My recruitment was so competitive/fun/stressful that .................
 

So, I had a few of daughter's friends here a few days ago. They are preparing for recruitment in the fall. Suddenly they started kidding around about their recruitment and the different components of the above were mentioned.

My D said that her recruitment was so rushed (no pun) that she lost 5 lbs from the walking and not having time to eat. Life is unfair is my comment. And in the end: bid night was the best part. (ok, dud)

One friend said the recruitment was so competitive because suddenly she saw all these other amazing girls who were going through with her...she ran home to get her roots redone.

One other said that it was so much fun because her mom (a southerner) took her shopping for recruitment and never said no to anything!

Does anyone have any of the My rush was so.....to add?

My rush was so ... relaxed!

Being the first greek I had no idea about recs and sororities in general, so there was no pressure. All I knew was that I needed to probably sell myself to those girls, but that was it. Looking back on it all .... geez .... I was rough, but me.

^^ What she said! My school was a mid-sized regional university with a lot of commuters and first-generation college students (both of which my house had plenty) and wasn't go-Greek-or-go-home. I wasn't interested in the one house (out of six) that cut me. Out of the five houses that invited me back, I was very interested in two and marginally interested in one. One of them rushed me too hard, to the point that they looked desperate, one would have gotten me if they'd rushed me a little harder. But I felt I fit in best with the house where I ended up, so things work out the way they're supposed to be.

I likened my rush to Hell Week....I went through at ASU (Arizona) and man I thought it was competitive, even with 13 chapters and a Colonization attempt by SDT...it was brutal and horrid, this was back in '91.

If ASU is not a competitive campus, I would've never made it through a competitive campus...plain and simple.

My rush was so self esteem building!!

I got invited back to all the sororities (except one I cut, and one I knew I had no chance in hell at) for the invite only parties. Having come from an adolescence where I failed regularly at things that entailed "trying out" in any way shape or form...it was a nice change. I know it wasn't a competitive rush but it helped me more than you can imagine.

My rush was easy.

The school wasn't very competitive to begin with (most of those who make it to pref receive a bid), and I was lucky enough to receive a full schedule and to be invited back to the chapters I wanted every round. Honestly, it makes for a pretty boring story and that's why you'll never see a Kappamd retro recruitment thread, lol.

My rush was cold.

That's the best way I can sum it up. We probably spent a good 5 hours outside everyday and it was about 10 degrees and there was freezing rain. We joke that at Virginia Tech, recruitment is all the hazing you'll get.

My rush was ...effortless. i loved all of it! I enjoyed every single house I went to and agonized over declining invitations, because I genuinely liked everyone I met. Fun, fun, fun was my attitude then (and now) and so I just made the most of it.

Not typical, I know, but wow, did I ever have a blast going through. I even overslept (napped) and was late for a party; I got there as fast as I could, popped in through the sliding glass door, and announced myself to much laughter and applause. I didn't know any better, all I knew was that I received an invitation and I'd better show up, late or not. That house did invite me back, and no, it wasn't Theta. From what I've learned, no way that could happen today in many recruitment settings.

Preference was agony. It was a very difficult decision. To this day I have remained "friends" and in touch with many of the women who were Greek in college. I can honestly say that the Panhellenic spirit is very important to me, and I've yet to meet a Greek (NPC or NPHC) that I don't like (well, okay, maybe one alum, a long time ago, she was... um... okay, enough said).

ellebud, this is a great thread! thanks for sharing with us.

my rush was so clueless. i went thru rush totally unaware that i was cutting some of the most sought after sororities, just enjoying getting to know the sorority girls as i went from house to house. i look back now and chuckle about it-i never got nervous, because of my cluelessness.(I did have recs. and new outfits and can talk easily with strangers, so i am sure that helped-a lot!)

My Rush was pure torture!!! I've already done my retro thread so I won't rehash it but it was horrible. That said, I would do it all again if that's what it took for me to find Kappa Delta.

^^^ THIS. I had no idea how anything worked, I was so ridiculously ignorant. I barely knew what a sorority was, let alone what the individual reputations were, and I had no recs or alumni advice at all (but OSU is deferred and not what i would call competitive, so it was ok). I was the epitome of "not doing your research"- i'm sort of embarrased about it now! But I loved the whole process and ended up where I was meant to be :D. Just proof the system works if you let it.

My rush was...overstimulating.

It was 1979, Frills rush in the South. Girls were chanting at every turn. Costumes, glitter, elaborate backdrops, and identical outfits were the norm at every house.The noise and chaos never ended.

