YIKES! Rush Reality Show????
 

Saw this on Reddit:

https://deadline.com/2025/02/lifetim...es-1236303143/

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has given a green light to A Sorority Mom’s Guide to Rush (working title), a new unscripted series from Bama Rush producer Vice Studios. It’s set for premiere later this year on Lifetime.

Each hourlong episode in A Sorority Mom’s Guide to Rush (wt) chronicles “the most high-stakes time in a college-bound girl’s life, Sorority Rush,” according to the logline.

Per the logline: “The series follows along as they go through the grueling application process, perfecting the perfect sorority style, moving into the dorms and on-campus Rush week, all leading up to the results of the big Bid Day. From hiring consultants to overspending on outfits and accessories meant to impress, it all raises the question: is the journey for the daughters, or for their mothers? These moms, daughters and even grandmothers will do anything it takes to get them accepted into their legacy sororities.”

When will the NPC put their foot down and say no?

No bid if you overpublicize the process, no bid if you only rush for social media attention, and no bid if you’re in it for a reality show or all the wrong reasons.

This has become totally ridiculous.

Oh man. If it’s like the Iowa rush documentary from ages ago it could be good but if it turns into typical reality show crap? God no.

I get rush has become a bit of a fascination with the public (especially southern rush) but I feel like it could negatively impact the process as a whole. It’s supposed to be a “private” process (meaning it’s your decision at the end of the day).

What a shallow, limited view of recruitment to give the public. The most high-stakes time in the lives of college women ought to be showing up to and studying for those classes that will get them their diplomas.

The only positive arguement for a show such as this is sensationalism.

Cookiez, one way it WILL negatively impact recruitments recalls that Bama Rush is unique and NOT found at the vast majority of colleges. Future PNMs new to the process may view the program and make a decision to steer clear of what they've seen as a possibly costly and socially difficult recruitment.

Exactly. People will think all greek life is like the big SEC/B10 schools but if you go to a smaller college, it's completely different! Of course smaller schools have amazing chapters and greek systems too but if everyone thinks it's gonna be like Bama, they're going to be disappointed.

All the Bama rush TikTok stuff has done is convince my daughter (currently a junior in high school) that rush at an SEC school is just too stressful to bother with. Regardless that I am an alumna of an SEC school. She just is like I’m not going to get that stressed about it.

Obviously I’ve never been through NPC recruitment but…

It’s so weird to me that people think it’s a good idea to just broadcast their innermost thoughts- many of which will be negative- to the entire world at large.

When I first joined this site, I loved reading the live recruitment stories. There is so much emphasis on discretion- DO NOT be that PNM that even announces, “I have red hair and I’m wearing a blue dress today!” For that exact reason- that the words of a young, inexperienced woman who is disappointed or angry could possibly live indefinitely in cyberspace. (Also for safety purposes…but no one seems to consider that anymore for some reason!)

It’s exploitative that these girls are barely 18, and there are producers chomping at the bit to expose their emotions for views. And any mom that would agree to participate in this is just insane. An 18 year old who was in HS a few months ago, I get it- but the adults with fully formed brains should be advocating against this sort of thing.

I truly wish there were more rush stories or even the older rush vlogs from the mid 10's. Girls would uploaded it months later and even then it was simply showing off outfits and not saying a word about the process itself beyond "oh today's pref I'm so nervous!" or something to that effect.

I can think of a few important reasons producers of this show will mainly follow THE MOTHERS and not their first year daughters, one being greeks (and some schools) not appreciating cameras and microphones at recruitment functions.

And any greek mom/aunt/grandmom who doesnt yet know how much their NPC group's legacy policy has changed over the past decade needs to become a more involved alum, aka what she more than likely vowed many years ago to do.

The press release the OP quotes says recruitment is a grueling, overspending, perfect, impressive situation. Something tells me this program will also feature the same recruitment as depressive, confusing, angry, and not worth your time, money and attention. Not a positive outcome for the NPC, currently experiencing declining student enrollment and student recruitment interest.

:confused::confused::confused:

When I was a college-bound girl, the "most high-stakes time" was spent waiting for my acceptance letter.

The most high stakes time of my college life was awaiting deployment overseas.

This is so dramatic

:rolleyes:

The series premieres August 11.

I can't say I'm hyped.

