i wanted a change from PA. (Elon is in NC between Chapel Hill and Greensboro). i knew nothing about being greek and was totally against it bc i was like this northern hippie chick who wore (and occasionally still wears berkinstocks with wool socks in the winter--granted, now they are just from jcrew not edie bauer)

elon's rush isn't until the spring. and this girl i was really good friends with on my hall was totally against rushing and we thought you would be "buying your friends" if you rushed. Well she got really sick in February and didn't know if she was coming back to school. So i was feeling completely out of place with out her. so my roomate, who was totally southern, convinced me to at least try rushing. In the past I had hung out with some Tri-Sigmas at my school and they had all told me that they really wanted me to rush, ect. so i decided what the heck, i signed up and got a rho chi. my rho chi group was probably about 20 girls, and overall probably 400 girls rushed, i would say. at that point there were only 6 sororities with huge classes. Qouta the year before I rushed was 50, the year i rushed it was 42. The average sorority size was about 100-120 members with one sorority that was under college total 9(i think at elon thats 45)

so now that i have rambled enough....

i go through rush and end up having a fabulous time. The six houses at elon at that time were:
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Xi Delta
Phi Mu
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Zeta Tau Alpha

First round, obviously i went to all the houses...i really wanted Sigma really really bad. they were the only ones who dropped me, so i was pretty upset. so second round i went back to AOII, AZD, Phi Mu, and ZTA. Then I wanted ZTA really really bad...they dropped me going into pref...so i was invited back to AOTT, AZD, and Phi Mu. I dropped Phi Mu bc they just were to not me. Granted they were all really nice to me and they had a great rush, but they weren't me. So i prefed AOTT and AZD. I ended up putting AZD on my bid card first, just bc all of the girls that i met were so cool and so much fun. and what really impressed me was that they had so much energy...you knew that they were tired by the looks on their faces, but they were loud, and excited to be there and excited to see me there. they were also sooo creative. everything they did during rush was sooo different from everyone elses. Their skits were in black light, they had sets, they had stars hanging from the ceiling and during pref they were all wearing white dresses and the only thing that stood out were the pretty pink roses and the beautiful crest. and while the members were singing to us, the girls that were standing behind me, one ended up being my rose sis, the other one ended up being my big...were singing off key and laughing about it that i noticed. i just clicked with them so much.
at rho chi unveiling, i realized my rho chi was an AZD too so i was super excited!
and then my junior year i became rush chair for AZD
and my senior year i became head rho chi for panhell.
i am so incredbly happy that i rushed. i can't imagine college with out my sisters or my other greek friends.
oh, and that girl who didn't want to rush and went home sick, came back the following semester and helped colonized Sigma Kappa.
This year, elon is bringing on another sorority to replace ASA, they lost their charter due to numbers. So let me know if anyone hears anything!!!!
so thats my story!

My Rho Chi had us keep a journal (I rushed Fall 99). It’s a great idea because I love to look back on what happened. When I went through, there were only 7 sororities participating in recruitment. DG would be doing their informal recruitment a month later, Theta came on campus a year later, and we are still waiting for Kappa to join. The sororities in involved in recruitment were: Zeta, Pi Phi, Chi O, AZD, KD, ADPi, and Tri-Delta. So, here it is, pretty much word for word from my recruitment journal:
Day One:
Pi Phi: The girls seem really sweet and enthusiastic. But, I don’t know how well I’d fit in here. I would definitely love to come back, though.
Zeta: The second house I went to. I love it here! I know a bunch of girls in here who I went to high school with. I heard that they’re the most selective on campus so I’m kinda worried. I absolutely loved it here though. I had a great conversation with every girl I met!
AZD: I’m not really feeling it here. I talked to the same girl the whole time and she was really quiet. I didn’t get to meet any of the other sisters.
Chi O: These girls are very sweet. I felt very comfortable here. These girls seem like they have a strong sisterhood. The girl who rushed me went to my high school so we basically talked about some high school memories.
ADPi: I really like this house! The girls are so enthusiastic. I really clicked with every girl I met. I definitely enjoyed my time here.
Tri-Delta: I don’t know if I should drop Tri-Delta or not. I saw XYZ. (sidenote: not listing names….she was a girl that took away my boyfriend back when I was a junior in HS) I literally got sick to my stomach when I saw her and it ruined my time there. I was totally consumed by remembering all the horrible things she said about me. The girl I talked to was very friendly but I guarantee I will be dropped because XYZ and me really aren’t on good terms.
KD: I got rushed a Big/Little team. Both girls were awesome. I had a lot to talk about with them. They did house tours unlike all the other houses. There house is absolutely amazing.
I’ll be back with more on Day 2!!!!

