What does your chapter wear 1st recruitment round?
 

As an advisor for a large southern sorority chapter, we are trying to get a variety of ideas of what chapters wear during their first round of recruitment. What does your chapter wear for the first round of recruitment?

I have known campuses where sorority members wore sundresses for first round parties, while at other campuses members wore pastel variations of one of the sorority colors with white skinny jeans. One chapter wore those filmy, floaty,sleeveless tops while another wore v neck short sleeve t-shirts. I have seen chapters in rainbow colors. What do chapters on your campus usually wear for first round?

At Clemson all chapters wear matching stitched lettershirts and some form of skirts, pants, shorts or capris during the first round of parties. I agree with FSUZeta that if most of the chapters on your campus are wearing one type of outfit, you probably shouldn't stray too far from that concept.

At my school, all the chapters would wear nice dresses or skirt suits. We wore all navy, but AOPi wore all red. I dunno if they do that at our other chappies.

Totally depends on campus recruitment rules. Some campuses I work with all wear a CPC t-shirt (PNMS wear same shirt in one color and each chapter wears same design in a color assigned to each chapter). All sororities can choose what to wear on the bottom...white linen pants, skinny jeans, same color shorts, etc.

On other campuses where first round attire is a bit dressier, I have seen solid color dresses in chapter colors, Lilly sundresses, or different outfits (pants, skirts, etc) in certain color blocks. All are so cute!

at my school girls wear the same color v-neck with their letters on them and then they choose the bottoms/shoes etc they wear (usually denim)

At the Southern school I'll be attending, actives wear either a Comfort Colors or American Apparel V-Neck tee shirt with the sorority name fully spelled out. They usually have one or two colors to choose from (I remember one having 4 colors). All members of the same sorority wear the same bottoms. Either white pants (very popular), denim skinny jeans, white shorts, or the same colored shorts.

Wait a minute, Size_Small... you say you "will be attending" and you also posted about dirty rushing in another post but you go on to talk like you've already been there, done that. What gives?

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At Arizona, all chapters wear t-shirts with the chapter letters screen printed on them (all are the same t-shirts so I *think* they are ordered through Panhellenic, not positive, but they only differ in the letters) and shorts. The shorts are not Nike shorts - they are really cute. Some chapters wear sandals, others wear espadrilles. It's hellishly hot in August. Hope that helps.

In the past we've done either screenprinted tees/tanks with just the greek letters or have them stitched in a monogram like font. This year I'm pretty sure that this recruitment we are doing matching shirts among panhell that have the name of our respected sorority.

When you say "been there done that" are you referring to this post or the one where I was OP? I know about the outfits because my school's Panhellenic posts door chants on the first day, and many individual sororities have Facebook/instagrams where they post pictures throughout the week. If you're talking about the other post, I address things that have happened either to me personally or to my neighbor who is my best friend. I hope that clears up any confusion you may have!

Do the door chant and Instagram pictures mention the brands of the shirts? You sure have a lot of detailed info for an 18 y/o PNM.

Smaller southern school, but all of our chapters wear stitched letter tshirts (most are now vneck as far as I know) and shorts for round 1. My chapter switched over from 3 different colored pattern crew neck stitched letter shirts to 1 color vnecks, with white letters surrounded by a navy border. We usually wear white shorts with a navy belt.

In the last year or so, panhellenic started regulating what PNMs wear for the first round, so now they wear a tshirt provided by panhellenic at recruitment orientation and shorts/skirt for round 1.

Not to be dramatic, but everyone wears Comfort Colors t-shirts in nothing less than a medium around here, even if they're tiny (my username is supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek reference to this). I'm not so sure about the AA v-necks, but all of my high school v-necks are AA brand, so I assume it's that way in college too. The colors look the same. As for Comfort Colors, you really can't go wrong. They're comfy, cute colors, and there's a "collect them all" feeling. Unless my high school is trying to save money, my school organizations' shirts will be CC. If you see a Southern HS/college girl with a giant t-shirt, you can bet that it's CC! Irishpipes I think you're from the South? If you ask the actives in your area, I'm sure 90% of their closet will be CC. There's a huge trickle down effect from college -> HS, including but not limited to: Nike shorts, Northface jackets, David Yurman rings, leggings-as-pants, Comfort Colors giant tees.

