How do you get shirted?
 

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weird! I've never heard that term either

Sounds almost like COBing to me.

Would this be a local sorority practice?

Not at all familiar with this.

This must come from "red-shirting" or another similar term.

If ALL your weekends are booked for the dance team, plus you have RA duties (I'm betting that if you have a weekend off from the team the res life staff is going to be putting you on call) I honestly don't know how you're going to fit a sorority in. You're in two campus groups PLUS the pro dance team. That really is a lot. Unless you're at a campus where the Greek system is super, duper, uber laid back, with very few mandatory activities, either get rid of one of the activities or forget Greek life.

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In all honesty, really intense groups on campus like the ones you described are almost effectively unhoused local GLOs without rituals but with a very specific purpose. If you want to join an actual GLO, you're gonna have to drop one or two of them so you can actually fit it in.

Now, about being "shirted" -- I've never heard that term being used either, but AFAIK, on most campuses, the sororities who do not reach quota will do COB and informal recruitment in the other terms. That's when they all have their individual recruitment events. However, it's up to you to find out about them unless you have a friend in a sorority, etc.

I actually have heard of shirted, from a woman where at least two members who have posted in this thread have Alpha chapters and there are some cute jumpers involved. I only knew of it in a bid day context though.

do you become a member with a bid and everything, or do just get a t-shirt?

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Yikes! That term trivializes the entire process and purpose of Greek life. Receiving letters is not about the "act". It's symbolic and so much more. Everything boiled down to "a shirt"? That makes me sad.

The way it comes across, the OP is saying "I want to get a (letter) shirt" versus, I want to join a sorority. There's a difference.

OP - do you understand the process of recruitment? (Not a snarky question!!)

No need to be sad or think anything is being trivialized if "shirting" is simply an informal term for offering a bid outside formal recruitment. Wouldn't it fall in the same category as "pinning," "ribboning" and "lavaliering"?

I don't think she's saying she just wants a shirt; at least, I don't read her that way. I assume she is just using the terminology that is common on her campus.

I thought that might be the case. It's just odd to hear the term "shirting" when referring to going through recruitment and receiving a bid. Like I said, if she's referring to "the act" of getting letters on bid day, that's one thing, but asking "How do I get shirted" is kind of a different question. Does that make sense? Again, no snark intended. Thanks for the clarification. :)

Edited to add this quote so that people understand why I asked my question. The part I wasn't sure about is in red.

I was reading this thinking, "I know I've heard of shirting, but where...?" Thanks for reminding me!

The way it was described to me was that they all run around the girl and sing a song and put her bid day shirt on, or something like that.

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95% of the questions asked on GreekChat would be better answered by real members of the organizations on your campus. I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to ask people on campus - maybe you could ask a sorority woman you're friends with?

Once again, the search function comes to our aid:

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Originally Posted by TrevorG (Post 1497859) Quote: Originally Posted by banditone (Post 1497815) I've never heard of this Jersey'ing a guy. Pretty interesting stuff! Its not really a jersey, its a black tshirt with our letters on the front and "Snake" on the back. We give them to candidates before they get real jerseys. "Shirting" means bidding someone outside of formal recruitment. After Fall Rush is over, you can "shirt" someone by giving them one of these shirts and formally asking them to join. This is used to pickup guys who didn't sign up for formal rush, or weren't sure they wanted to join until they saw their friends did, latecomers, ect. Spring recruitment is entirely unorganized by IFC and is 100% shirting. We have a pretty strange IFC at Stetson. Its funny because Panhellenic rush rules are straight out of Soviet Russia, while IFC rules are extremely relaxed.

Granted, it's fraternity usage rather than sorority usage, but still.

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I've never heard of this Jersey'ing a guy. Pretty interesting stuff!

Its not really a jersey, its a black tshirt with our letters on the front and "Snake" on the back. We give them to candidates before they get real jerseys.

"Shirting" means bidding someone outside of formal recruitment. After Fall Rush is over, you can "shirt" someone by giving them one of these shirts and formally asking them to join. This is used to pickup guys who didn't sign up for formal rush, or weren't sure they wanted to join until they saw their friends did, latecomers, ect. Spring recruitment is entirely unorganized by IFC and is 100% shirting.

We have a pretty strange IFC at Stetson. Its funny because Panhellenic rush rules are straight out of Soviet Russia, while IFC rules are extremely relaxed.
Now THAT makes sense. You always come to my rescue, MC. I promise I'm not this clueless IRL. Ok, maybe I am.

Guard Girl, I wish you the very best of luck. It sounds like you are busy, busy, busy, but you also sound very motivated and I hope you find the right home.

Well, we don't have a mind reading course in our pledging programs. ;) You have to let members know to SOME degree that you'd be interested, because can you imagine being on their side and not being sure of the reception you'd get? (I'm envisioning sorority members walking up to a girl, the girl having NO interest, and throwing the shirt on the ground and spitting on it. LOL.)

You can ask sorority members that you're friends with, just in the course of a normal conversation, "oh, how did recruitment go this semester?" If they change the subject quickly and abruptly, that means you ain't gettin' in and you should just drop it. If they chat with you for a while about it, that's a good sign. Show that you're interested in what they're saying and their sorority in general.

You should find out when chapters on campus are having their mandatory events (things like meetings, etc.).

On my campus, all the chapters had their meetings on Sundays - at different times of the day. If it conflicts, I would recommend waiting until you have more time (certainly I would not condone dropping your dancing if you enjoy it and have fun, but that would probably be the activity that has the most conflict).

As some of the other girls said, I think the most important thing to consider is whether you really have the time to decicate to sorority life. Most places I've heard of have chapter on Sunday, and if you're away all weekend, how are you going to get to chapter ever? Even if you're at a school where they won't discipline you for missing events, is that really sisterhood? I think you need to seriously consider what it is you want: the sisterhood or the letters. If you decide to go through, make sure you can commit yourself to it fully.