I love these!!
 

Keep going. These memories are great. Much better than AMC!


:)

I love hearing all these rush stories!! I can't wait until I get to rush!!

Nichole

AWSOME IDEA!! I am going to post one here soon, but I know it is not going to be very detailed--it's been a (long) while!

:)

You guys are great!

Angel(a)

good stuff
 

keep it going...
this is wonderful...
cheers
mmcat
:p

I love reading everyone's rush experiences...I actually just went back through this forum to read some older ones (hey, any excuse to avoid Bio homework ;) ). Rush here isn't 'til January, so I'm anxiously awaiting it and reading every bit I can! Keep it coming, y'all. :)

Great Idea!!!
 

Ah I love this topic! I love reliving my rush experience. Unlike a lot of my friends I adored formal rush. I go to a small, private university where greek life is HUGE. My choice to go greek was a last minute one, but I haven't regretted it to this day!

Anyway, my campus has

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta
Pi Beta Phi

So here's my first day experience.


Our first day is broken up into 8 parties, two of which are breaks. Well of course my breaks were the first two parties! It was hard to sit for two hours twiddling your thumbs when you're anxious and scared! My first house was AX which I adored. At first I didn't like the house, but when I first walked into that house I was in love! The girl who rushed me first I knew from marching band, and I met a bunch of great girls. Next up was Alpha Phi. I didn't really like this house because I felt uncomfortable plus instead of talking one on one they made us play this silly game with a big group of people. It was really hard to meet people that way! Next was Delta Gamma. The girls I talked to were really nice, but I wasn't impressed. I felt uncomfortable and out of place because the girls were dressed as if they were attending a frat party. Not a bad thing I guess, but it's not me. Next was Theta. These girls are the typical sorority girls on my campus, and I knew going in that this was not my house (and I was right!) I'll just leave it at that because my experience here wasn't good. Next was Kappa. Before going in the house I expected the girls to be just like Theta, but it was the total opposite! The Klassy Kappas (as they were known on my campus) were all super nice, and I hit it off with all of the girls I talked to. I spent most of my time laughing and having a great time with a girl named Jen. I definitely loved this house! Last up was Pi Phi. I was exhausted by the time I walked to this house. I wasn't worried because I had visited Pi Phi a few times before rush and had a few friends in the house. Since Pi Phi is the smaller of all the houses some girls had to double up again making chatting more difficult. Actually I wasn't impressed with Pi Phi after this party! I still liked the house though.

After first round my favs were AX, Kappa, and Pi Phi. :)

Okay, here we go with another rush experience(this is soooo long!!! I am sorry!!)

