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U of I fall 2010 recruitment--would love advice
My neice is going thru at Illinois next September. She is from a small town and knows maybe 2 girls who are in houses there. My sister and I are not familiar with this school's particular recruitment process, but are both Greek and know the drill---how many recs and letters are REALLY needed at this school, and do any of you alums have any other advice? She will be open-minded and really doesn't have preconceived ideas about houses going into rush.
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Why is this in a different font than the rest of your posts?
Also, your edit didn't clear up the misspelling. |
misspelling: no excuse, up too late and should have checked it--I have become too reliant on spellcheck, you know?
thank you for pointing that out |
In case you did not see my response in the other thread: http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...68&postcount=6
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I have a friend in Missouri whose daughter will be a sophomore at Illinois this fall. Last fall, she and her roomate went through formal recruitment, and both received bids to their #1 choices (different houses). Neither had recs. Can't hurt to have them, but like it's been said, it's not like SEC schools.
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appreciate U of Illinois help/info
some big state schools really want recs AND mulitiple letters, so thought I'd better do some research--if getting 4 additional letters will help her pre-rush, then it would be nice to know. If those 4 additional letters will have the Illinois chapters' recruitment chairman rolling her eyes and muttering about over-achievers, even better to know!
really appreciate anyone taking the time to answer & share their Illinois experiences and I did search, for HOURS, yesterday to try and find everything I could about recruitment at U of I on this site...and didn't find any specific Illinois threads--if I missed it, and didn't need to start something new I apologize :) |
Greekmomjo,
Try going to this site and click on recruitment if you haven't already. It tells a lot about the general aspects of the events. I tried to get some letters from my close high school teachers who went to U of I, practically all of them did, but not all went greek. They thought I was better off going without letters so that I could choose the sorority right for me and with sisters who like me for who I am rather than having the letters help me out. Let me know if you hear anything more! |
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Rush was most likely very different when your teachers went through and not as competitive then as it is now. There are just simply more people in college, period. They really weren't doing you a favor if that is what they told you - in fact, their attitude and reluctance to write recs could possibly end up costing you membership in the group you want. |
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As a teacher, I love writing recs for my students. It makes me happy to introduce them to my sisters, and I get excited anytime a great former student is a potential new member and I can help her out with a rec. That's me, though; I can't speak for other teachers. It just really surprises me that a GROUP of Greek women would all agree that they should not write you recs when you are going through recruitment at a really big school with so many PNMs. I don't know much about Illinois recruitment, other than what I've read on GC, but based on that knowledge my advice would be: Ask them again for the recs, if you know how to get in touch with them over the summer. If they are teachers who are close to you and you tell them it is important, I would hope they would take the time out to help you have as smooth a recruitment process as possible. |
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But either way, yes, getting recs would still be a good idea. |
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Also, there is one NPC who owns a house but is currently not living in it and is renting it out to a fraternity. However, I have no idea how long that lease is...the sorority could be planning on moving back in soon for all I know. AND if a PNM would look at the one NPC that is not currently living in a house, she would be greatly limiting her options. |
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I decided to take a peak at what the costs were for the public university dorms this year (I'm not EVEN gonna look at the private housing...) It's $3,000 more than when I started 4 years ago!! :eek: Sorority housing is currently around what I paid for in the dorms 4 years ago. Therefore, on average, you'd probably pay around $3,000 less living in a sorority than living in the dorms. ETA: And if you're living in Bromley, IT or any of the private places, living a sorority will be SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper. |
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thanks everybody. I just thought that some did not have houses because of something I read on there once, and I knew of one listed on the site that didn't have a house, but that one isnt a part of NPC. sorry. lovespink88 explained everything to me and I got it straight. I can't wait for Open House and everything! This dues issue was really freaking me out before, but now I feel really confident in joining this year than next year.
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Costs of Living In vs and Apartment
The actives in my large Midwestern state school did a comparison of living in the house (80+ women) vs. living in an apartment of 4 women (2 bdrm/2 bath). The soroity was significantly cheaper IF you ate the many of meals provided in the house and did not eat out a lot. Not cleaning your own bathroom and always having someone else to study with or make a Starbucks run with were a big plus. And the intangibles (really getting closer to your sisters by just being around) of being a day-to-day live-in Greek women were impossible to calculate. Good luck to you!
And thanks to all who have posted "inside info" about U of Illinois rush. |
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our national housing corporation did a study years ago that concluded that it IS less expensive to live in the house. |
Not to mention that at U of I most of the houses are WAY WAY WAY closer to the quad than the dorms are.
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Another thing to think about is safety...
Often Greek houses are located in a high(ish) traffic area and many apartments are not. When you have a lot of people around, you are less likely to be mugged or worse. I lived in an apartment one year and in the house 2 years. Whether is was a late night at the Library or out at the bars, I always felt much safer walking home when I lived in the house because people were always hanging out on the porches of the Greek houses. Now that I'm older, I realize this is something that you can't put a price tag. |
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