Somewhat related I'm lurking tik tok pre bama rush and I feel like the attitude is very different this year. Yes there's excitement from the PNMs and greek alumnas who are hyped to see the process (or me the person who went to a tiny school and are still fascinated over such a big recruitment.) but I've seen a lot regarding people going to Bama straight up to watch recruitment as if it's a sport or will be actively rude on the pages of rho gammas or the chapters themselves if Sally Jones gets cut from ABC. :eek: I always love to watch Bama Rush, but who knows if schools are advising the PNMs to not post this year to avoid all this.

So this show is going to center around Uark rush, which is pretty interesting in itself.

UArk? :( They'll tear it apart.

100%. I saw how awesome the greek community was when Aphi came this past year and the entire community did "bid day" with the founding members.

I'm surprised they'll be allowed to film NPC rush. I remember MTV's Sorority Life had to film non-NPC sororities because the NPC sororities said no. Times have changed! (Also, I can't believe that show aired OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO! I feel old.)

Oh boy! Read here and be sure to watch the trailer: https://people.com/a-sorority-moms-g...usive-11778707

Also, I noted this comment in the article: "The show will also feature content creator “Bama Morgan,” who went viral on TikTok for sharing her recruitment experience during her freshman year at the University of Alabama. The series will follow Morgan as she attempts her second chance at a bid."

Sooooooo.....Morgan *did* have a tv reality crew documenting her rush at Bama last year? <face palm>

Wait, knowing that, no wonder she got dropped! (yes I'm aware she did not take a SK bid.) but my god.

Well, I just went over to her TikTok and she's got a video posted confirming that she was included in the TV show. She actually says, "I may not have gotten the bid, but I got the last shot." :rolleyes:

Here: https://www.tiktok.com/@on_thedaily_...31648188960014


While on her page, I found out that someone at Bama had allegedly let the cat out of the bag that she had a poor GPA of 2.7, which played a major role in her rush results. Since that information was now public, she posted a defensive video confirming her GPA was 2.7 and tried to justify her Cs and Bs. She even made a snarky comment that the sororities "threw her GPA in her face". Really?? A 2.7 GPA doesn't cut it at Bama....or even most schools. :confused:


Here: https://www.tiktok.com/@on_thedaily_...30091027090701


That's one of the things that seems to get missed when people are watching these big SEC rushes. The girls for sure are wearing expensive, designer stuff, have high social media influence, pageant queens, they prepped all year, etc etc etc......but they *also* have to have academic achievement. Even with all the glam, you still need to have scholarship.


And, yes, I faintly recall that she had received a bid from SK, but turned it down. She also claims that she received "bids" from Sigma Delta Tau and Alpha Delta Chi (Christian sorority), but those were just invitations to attend COB, not "bids". (good grief)

Listening to some of these moms, I already know that their daughters will tank in SEC rush.

Seriously!
I will be the first to admit that I don't know if I could take the pressure of a Bama (etal) Recruitment.

Edited to add: 2.7??? We didn't give a second thought to a woman with less that a 3.25!

If you have a GPA of 2.7, the only rush you should be thinking about is making a rush to get yourself to some office hours. That girl is absolutely ridiculous.

I had also heard she was a transfer (and again nothing wrong with that, I joined as a transfer) but her GPA in that sense was much lower than chapter set GPA. And considering it's Bama, I know the GPA to join many houses was much higher than national standard.

Also, I don't think the broader public knows how much it takes to rush at these massive schools. You don't just need "beauty" (again hog wash) you need to treat it like an actual college transcript. You need the really good GPA AND you need the involvement wherever that falls, whether it be the AP king or the cheer captain.

Sorry to rant, as someone who witnessed her first rush on the volunteer, end it's so much more than just looking cute or gaining some social media followers.

I will never forget when someone on GC said a PNM with a low GPA needed to pledge the library! I think it’s fitting here.

There was a girl who was mad they wouldn’t let her contract into ROTC because her GPA was a 1.9! Seriously!!!! You really do not need to be adding ANYTHING into your schedule if your grades are that low!

Thank you for sharing that information. What a wonderful welcoming gesture to Alpha Phi.:)

Who the heck is this guy Bill Alverson, the "#1 Rush Coach in America"? He only has 16,000 followers on Tik Tok. How insulting to all Sorority Women that some dude thinks he knows more about Rush than we women do, or that Lifetime would hire him in that capacity!