I went to Elon University(with maggieaxid) and when I moved into my dorm, I lived in a 8 person suite. And one of the my suitemates dad's secretaries daughter was the president of one of the sororities(Sigma Sigma Sigma on our campus. So, for all first semester(we don't rush till sping), I hung out with these girls, and some of the Sigma's. And they were really nice, really cool, and I DEFINATELY thought I wanted to be a Sigma.
So then rush rolls around and I go to first round. At Elon(when I went through), we had

Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Xi Delta
Zeta Tau Alpha
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Phi Mu

After the first round, I REALLY like Sigma and Phi Mu. I felt like I had really connected with all the girls at Phi Mu and I also already knew some Sigma's, so I thought life was pretty good. I got invited back to every house after first round and I had to drop two, so I dropped AZD and Alpha Sigma Alpha(sidebar--my RA was an AZD and she was really not that nice, hence the reason I dropped AZD. What I came to find out was most of the AZD's were AWESOME and I should have never judged a whole organization by one person--just a little note)
I went back to Phi Mu, Sigma, ZTA, and AOTT. Again, I REALLY loved Phi Mu. But somewhere I began to realize is all the AOTT's already knew my name, always remembered me, went out of their way to have me meet people, etc, etc. But I thought I was going to be a Phi Mu, so who cared.
After second round(going into pref), I was cut by Sigma and Phi Mu. I was DEVASTATED. I cried. A lot. And I wondered what I should do. But my Rho Chi told me that I should go to the 2 pref parties and really think things over. So, on pref night, I went to ZTA pref and AOTT pref.
I first went to ZTA. It was so beautiful--candles everywhere, these little tables, this big pond to drop a flower petal in, to make your wish. I was so impressed. They sang some really pretty songs and it was such a pretty night.
Next, I went to AOTT. First off, I remember thinking it was fate because the ONLY AOTT I had known before rush was the one who walked me in and preffed me(I later came to find out they pick before, but I was still amazed!!). It was the same kind of set up--candles, tables, roses, and lots of girls. But this one seemed different. While ZTA had been beautiful, for me, this one seemed that they were really speaking from the heart to me. Then, they had one senior and one sophomore speak of their times in AOTT. The senior that spoke told us how her father had died the previous year and all things her sisters had done for her. The sophomore told us about feeling so alone on campus and finding such a great place to call home. I had tears in my eyes as I walked out of AOTT.
When I got to bid signing--I did hesitate. I knew a lot of my friends had LOVED ZTA and would probaley end up there. But I knew that I would be more at home at AOTT. I sat and sat, did a pro and con sheet, called my mom, called my exboyfriend at UF(his comment--"we are having a mixer with ZTA this weekend and they are HOT!!--thanks honey). And finally, wrote AOTT and then ZTA.
I walked out of there, went home, and waited. We had bid circle the next morning, so you were supposed to try and get some sleep. I tossed and turned for hours, called my mom and told her I didn't care of I didn't get a bid and if no one liked me that was okay, cried some more, and finally, morning and bid circle came.
We had to sit on our bids for about 20 minutes, while the Rho Chi's revealed themselves and then when I opened my bid, the CARDINAL red writing proclaimed--
"The sisters of Alpha Omicron Pi extend you a bid to be our sister"
We jumped up, screamed, and went running out into the courtyard to be with our new sisters. And I truly did feel at home the minute I met all of my new sisters. I guess, for me, the AOTT motto really did ring true "Its not about what you'll become, its what you have always been"
But a final note--when I graduated from Elon, my VERY BEST FRIENDS included Alpha Xi Delta's and Sigma Kappa's(they came on the year after I rushed) and while these girls did not wear my letters, they were and are a huge part of who I am today. The sisterhood of sororities extends far beyond just your own letters. JUST GO GREEK!

AOPiLaLa :)
 

What a moving Rush story! Thanks for sharing it with us! :D

I love it!
 

Awesome story AOPiLaLa! I enjoyed it very much. It is kind of cool to get to read the entire experience in one sitting instead of all the WAITING!! :)

Greek Love,
Jen

It happened a long time ago
 

But I will try to remember my experience. I went to a large mid-atlantic school with a HUGE greek system. 19 sororities. They were:

Pi Beta Phi
AEPhi
Sigma Kappa
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
DPhiE
SDT
AZD
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Delta
Tri Delt
AGD
ADPi
AChiO
Phi Sigma Sigma
AOpi
Zeta Tau Alpha (colony)

First round of parties was "tours" 15 minutes quick conversation. ZTA was a colony and had rush technically after formal rush was over so they sang a song I think.

