Urban Legends About Recruitment
 

So, I was out and about today in my part of town. As I have said, when I was a young 'un we all pledged the same houses. That has, happily, changed.

So....there I was, minding my own business in a small store when three moms and daughters (and a friend) so four girls were shopping. One girl was headed to "my" school (where my daughter goes), one to the school across town, and the other two, we'll just say the midwest.

One mother, who's daughter is going through where my daughter went through (and pledged), said, "Well, don't bother with ......, ......, ......., and .......
Their pledge classes are already filled. They've had secret meetings all summer!!! They have their pledges all tied up."

The other mothers agreed.

OK, I opened my mouth. I firmly told them that no.....there had been no secret meetings, pledge selection or anything.

What do you know and how do you know it?

She was snide and I was curt. I wished the girls luck, said recruitment was NOT set in stone and they should have a great time.

Has anyone else heard recruitment Urban Legends?

-You got dropped because of a "Computer Glitch." 99.9999% of the time, you didn't.
-If you "suicide," the computer automatically drops you
-If you are a legacy, you're a lock

I'm sure I'll think of more!

If you take the food, they'll cut you. Or if you eat all of it and don't leave some on you plate, they'll cut you. I always thought those were funny.

If a sister introduces you to another sister while bumping and says "Suzy PNM likes to go swimming," it means she isn't getting a bid.

The room they take me to during the party determines whether they keep me or cut me.

No. Rush is about choreography. I am taking you to the sun porch because that is my designated spot, and it's where I take everyone I rush. Last year, I was staked out in the date room, and next year maybe I'll be in the foyer. It means nothing.

They hide all the fat/ugly sisters in the kitchen at rush.

I came back at the beginning of my sophomore year with a haircut that was at best, unfortunate. I should have been more specific with the stylist. It was really, really bad. Super short with long, sweeping bangs. There was nothing I could do. And I was terrified they were going to ask me not to rush. They didn't - I just did my best, smiled and got through it.

Now, it should also be said, that hair aside, I was a terrible rusher. I just never connected well at parties.

But, if you needed someone to blow up, tie and place three hundred balloons at 6AM, I was your girl. I could write funny songs, design costumes and sweep up glitter like a champ.

Once we had a new member class, I made friends, and I loved my new sisters, but I just didn't get the rush gene.

My senior year, they put me out of my misery and asked if I'd stay behind the scenes and do paperwork between parties. I was glad to do it.

So, yes, there are people working behind the scenes for a variety of reasons. In my case, it was because I was more effective there.

PS - My hair grew out and looked much better...eventually.

If you pledge XYZ sorority NO guy will date you or want to be seen with you--EVER!

(Oh, my daughter ate and drank EVERYTHING she was offered during recruitment. Would have had more, if offered. She was hungry.)

If you use the bathroom, you will get dropped.

If the President and/or Recruitment Chair come over specifically to meet you, they are probably going to drop you.

If the President and/or Recruitment Chair come over specifically to meet you, you are definitely getting a bid.

:confused::confused::confused:

When I was going through recruitment, I was told that the reason the shower heads in Brumby, the all-girl dorm at UGA, are so low is because "every year a girl tried to hang herself when she got dropped by the houses she wanted." Nevermind that they were just built that way in 1966, not moved later on...

Some of these "urban legends" that some of you have mentioned can be true, though. Depends on the chapter and the campus culture. But for the most part, they're all nonsense.

There's a scale underneath the porch and each rushee's weight is recorded as she enters.

LOL! WHAT? I thought I'd heard them all!

Slightly OT since its not recruitment, but there is always a chapter that draws fat circles on pledges/has a fraternity come in and draw fat circles on pledges

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au revoir greek chat, it's been real. I'll be sure to check back if I become a real sorority girl.

I heard that one too - I lived in O-House, though, so presumably, we were free to hang ourselves in the showers.

lavienrose, considering you're not a sorority member....

you should probably delete this post ASAP. Someone may read it and not get the humor that I'm sure you intended it to be taken with.

We had a chapter on campus get busted for rating during parties by flashing numbers with their hands, the PNMs saw and figured it out. Still conceivably a myth as I didn't see it happen myself, but amusing nonetheless.

I know we've used a handsign to ask a floater to come help out with a conversation, and something like that could get confused.

/tangent

LOL! :D

It wasn't intended to be taken with humor these are real rumors at my school. I appreciate your advice to delete it but I think just because "I'm not a sorority member" doesn't mean I can't post things that a "sorority member" could post without conflict.

Okelly dokelly. Your choice.

QFP.

I was a terrible rusher as well. I think I would have been more effective doing paperwork stuff too. Although then I would have missed the chanting and singing which I adored! (not sarcasm, I know it sounds like it!)

LOL.

I read to fast and thought you said "super hazing". I was all "WHAT IS THAT???" :eek:

Sadly, that IS the reason that there is no greek life at Georgia Wesleyan (and why both ADPi & Phi Mu have no Alpha chapter). Someone didn't get the bid she wanted and hanged herself. This one dates back to something like 1904 or so.

This is 100% true.