He's a beauty pageant coach.

Wait, is Bama Morgan rushing again?

As far as I can tell no. She was on tik tok as of late discussing the process, but from hearing about her GPA and her first go around at the process, she’s probably a liability risk at this rate.

“For many girls, recruitment is a “legacy” process, which means that they will be aiming to secure a bid at the same sorority that their mothers were once in.”

This quote from the People article tells you how accurate this show will be. Legacies(not any more) and “used to be in”. If mom is no longer a member, daughter is not a legacy. If mom is an alumna, she is still a member. I’m thinking “Dance Moms”.

By the way, BamaMorgan did rush her 2nd year from what I remember reading on another site last year, so this show must’ve been filmed last year? And how are you awarded an academic scholarship with a 2.7? And why is a girl who was unsuccessful in rush twice involved in a show filmed on another campus? And is Brexit, or Brevia, or whatever her name is a man?Sooo many questions.

On that point it was most likely the fact that she went viral. Lifetime sees the juicy angle and want to add her to it.

No. She rushed two years in a row (2023 and 2024) and was dropped both times. She's a senior now and I can't imagine she would be goofy enough to try again.

Last year, people were saying that she was only going through a second time for social media clout and there were rumors that the whole second time through was a sham. Lo and behold, we are just now finding out that she was a participant in the Lifetime sorority rush docu-series. So, it comes to pass that she was indeed trolling the second time around. She claims in her video that her second attempt was sincere, but why would anyone in their right mind involve a media company on their SEC rush? If not that, then she was sincerely rushing....but sold behind-the-scenes footage to Lifetime after she was dropped the second time.

Based on her most recent passive aggressive videos, it sounds a bit like she did the second rush undercover to "sock it to the sororities" and to get her fame from being in the TV show.

I'm ashamed to admit that I watched that show.

IIRC, when MTV floated the idea, every NPC sorority informed their chapters that their charter would be revoked if they participated.

Things seem to have worked out well for Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi (season 1) as they have several active chapters now.

Of course, MTV was selective in its editing - as I vaguely recall, there was a PNM chatting on her cell phone during a party, a "sober sister" pledge who wasn't sober, and a new member who got drunk and walked straight into a closed glass sliding door.

Veering nicely off topic, but seasons :):)1 and 2 of the original Sorority Life MTV show are available online now. What a throwback! I remember watching them in, like, 2002, and rushing off to the Taildaters or whatever MTV board people were using to discuss the show.

Good times

I’m not watching this show. These people are corporate-trainer scary and not interesting at all. Mister Pageant Guy and Brandis-However Many Extra Letters.

Okay but as trashy as those shows were I love them a ton. Those at least were more "follow with the camera see where it goes" but Lifetime is a bit much. And funny enough SAEPi would go national, and the chapter is still active to this day.

Off topic: I rewatched MTV fat camp (both editions) and wow it was something else. :eek: they're on youtube.

The SAEPi sisters were very sweet and nice- honestly, probably too nice for MTV! I felt kinda bad for them, because you know MTV totally picked their pledges (at least the ones who lived in the house).

Going to a state school on the east coast…the Buffalo sisters were definitely more my type of people! They would have fit in well with a lot of people at my school/chapter lol…

It’s so fun to see things from that time period again…all the music, hair, makeup, old school cell phones! It just takes me right back to that time.

“Rush” parties in the student union with cardboard glitter decorations are more my speed than this Lifetime stuff.

That girl is still chasing social media clout. For the record, she DID NOT get a bid from Sigma Kappa. She was dropped by all houses.

She keeps going on and on through TikTok. Girl, I get it, you're upset you didn't get what you wanted out of recruitment. But stop talking about it!!! She claims people made her life miserable, which isn't right either, but how much "shit" do you take before you say, hey, I don't want to be a part of this and just leave it.

She's never going away.

Ok, thank you. It's possible she is getting confused with another blonde PNM who declined a SK snap bid and ended up later in Theta. There may also be confusion because Bama Morgan kept incorrectly saying in some of her videos that she received "bids" from SDT and ADX when they were just COB event invites.

How is it that this chick has been through recruitment so many times, but she still doesn’t use the correct terminology???

Her whole legacy is chugging OJ at this point…