I LOVED Theta and Kappa to most I think after that round.

Next round was "set of 12" and out of 18 houses (ZTA dropped out) AOPi and Theta cut me. I think theta since it was (in my opinion) the best house I wasn't considered the best cut me and AOPi cut me but was quite frankly surprised but they are very good as well and I was CLUELESS about the rush experience and they were the last house I visited on the last night and was exhausted and probably didn't "sell myself" as well as I should have but honestly, I didn't realize I needed to sell myself anyway.

I cut Sigma Kappa (but ended up going back because I didn't realize AOPi cut me), AGD, Pi Phi, AZD and Gamma Phi Beta.

Set of 12 I still loved Kappa but also their rival Alpha Phi a lot. I also loved KD and Tri Delt.

Here is a break down on MY OPINIONS of the rest of the houses I visited during set of 12.

AEPhi -- A jewish sorority and I am not jewish so didn't think about them very much.

Sigma Kappa -- Average house. I tried to cut them even though I was a legacy and wasn't thrilled with them but they had great skits. there was a girl from my high school and she was nice but i will admit that I wanted to be a part of an "elite" house. Whatever that means I have no idea!

DPhiE -- another jewish house and thought as the "worst" jewish house.

SDT -- another jewish house and thought as the "best" jewish house

Alpha Phi -- I really liked them. Maybe not the top 1-2 houses but close.

Delta Gamma -- really diverse cool down to earth house. In hierarchy in the middle.

Kappa Kappa Gamma -- one of the best. Extremely pretty and somewhat preppyy (I am very preppy) and I liked them a lot.

Kappa Delta -- definitely one of the best. GORGEOUS house. KD Castle. Very beautiful in a glamourous way girls.

Tri Delt -- again, one of the best. Very preppy pretty girls. A lot of cheerleaders are Tri Delts.

ADPi -- not so great. two girls in that house lived on my dorm the year before and liked them but was so-so about them.

AChiO -- see DG

Phi Sigma Sigma -- another jewish house

AOpi -- one of the best but not the best 1-2 houses but close. But they cut me.

Ok, after set of 12 was set of 6 and I was cut HARD. I was only invited back to...

1) SDT
2) Sigma Kappa
3) Phi Sig

I was very shocked! I was a sophmore and cute but didn't have the best grades but still was shocked. I truly feel that my cluelessness played a part because I had no idea what I was doing! No one told me that there is a chance you wouldn't get a bid, that houses cut you. Our Rho Chi was terrible and I was simply clueless. My school's greek system was very competitive and I wish that I knew how every teeny tiny thing you wore, said, etc was being judged on. I simply was CLUELESS.

Anyway, I wasn't thrilled with any house, especially since I knew I wasn't going to go SDT or Phi Sig b/c I am not jewish and that is not an option. I would have gone Sig Kap because I really liked their skits but wasn't thrilled but at that point I just wanted to be in a sorority. Plus, I had no idea what being a legacy meant really so I was just clueless. Sorry to keep repeating myself.

Any way, picking up invites to preference came and I went all the way to the panhell office to pick up my invites and was invited to...

Nowhere.

My rho chi didn't call me or anything. I wasn't humiliated I was pissed that my rho chi didn't call me to save me some humiliation. However, NO ONE knows this story. Not even my best friends.

My Rho Chi was a KD and I think she should have called me.

I'll tell you this, I did go greek and loved it.

Any guesses as to where I went to school?

And, during my college years and since I graduated a million years ago, KKG, Pi Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, AGD and AZD lost their charters. All because of low numbers except for KKG who lost it b/c of pther problems. It's very competitive.

I wish these boards were here when I went through rush. I know I could have been a KKG or Theta. I'm a great girl!

PS -- supposedly the great houses are still great but I hear that ADPi is up and coming and doing an amazing job! And the "best" jewish house keeps changing so there does seem to be some changes at UMD.