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Please stop coming to GC and claiming to be an expert about what happens on your campus. First, as KSUViolet noted, you appear to be trying to throw shade without it even looking like you are doing that. It's as if you want confirmation that some of these organizations are doing the wrong thing just so you can get them in trouble. Everyone has been nice to you about it but, it makes you seem like an ungrateful PNM who has been invited to graduation parties and other events. You then come on a thread and talk about how the girls at your university dress and what they do. I don't care if you've been on campus for the last five years---just stop! I have to say that you seem like a real troublemaker. You are starting to come off as "that girl" who may do well during recruitment but, then becomes the sister who makes a lot of problems for your chapter. I sincerely hope that my organization isn't "blessed" with your presence on bid day.

I went to a northern university that did spring recruitment, so I'm not sure how much this will help you.

For the first day of recruitment, all of the chapters always wore specific "ABC U Recruitment 20XX" t-shirts that were ordered and distributed by the Panhellenic Council. We paired ours with dark, well-fitted jeans. If House Tours were planned for this round (which was the case for most of the years I was an undergrad), we'd wear flats or riding boots. I believe all chapters wore block letter t-shirts and jeans for Philanthropy Round as well.

Other than that, outfits varied. It was basically some combination of dressy tops with jeans or dresses/skirts with tights. For Preference, we always wore black dresses.

We used to do red accessories for the open round. We were allowed to wear outfits in colors that pair well with red and then we'd all wear a couple of different red accessories that complemented our outfits.

Size_Small:

On the off chance that you're not the troll everyone thinks you are, I strongly recommend that you stop posting. I've told you nicely to step away from the keyboard. This is the final time I'm saying it. If you are truly an 18 yo pnm, you have no idea what you are up against. This isn't a warning, it's a statement of fact. You can come back here after you sign your bid card and post away. Seriously. Unless you want to torpedo your chances of getting a bid from any chapter. In which case, carry on.

I don't care if you're in the SEC or what, I don't give a rat's *** about tiers anywhere. We are a Panhellenic community, and we support each other equally.

#annoyed

ETA: I got a lovely PM from S_S telling me that I had only told her to stop posting once, so I'm editing my post for her benefit. She had some other things to say which convinced me she's a TROLL. It's not my style to respond to trolls' PMs or to post same, so move along.

I recall macallan saying he dug on David Yurman and since he graduated many moons ago, wouldn't that make it completely out of date?

Burrmarau, do you mean the first invitational round or the meet-the-chapters type thing that occurs before any rushees are cut?

David Yurman and all the other things she listed are definitely part of the current sorority "uniform" -- my daughter confirmed that all of their chapter shirts are CC. I wasn't aware of that.

May I kindly inquire as to WHAT exactly I said that makes you think that I am a troll? I refrained from replying to the other thread, even though I wanted to, because I did take your advice and "let it go." However on this topic, why should I stop? I hoped to PM you because we are getting desperately off topic, and so that whatever differences we may have could be resolved in private, as ladies should. However, no one has given me a proper reason why I should not have posted in this thread in the first place. I am not giving advice to other PNMs, I am not misrepresenting myself as an active or an alum. I am simply relaying pertinent FACTS to the OP.

Burrmarau, if you believe what I said is incorrect or troll-ish in any way, please feel free to PM/DM me and I will provide the link to the images for the outfits I originally mentioned.

If she is indeed not a troll, she's already given enough information that we've identified the 2 most likely SEC schools AND possible high schools she attended.

Actually, you sent me a PM and I explained why you need to step away from the keyboard in pretty clear terms. Someone else in this thread already hit the nail on the head by noting that you may have already identified yourself and may be in the process of ruining your own chances of going Greek. You are not Greek. You do not know how certain things work, though you try to condemn an organization for what you feel may be dirty rushing. You've had alumnae on this website from all over the country who may be advisors at your very school tell you that you need to stop trying to put it all out there. You don't listen. You are doing yourself a real disservice. You can lead a horse to water but, you can't make him drink. I'm thinking you will do a good job of weeding yourself out during recruitment if you haven't already ruined your chances.