People are trying to help you here, but I guess you need a smack of the blunt stick to your head. You really need to stop being such an authority on recruitment and sorority matters if you want your upcoming recruitment at UK to turn out any better than your failed recruitment last year.

Okay, the next time my guy looks direputable when we're going out, I'm telling him that he looks like he was hit with an ugly tray!

As a Phi Mu, I was told the same thing. Apparently the girl who didn't get the bid was the President's daughter (or something). I wish they would bring back both Alpha Chapters. That would be a dream colony come true!

- "Members of XYZ only come out for recruitment, they don't really hang out the rest of the year"

- You can tell how much they like you by how early your invite is. As in, the first round each day is the girls they like best, the last for the ones that only just made the cut etc.

It used to be in our Pledge Books! When it went online, so much of the fun stuff was left out.

And YES, it would be awesome if the Macon Magnolias could both return to our Alpha chapters!!!

You'd have so much more credibility if you posted with your letters and school. Or your real username.

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But agreed.

They didn't happen to make that comment and name drop La Canada Flintridge did they? If you don't know what I am talking about, I am sure you daughter would.

Those rumors always crack me up. And those same rumors go for some fraternity chapters at SC too!

Granted some chapters may have a trend of girls from certain cities/schools in the SoCal area, but that can be expected with older siblings/parent legacies. But the pledge classes at SC in recent years have been much more diverse than ever before. As I am sure you know, from your own personal experience.

Not even close in area AND only one of the group was going to SC, The mother(s) was very negative about possibilities and was, I believe, trying to discourage all the girls from recruitment.

There may be wishing and hoping for recruitment...but these moms needed the memo that nothing is guaranteed in recruitment, neither a bid, an invitation, or a cut.

if you don't do a good job on your philanthropy craft, you will be dropped.

if you don't laugh at the jokes(often inside jokes no one outside the chapter can understand)during the skit, you will be dropped.

if you don't eat the food(or drink your drink), you will be dropped.

Haha, I never heard this one, but when i was rushing i was worried i'd be dropped if i messed up!

At one school (NOT an AZ school) "if your father doesn't make $$$/your family doesn't own a private island" etc. (indicating massive wealth), you'll get dropped from EEE/RRR/ whatever".

I too have heard the "all the pledge classes have already been selected prior to recruitment starting" rumor. That one absolutely cracks me up. Why don't we just skip recruitment and select all our classes that way? We'd save so much money, the stress levels would plummet, everyone could stay home until classes started instead of working their butts off all summer and coming back to campus when it's 2000 degrees and muggy (or -2000 degrees and ice everywhere).

At UltraCompetitive U, the first round the actives just sing and clap and dance because they don't need to talk to any of the PNMs; they already know who they want to invite to second round parties.

If you're not "pretty/skinny/tanned/blonde" forget about OOO and PPP. WWW only takes the smartest PNMs, if you don't have a 4.0 or close to it, they'll drop you. All the ______ (fill in the blank) girls pledge UUU. And so on and so on.

For the love of Mike, this thread is really funny, and yet very sad at the same time.

The "XYZ has their bid list selected prior to recruitment starting" rumor here is about one or two chapters that seemingly have all legacy pledge classes every year. They have a ton of legacies going through though so even they have to be thinking about which ones they want or if its worth it to drop a few to get a few Miss Perfect Pledges.

Heard the one about don't eat the food or you'll get cut. There is a similar one about don't step on the letters or the crest on the floor or you'll get cut.

One that used to play in my school (20 years ago) is if you want a bid here at XYZ don't talk at all when you go into the next house, so that when they came to our house the PNM wouldn't say anything at all no matter what. That was just mean. At that point, all you can do is pull over a sister that is a talker and have her tell her all about how wonderful being in a sorority is.

I don't see how pointing out things that anyone could have found by doing a search has anything to do with "credibility."

It's a general statement.

Also, personally, I didn't see anything wrong with that person's first post in this thread. She(?) didn't use sorority letters and was completely on topic. I didn't even ID her as a PNM until you started fussing over it. And even afterwards, she said nothing that would hurt her chances without legions of actives pouring over everything she said online trying to find a way to take offense.

If that's what actives are doing, well stop it you wankers.

If you wear X color, that signals to the chapter that you really want them and tells other chapters not to bother inviting you back.

You have to wear very expensive designer clothes and shoes if you want to be invited back to a certain house. Part of the criteria for their membership selection is ranking your outfit and how expensive it is.

If anyone that holds any position from President to girl in charge of taking out the trash talks to you that means that they really really want you.

For one specific sorority, only seniors vote. So if you don't talk to a senior, you won't get invited back. (I have no idea if this is true as part of that sororities membership selection, but it has been a rumor since at least 1997....)

Fussing? Seriously?

Let's be honest, there are things that sorority alums and members can say that if rushees say, they come off sounding like a bitch. She's stated where she's rushing and once you do that, you should probably watch what you say on here, if not everywhere.

But then again, you are right and everyone else is wrong or prejudiced or Southern or a puppet of the patriarchy, so I guess we should all just shut the fuck up.