???
 

KimmyKimmy: what group did you end up joining?

Kimmy,

My guess is you went to Penn State?

Also, SDT and AEPhi are historically Jewish. DPhiE, Phi Sigma Sigma, and AOPi are considered non-sectarian, their founders are either all Jewish or a combination of Jewish & Christian members. On some campuses, those chapters are heavily Jewish. At others, there are hardly any Jewish members.

Anywho...you never said when/where you joined?

Barbara

I'm betting she went to the University of Maryland at College Park.

It has been a looong time but.... I love reading everyone's stories so I'll add mine-

Indiana State had the following:

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Phi
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Sigma Kappa
Zeta Tau Alpha

I was from Connecticut and my dorm "neighbor" (who I talked into going thru with me) was from Kansas. Since ISU is a small school- we were known right off as the "out of state girls" all through rush.

I don't remember anything from the first round- just that Sigma Kappa (my mom's sorority) only had 8 girls and I was really sad for my mom (she went to ISU too). [But the good news was Sigma Kappa recolonized four years later and became one of the biggest sororities on campus!]

I think we went to 6 parties second - but I'll skip that and go to the 2nd to last parties...
I got my invites back and I got Gamma Phi, AOPi, AXO, and Chi Omega. Chi Omega was the shocker because I did not have the grades.

I went to the next round of parties and all were fantastic. I fainted though in the friendship circle of the AOPi party! I was so embarrassed and thought for sure they'd cut me for being so flakey so I took my loses and cut them first. Gamma Phi felt like home, I really loved them. I got to XO and a girl ran up to me first thing and said- "you have to get your transcripts from h.s.!!!"
Double check your grades. As with Gamma Phi- I felt home at this party too. So, I choose Gamma Phi & Chi Omega. I never really gave my whole heart to Chi Omega yet because I knew I did not have the grades and would never get in but I just could not see myself anywhere else- so I took the chance.

The next day-I picked up my high school transcripts from the Registrars office and could not believe my eyes.... a 3.35 from highschool. I thought for sure my mom paid off my highschool to change my GPA!!! But- the grading system is different from the East Coast to the Midwest and when they calculated it out - that is what I had.

So, going into the last two parties- Chi Omega was first. I stood by the wishing well and gave her my whole heart- this is where I wanted to be. The girl behind me squeezed my shoulders tight and told me they wanted me so bad and they all hoped I wanted them too.

Bid Day came and I got Chi Omega- turns out my "out of state" buddy from Kansas became my sister also- she got Chi Omega too!

So, for all those who will go thru recruitment- a little advice-
1. Always double check those GPA's
2. Try to think of something unique about yourself (we are all unique)
like me being from out of state- everyone remembered me
because of that and I know it helped me a lot.

Re: AEPhi, etc:

I know that at my school, AEPhi has a group of women from all different religious backgrounds, and although their founders may have been Jewish, it's not known as a "Jewish sorority" here, I dunno about anywhere else.

Ok, here's my day two blast from the past. :)

Day Two:
I pretty much knew that Tri-Delta was going to drop me so when I didn’t see them on my list I wasn’t upset. I actually probably would’ve dropped them anyways. We could only go back to five and I had six to chose from. So, I made my decision to go back to Zeta, ADPi, Chi O, KD, and Pi Phi.
Zeta: The first house I go to and my favorite by far! We painted flower pots to give to breast cancer patients. I’m not very artistic but the girl who rushed me reassured me that she wasn’t either. The girls got up would rotate around us. I met so many girls today and they were all so great! I really, really hope I get asked back!
Chi O: I can’t even remember what we were supposed to make because I ended up just talking to the girl the whole time! But, I would’ve liked to meet more people and I didn’t get to. I like it here but I’m extremely excited about it.
Pi Phi: We made cards for the children who are in the hospitals. The girl who rushed me didn’t talk to me at all! She sat there and talked to her sister who was sitting next to her. I think the only thing she asked me was, “What’s your name?”
KD: The girl who rushed me was kinda mean. We had to make these caterpillars and work with hot glue. I’m kinda klutzy and I kept burning myself with the hot glue gun. The girl kept rolling her eyes back at me every time I did. I said to, “I guess I’m just not very artistic.” She said to me rudely, “Well, I am.” I was a little offended. I’d be really surprised if I get invited back.
ADPi: We had to color these pictures of lions. Probably the easiest project I had all day which I really liked because I’m not creative! I had wonderful conversations with every girl!

