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Wisconsin or Washington?

I was wondering the exact same thing! =):D

Why were you unable to do formal recruitment?

Treat every single day on campus as if you are going through Recruitment! Dress appropriately (whatever that means on your campus), smile, be engaging and open to meeting new people, put yourself in situations where you meet sorority girls in positive ways (not bars...), follow-up on invitations and keep your grades up!

Have you spoken with anyone in the Greek Life office? You might be able to get on a COB list so that sororities know you are interested and have access to your contact info.

Do you have any friends in sororities at UW? If you do, you should ask if their sorority is holding any COB events.

Thanks for the advice!! :)

These really aren't great excuses. Why would your family being out of town affect what you are doing at school? If you can't set aside a week for rush, which you knew was coming up far ahead of when your work schedule was made, then sorority life in general might not be doable for you.

How oh so very timely. Check out this thread.
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?t=143691

You are not considered a legacy.

You do know that IF you join a sorority, you will have to take off the week of recruitment PLUS (probably) the week before?

^this

there are a LOT of time commitments associated with a sorority. But it's doable. But you do need to work out your schedule.

Typically you'll have to take off of work for recruitment week, and the week before (spirit week/polish week/work week), not to mention usually 1 night/week for chapter meetings

And that doesn't even include philanthropy events, socials, date nights, formals, etc.

You have already been in a sorority?

Wait. What?

^^^ it was non-NPC. She wrote this in an earlier post up thread.

Thanks

Ahhh...Okay. Thanks.

Seeing that you already dropped out of a sorority, you should not jump into the next one.

The fact that you just dropped out of non-NPC sorority like it's no big deal for whatever reason leads me to believe that this colony would not be the best choice for you as they want strong leaders who are willing to put in time and effort as they make a commitment to their sisterhood. I'm thinking you might not be the right fit. ;)

Especially if you post to Greekchat, a forum that I am sure members of Phi Mu's headquarters read, while using a username that identifies yourself.

Some of us are hesitant, not because of rules, but because you have already been in an organization and are now looking to join something else. We are incredibly dedicated members and you seem rather cavalier about membership.

I would contact the Panhellenic office to be put on the COB list. While most chapters are likely at total now since recruitment was so large, it will be adjusted in just a couple days (I believe to average chapter size) so there will be spots open for COB. Whether chapters will choose to actually do any COB I don't know. Chapter houses are stuffed to the gills right now after such a large recruitment. Most people can't wait for Phi Mu to come back to help relieve some of the crowding (in addition to being excited about having them back in general).

If/When you do COB and it comes up you were in another non-NPC sorority, you will need to be clear about why you are no longer in that sorority. I agree with previous posters that sororities want dedicated members and it doesn't look too great that you quit one type of sorority and are now trying to join another.