Choosing the right house!!!!
 

The only way you can join the "wrong" house is by not paying attention to what you feel about each house and spending too much time paying attention to what other people think about the houses. You are joining a sorority for the rest of your life and going to spend 4 years daily living with these women...the people giving their opinions during recruitment week don't have to live with your decision, you do, so make sure your decision is the right one for YOU!

Start with writing in full sentences and using appropriate punctuation.

Out of all the people to flame, I don't think it is this girl...


RebelCheerBabii - When you go through recruitment, you'll get the chance to visit every sorority. During the week, you narrow down your choices little by little. By seeing which girls you click with the most and who you feel most comfortable around, you'll probably start to pick out some favorites. You'll also be learning about the different philanthropies throughout the week and you'll probably cultivate some interest surrounding those two. Overall, you just sort of get a feeling of where you'll fit in. Plus, it never hurts to check out the Greek Life website of your school and the individual sorority webpages.I hope this helps.

If all you're interested in is being part of the "cool" or "popular" house...don't bother rushing. Please reread what the previous posters have said, and TRY to process it.

Although, if your ghastly spelling and grammar skills are indicative of your overall academic fitness, I don't think you have to worry about college, period.

You do realize that you need that school and homework to be in the sorority right? And you need to always put your best foot forward, because you never know who is watching.

When you get accepted by the college of your choice, go to its site, and read what EVERYTHING that is said by the Panhellenic about Recruitment. Then, knowing which chapters are at your school, check out their websites, too. Please realize that there are no sororities which are Nerd Loser Nerd.

Register for Recruitment. Go to maximum number of parties to which you are invited, no matter what. Know what is important to you, and realize that, while you are prioritizing which sororities you like, they are doing the same. You like shopping? Ask about shopping. You like shoes, ask about shoes. They will be doing the same thing. This will go on until Pref, when you will be down to 2 or 3 sororities. After the Pref parties, rank your choices. With any luck at all, you will receive a bid to one of the sororities.

It's really not rocket science. You will know where you feel at home, and I have this feeling that you will not be confused as to which sororities would suit you, but please keep in mind that they need to feel that you will fit in, too.

Just for the sake of continuity, will you please come back in the fall and post your Recruitment Story? I, for one, would be thrilled to read it.

ORLY?

Looks flame worthy to me. How can people answer a Greekdom question when the person doesn't seem ready for college, let alone Greekdom?

Your high school sucks.

Words out of my mouth.

It seems like she is asking how to know which houses are being real during recruitment and which ones are putting on a show and might be different after recruitment is over. Ask what the girls like to do. Some will say they love going out. Some will say they love getting together for movie nights. Some will say other stuff. You will be able to discern, I'm sure

It's your attitude of entitlement that is making everyone here say the things they are.

If this same attitude comes out during your recruitment, I'm assuming you can expect a similar reaction.

You walk on water as well. Judging by your username, you are planing on rushing in one of the most competitive campuses in the country. It is better to assume that you will only get one then that you will get your pick. For one thing, they will pick up on that self important entitlement lightning quick.

AP? Is that short for Airhead Placement?

My mom always said, "If you can't say anything nice, come sit by me!" :D

And lose the entitlement attitude. If you have it going through recruitment, they will chew you up and spit you out

But at least your troll is in the right house ;)

Your Screenname is RebelCheer. I hear rebel and I think of Ole Miss. Also, you can be on paper the perfect candidate, but you could be the most unlikeable human being to walk the face of the earth. So you would be dropped like a hot potato, and arrogance turns a lot of people off. Big difference between applying for college and joining a sorority.

I also would of assumed Ole Miss when seeing Rebel.. As fo rbeing perfect on paper, go read a rec. story thread; there are lots of women who are perfect on paper but for whatever reason still go bidless. Also as far as sorority and campus yes there is a huge difference! Sororities are much much more selective as here are many less of them! As for OP's original question you will just know, the system will play out and it will just feel right.:D

Also OP it's not a doll, its a TROLL.

No one is telling you that you won't get into "top" houses. If you were as smart as you claim to be, you might have picked up on that.

Tiers and top houses aren't things that we discuss here, except to say that the concept is ridiculous.

Even if we wanted to tell you which houses are the "best", we can't, because YOU don't even know where you're going to college yet.

People told you to go into rush and judge for yourself. Because.. ya know.. you have to live with this decision. We don't.

Some have criticized your high school because your spelling and grammar skills are atrocious. If you think that those things only matter while writing a paper for school, you'd be sadly mistaken.

You're not perfect.

I kind of take offense to your post... I'm in the club at my school that most people stereotype as having the "awkward" or "different" girls. That doesn't mean that just because we have our quirks and that we aren't carbon copies of each other that we aren't genuinely amazing women or that we aren't pretty or that we don't have what the other groups do. And let me put it on the record, I could never imagine my life without my sisters! I've never regretted accepting my bid for even a single moment. I agree with many of the other posters, if that is where your head is about rushing and joining a sorority, you've got your priorities ALL sorts of messed up... Just sayin'.

RCB- Not to worry, your head will be filled with plenty more garbage during recruitment. PNMs in the know will tell you their perceptions and opinions of which chapters are "top" and "bottom".

Like I said before, it's true, we don't know where you're going to school (and neither do you apparently). The "Rebel" in your username suggests Ole Miss. If you do indeed decide to go to Ole Miss, I can say with confidence that you WON'T get into a top chapter. How do I know this? If you were "top tier" material at Ole Miss or equally competitive schools, you'd already know which chapters are considered top. They'd already know you through their network. You'd have alumnae offering to write recs for you. Still, even those things can't guarantee you a spot in a top chapter. At certain schools, connections are of utmost importance, and you haven't said a thing about recs or connections.

Classy

Too ridiculous...troll alert??

OP's posts make my head hurt. I've seen a lot of high-school aged people write like this, as though they were texting. I remember the days of just saying "like" too much. Has their laziness just taken over or is this the cool thing to do now? Ugh.

As you said before, we don't know you. We don't know where you're going to school. We don't talk about the stereotypes or reputations of sororities or fraternities on here. Go to school, meet the girls, make up your mind then. If you have questions then, come back and maybe you'll actually be able to use the search button at the top to find advice or ask us something of value. Otherwise, just stop posting now. Please.

I think we have done all that is possible at this point, RebelCheer. Please come back and give us more details at a later date. We look forward to following your progress with recruitment.

Also, if you have not already done so, please read some of the recruitment threads and stickied info for advice and guidance. You will find this very helpful. You may even find info about the school you are attending, when you know what that is...

Good luck

I'm really surprised that no one has called out the OP for being strangely similar to another GCer...or 2....

No, I don't like people who lack the basics.

She needs to forget about Greekdom for a while and focus on conveying smarts and intellect.

FTW.

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She needs to forget about Greekdom for a while and focus on conveying smarts and intellect.[/QUOTE]

Dr. Phil, I'd like to make that my signature...as usual, succinct and accurate.