By the end of day two, I really liked Chi O, ADPi, and Zeta.

Re: It happened a long time ago
 

Can't be Penn State. AGD still has their chapter there.

Re: KimmyKimmy...
 

KimmyKimmy: Come back and tell us where you rushed and what house you ended up in! Are you a KD? Is that why you never told your friends about the incident with your Rho Chi and going to pick up the invites? :confused:

Don't keep us in suspense...

Angela

Re: It happened a long time ago
 

I bet ALL my money in the world that you went to University of Maryland College Park... ALL of it... infact im POSATIVE!! My sister goes there, shes an ADPi and they are in the old AGD house! ;)

I dying to know what sorority you ended up joining!! Youre right, the greek system there is Competitive and sometimes VERY petty.. Ish!

kimmy come back
 

we're dying kimmy...
finish the story...
otherwise marvelous good posts ladies.
keep up the good work.
cheers
mmcat
:D

Here's the rest of my story.

Going into 4-Party Day I was invited back to three houses: Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi. I was really surprised that I wasn't invited back to Alpha Phi because I have friends in that house and thought I would automatically get invited. Oh well. Kappa shocked (and still shocks!) me. The Kappas here are so pretty and popular, and they must have seen something good in me. The first party I went to was AX, and I absolutely LOVED that house. I hit it off with sooo many girls, and the one girl that rushed me was just like me. During their skit my friend who I marched with kept catching my eye while she sang on stage and smiled. I KNEW that I wanted to be AX when I left that house. I had that feeling that everyone talks about when they talk about rush. Next I went to Pi Phi. The day before I wasn't all that impressed with the girls since they were super quiet, but I was also there during the last party so we were all tired. The one thing that sticks out to me was the conversation with a now senior. Somehow we started talking about my friend who died a few monthes earlier and how my marching instructor wasn't very understanding. (Long story short. I had to miss a required trip to go to her funeral. He yelled at me for messing up the formation and lowered my grade for an "A" to a "C") She seemed genuinely concerned and upset for me! It was the best feeling in the world! I also go to talk to some of my other friends who were also in that house. I don't know if I've told my story, but the reason I wanted to rush was because of Pi Phi. Pi Phi may have small numbers, but during 4Party I discovered that they were all caring and down to earth. (Plus they had a cute skit!) Anyway, my last party was Kappa Kappa Gamma. Again I had a great conversation with the same girl from the night before. However, once I traded girls to watch the skit the conversation died. Their skit was hilarious though! I knew leaving that house that I would like to join but that I didn't think I would truly ever fit in. That night we all met with our Rho Chi's and I talked to mine about AX. I was afraid that I'd be cut, but she assured me that if I felt so strongly and felt a connection that they did too.

The next day I picked up my invitations to Pref Night. I was only invited back to Pi Phi. I can't describe in words how I felt when I wasn't invited back to AX. At that moment I really wanted to drop out. I liked Pi Phi a lot, but I wasn't sure if that was what I wanted. At that time I had my heart set on AX, but I decided to go to the Pref Party anyway. To make a long story short, I went to the party and loved it! I will never forget that night and how I cried. That night I truly saw the sisterhood that Pi Phi possess. I found out later after Bid Day that I was a rush crush of many Pi Phi's, and I am now glad that I took my bid. It's wonderful to know that I was wanted for who I am and not for anything else.