I felt constantly off balance the whole time because I was stressed about making a good impression on the girls.(Forget trying to make a friend. We were all trying to get an invite back to the next round. period)

I would go back to the dorm and have a mini nervous breakdown - hysterical, manic laughter -with the other girls as we rehashed the day.

ah...good times. :)

My recruitment at an infamously competitive school was so easy, it was almost embarrassing.

My rush was awesome!!

I pretty much knew where I wanted to go by day 2.
But OMG. The night before bid day I was reading the comments on my rush story, and one of the girls from my chapter was all, "I can't wait to hear about bid day ;)" and I was FAREAKING OUT because I had no effing idea how to interpret that wink. lol

My wishes came true :)

My rush was fun, yet confusing. I was never really nervous. Actually,it was pretty effortless despite being cut my 2 of my faves by the third day, by then AOII had grown on me so I wasnt crushed about it. I remember being confused about how ranking worked though lol.

My "recruitment" was nerve wracking.

I don't even go to a competitive school (I wouldn't survive there lol) but I was in band and missed two houses the first night (one being ADPi) and had to miss Pref because of band. I also skipped my band class on skit night to go through recruitment (shh don't tell panhel lol). SO yeah it made me nervous and a little angry I didn't get to go through it all. Although me missing video night did make for a really funny night during CR, we popped in our recruitment video (the one I never saw) and I got really excited and was like I always wanted to see this. I started crying... this was the video for night one NOT pref. Looks like I'm right where I'm suppose to be :).

My rush was ridiculously easy.

The process for me getting into the brand new local sorority that I helped establish (which became Kappa) consisted of me filling out a short form and talking with the president for a few minutes. That was pretty much it!

Expansion is just a completely different story. It was nerve-wracking because of all of the international officers and strangers we met. I wouldn't say it was very difficult, though.

My rush was crazy.

I had rushed as a freshman, then had a freshman freakout and dropped out of rush. My sophmore year I re-rushed, only this time I didn't tell anyone I was going to- not even my older sister who was a very recent alum of one of the chapters. So during rush, she kept calling me to see if I was okay with not rushing. Only I was rushing. But I couldn't tell her that. Then on I bid day (or maybe the day after?) I surprised my family and most of my friends at other schools when I told them. (I even went so far as to not list my sister on the form where if asks if you were a legacy).

My rush was so... LONG!! If you read my retro thread, you know it started in mid October (so you were really on display starting in September!), and didn't end until the last week of November. It was composed of "chat dates", which was when sorority women would set up a time and place to talk with you, usually on a one to one basis. Besides feeling like I was being watched 24/7, all those "let's meet for dessert" or "we're having a dinner" was murder on my rush wardrobe!

Oh how OSU Rush has changed. Our's was not deferred -- early September before the quarter began. Soooooo.....

18 houses in one day....my day after first round of Rush was so silent. Why? I was hoarse! (and my feet hurt)

My rush was so much fun that I did it 3 times.

I went through formal recruitment at two different schools, and I am not sure they could have been more different if one had occured on the moon.

My first recruitment was at a small school, in the summer, and involved hog roasts, canoeing, and other random activities. I fell in love with Theta Phi Alpha after the first day, and never looked back.

After a transfer (before initiation), I went through at a Big 10 school in January. This recruitment was a "traditional" formal recruitment. It was not at all what I was expecting. I was dropped from recruitment the day before prefs.

Fast forward a week or two, and I went through COB. This is when I finally found my home, Zeta.

In ONE day?! I thought it was bad having 18 houses over two days. That's crazy.

Chalk me up as another clueless one!

Clueless for me! I was very lucky that my number choice all week wanted me as well.

Yes ma'am, first round was all 18 in one day with a one-hour break for lunch at a Fraternity house that typically has only two ladies rooms. Even my face hurt from smiling.

Mine too was "easy". I went through spring recruitment. It was incredibly laid back. We could visit any house we wanted (we were "supposed" to be able to "leave" when we wanted to visit another house). I went to ADPi with a girl who had gone through fall but had to drop because she got pneumonia. I loved it! I loved every minute! I didn't want to leave. What was funny is that I went in, so sure that I would go to chi-o because some friends from high school were chi-o's. I was invited back to ADPi the next night and I received my bid. I immediately accepted and it truly was the best decision I have made. It has been an AMAZING 12 years!

My rush was the best thing I have ever done for myself. I met some amazing people who became my friends, and even more amazing people who became my sisters =]

I went through COB, so my process was:

Laid back... I loved that I took part in activities that were chill and I actually got to meet so many girls!

But slightly stressful... I was only going for one house, and I had to wait until after spring break to hear about my outcome. I spent spring break keeping my phone near me at all times!

Perfect... I love my house more than I can put into words! ∆ LOVE! :)