Well that's my story! I love hearing these. I hope ppl still continue to post their rush stories!

KimmyKimmy I am just dying to know what GLO you joined!! We are all in suspence!! please come back and let us know!!:D I can't wait to hear the rest of your story!!!

Nichole

erniegurl00, Sue_XO, & ZTAngel: Love your stories!
 

Thanks for sharing! These are fantastic stories! :)

Greek Love,
Jen

Sorry for the suspense. I couldn't figure out how to log back in.

Yes I went to the University of Maryland! Good guess!

I ended up transferring to a school farther down south and pledge ZTA.

Which chapter of ZTA?

Welcome to Greekchat, sister! :)

I am so confused as to how these boards work! But I think I figured it out.

Would you mind if I didn't say which chapter of ZTA I was in? It may sound stupid but this secret that I have kept since my rushing days I would like to keep and telling you what chapter would give my identity away.

I know it sounds stupid especially since I am 30+ years old but I really would like to keep this secret to myself. Even after all these years I guess I am still scarred from my rushing days.

HOWEVER, I LOVED Zeta and my school and my friends and had a great experience and LOVED being in a sorority very very very much.

And, again for keeping people in suspense. I really didn't mean to play games with everyone. I simply couldn't figure out how to log back in. I realized that my member ID number (or whatever it is called) is NOT the same as my password.

Thanks guys!

And, thanks for welcoming me to the board. It's been interesting reading all the posts!

I'm putting off the house cleaning so here goes...Once upon a time (a very long time ago).

The summer after graduation, I was going to teas with a lot of "old ladies" standing around asking us about future plans. I had heard these names, but had only met one or two through my Grandmother. I only recently came to realize that these ladies were the ones to write the recs. There were several girls who appeared much older than me as well. I was the only one going to my University, so I guess I was the best they could offer from my city. I did have a great resume, grades etc.
The sororities were AXO, Chi-O, DZ, DG, ZTA and Phi Mu. What I remember most was our Rho Chi putting us into cars and attending parties in River Oaks and off Memorial Dr. Many girls were judging the sororities by the houses. No competition in this rush that I could see, but then I was like, sure I'll go through rush, no special clothes, no thought, just an "I've got nothing better to do attitude." I cut Phi Mu and DZ because somebody said Phi Moo and DZ (at that time- to an innocent) looked
a little too "experienced". I can't remember how it all went, I just
know I was never cut. DG's were all blond and had big boobs so I didn't like them.(Not to mention I thought having a doll for a mascot was dumb) and Chi-O had a stupid owl and I didn't like their pin. My sister was pushing me to go ZTA- they were all her friends (yes DIRTY RUSH LOL) AXO had a beautiful pin and the girls were really classy, sophisticated. My pref was with ZTA and AXO. I don't think we went to three. If we did, the other would have been Chi-O. I cried at both prefs, AXO put the president on me and my future big sis. My Rho Chi was a ZTA and I can picture her perfectly.One thing I know, I could have been just as happy with ZTA. Now, a short story. The first chapter meeting we were told to sit on the floor. I looked around and noticed a little white pill. I held it up and said "Uh-oh, somebody dropped their medicine." You never saw so many purses jerked open and faces go pale, or heard so many whispers. I HAD NO IDEA. My future big explained it all.

Ah, the mysterious sorority has finally been reveled ;)
Very cute story.... just goes to show that we can all be naive in our youth. Is that common in the South, getting together with a bunch of women in order for them to write you recs?

good story justamom!
 

Speaking of being naive, when I went through Rush as a freshman, I looked through the Greek View Book and decided immediately that I wanted to be an Alpha Delta Pi because it had three Greek letters and the other sororities on campus (Phi Mu and Delta Zeta) only had two! :)

Of course, after the first couple of rounds I realized that my original idea was completely irrational. Thank goodness - because I would have missed out on all of my wonderful DZ experiences! Funny thing was that I spoke to one of my pledge sisters last year (7 years after our Rush) and she told me that she had originally decided she was going ADPi for the exact same reason! haha :D

Re: It happened a long time ago
 

kimmy--

I advise you to go read www.terpidiots.com if you've never visited. I could tell immediately you went to UMD from your list of sororities. Those opinions on sororities have shifted slightly...ok, not so slightly.

Check it out :)

Here's what happened on my Day Three through Day Five way back in the day ;) :

Day Three:
Well, KD dropped me which did not come as a shock. I could only go back to three so I dropped Pi Phi.
ADPi: They had a cute baseball theme. The girls seemed really excited about their sisterhood. The girl who rushed me was so cute!
Zeta: I like it here more every time I visit! Their video was awesome! All the girls who rushed me were so awesome because it wasn’t same the same questions like, “What’s your major?” We talked about American Pie and how great it was and Dawson’s Creek.
Chi O: I really didn’t get a good vibe from the house after the video. At Zeta and ADPi, the girls were crying and singing with the video. They were kinda mute here and then, at certain times, they would cheer. Everything just seemed so staged.

Day Four:
I got asked back to all three. I now had to make the decision on who to pref. I very easily chose ADPi and Zeta.
ADPi: The girl who preffed me is the same one who rushed me on the first day. She is so sweet but I don’t know if I could see myself here. I would be happy but I don’t think I’d feel 100% comfortable. The pref ceremony was beautiful, though. I think the girl pretty much knew that I wasn’t going to go ADPi.
Zeta: My friend from high school preffed me. She asked me, “So, I want to know what you’re thinking. Do you like it here?” She had such a worried look on her face. I decided to mess with her a little. “Well, ADPi had such a good pref ceremony,” I said. Her face totally fell. Then I said, “It doesn’t even compare to here. I want to be a Zeta.” She jumped up and hugged me. “Everyone here was so worried. We all want you here so bad!” she said. I was so excited. I walked out of the Zeta house with a huge smile on my face.
My friends all spent hours agonizing over who to put first, second, and third. It’s so weird because in HS we all said that we’d all join the same sorority but we realized that we are all so different. Two of my friends put Tri-Delta first, another put KD first, and another put ADPi first. I put Zeta first, ADPi second, and Chi O third. I am now crossing my fingers!!!!

Day Five:
My Rho Chi had us sit there for 30 minutes before she would hand out our bid cards. I was soooo nervous. I started shaking. Girls were talking about how some girls in our group had not been bidded by anyone and had received the dreaded phone call last night. I knew that if I was in this room, I definitely had a bid from somewhere. One of the girls in my group started talking about how her older sister ended up with her second choice but it actually turned out to be for the better. If I ended up as an ADPi, I wouldn’t mind but I really wanted Zeta! My Rho Chi called us all up one by one. Each girl opened her bid card in front of everyone. There was lots of excitement and lots of tears. My Rho Chi called me up. I was shaking and all eyes were on me. I opened up my card and saw Zeta Tau Alpha. I screamed. I was so happy! I was disappointed that my Rho Chi wasn’t a Zeta. She was really awesome and I would’ve loved her to be one of my sisters (she was an ADPi). I am so happy to be a Zeta!

Sidenote: All my friends ended up in the sororities of their choice which means I have friends in Tri-Delta, KD, and ADPi (and friends in other sororities too!). To all the girls out there right now who are thinking of rushing and are going through with friends: don't worry so much about getting into the same sorority as your friend! If your friendship is really that strong then you'll still remain friends even if you don't end up as sisters. I actually think I'm better friends with these girls now! In fact, my two roommates are the friends of mine who both went Tri-Delta.

ZTAngel, that was a fantastic rush story! And you were mean to spread it out over a few days! I was sitting on the edge of my chair even though I knew you got Zeta!

I just figured that all the girls got to keep us on the edge of our seats for the past month with their rush stories. So, I wanted my turn!!! :D