Bethany's Rush at University of West Georgia
 

I have been reading all the posts on GC for about 2 months now, but finally decided to do my own rush thread. Rush starts Wednesday August 27th and goes through Monday September 1st. I'm a sophmore and this is my second year rushing, I didn't get a bid last year. Rush at West Georgia is VERY, VERY competitive. Does anybody have any good advice so that I can hopefully find my home?

Oh I will be rushing at UWG next year. I was told that UWG is not that competive, but maybe I was misinformed. That are so far about 150s girl signed up for rush

Did you try to COB?

I can't wait to hear about your rush.

Yeah there are only 6 chaptes though and they will probably only pledge about 12-15 new members each.

Good luck to both of y'all!

What chapters are at UWGA?

Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Delta
Phi Mu

From the West GA. web site ..

http://www.westga.edu/~stuacts/greek...ic/index.shtml

The NPC chapters are

Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Delta
Phi Mu

bethany- good luck with rush!! i don't have advice for your particular school, but just have fun and keep an open mind!

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Good luck! The best advice is to keep reading these boards-- I really wish I had found greekchat before I went through recruitment, it would have been so helpful!

Bethany, they won't know before rush how many they'll take. They'll decide quota probably before the last parties by taking the number of girls left and dividing it by 6. Quota in past years has been at least in the twenties.

just relax, look well, and wear comfortable shoes.
and ditto everyone else's advice.
good good luck.

YAY!!!

Good Luck!

Keep a smile on your face and be yourself....be relaxed, get a good nights sleep the night before and go in with an open mind, open to the possiblility of ALL the organizations....dont let others opinions sway you in any way :)

Keep us posted!!

Greek LOVE ;)

Thank yal so much for the support! I really appreciate it. I promise when rush starts I will keep yal posted.

Oh and how much impact do recs have on chapters? I got one from my cousin who is an alum to Phi Mu and one from a friend of the family who was a Kappa Delta.

Recs totally depend on the school that you are attending. At my school we barely ever get them, but I know there are schools where it's absolutely necessary.

Good Luck! I'm sure you'll find the chapter that is right for you! I can't wait to hear about your rush experience! ;)

Last year, quota was 24, I believe. As of last night (8/21), there were 141 or was it 144 pnms to sign up. Today is the deadline!!!

I can't answer the question about recs because each organization is different.

When I went through rush (yea it was still rush, lol) in the early 70's, all the parties were in the school rooms. Now all parties except pref are on the halls. I doubt I even saw the inside of the AGD hall until I accepted by bid, lol. All these many years later, the dorm is pretty much the same, lol..just better interior decorators in each sorority, lol!;) :D

I don't want to cause any trouble for anyone so whatever you post here, I won't share with anyone.

Hey AGDLynn, have you heard any final numbers of PNMs for recruitment?

Sorry, no, but I would guess it would be a few more since, not matter the event, there are those that sign up at the last minute ;) Then, again, on the flip side, there are usually a few that signed up that decide not to show up at all, lol.

Good Luck Bethany!!!!! (When I saw the title of this thread I thought honey started a rush thread for me and just didn't tell me about it.) I hope you find your home! Have a great time and keep us posted! And remember! You have the coolest name in the world!

Good luck in rush and be sure to tell us all the JUICY details!!

I chatted with AGDLynn at our 3rd annual Alum Panhel dessert reception here in Peachtree City yesterday (Sunday) and I know she is getting ready to help her girls out! We had a Feng Shui presentation too - done by one of our ZTA members who's been a Feng shui consultant for nearly a decade -- so maybe Lynn is getting the AGD dorm all feng shui'ed - lol!

We have ALOT of our alum Panhel members from West GA. I think we did two recs for girls from Fayette & Coweta counties going to West GA. Bethany, where is your hometown, if that is not being too nosy....


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Good luck. I can't wait to read more.

My hometown is in Bowdon, GA about 10 minutes away from campus. Orientation is tomorrow night and I'm getting a bit nervous, but I've been going to the tanning bed religiously and got my french manicure and pedicure this afternoon.

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WTF is a French pedicure? They don't do that freaky white tip thing to your toes, too, do they?

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That's exactly what they are. French pedicures are very nice. I got one recently (my first!), and it just looked so good that I think I'll only get those now. Red just doesn't look as nice anymore. But they are common enough in the Northeast, and I assumed they had them everywhere. Maybe it's an east coast thing???

I think they look great and they're very popular here in Missouri! :D

For all I know they do have them here. Sorry, I'm kind of a purist. I don't even wear makeup.

Please let me keep my Sorority Girl Card! :p

The good thing about a french pedicure is that they look classy and they match everything.

Bethany,
Good luck with your recruitment. We would all be proud to have you as a fellow sorority woman, whether you are a sorority sister or a Greek woman sister :)

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It all starts today!! Good luck!! :)

Yes orientation is tonight and I am really nervous even tough we just meet our RC. I'm just so scared that everything will turn out like it did last year, but I am praying that it won't. Hope for the best, expect the worst.

ok, here is West GA schedule.

Orientation
Wednesday, August 27
9:00-10:00 pm Orientation for Potential Members Bonner Lecture Hall
10:00 pm Potentential Members meet Recruitment Counselors Bonner Lecture Hall

ROUND 1: Open Parties
Thursday, August 28th
8:30 pm Recruitment Counselors meet Potential Members Boykin Hall
9:10-9:40 pm Event 1 Boykin Hall
9:50-10:20 pm Event 2 Boykin Hall
10:30-11:00 pm Event 3 Boykin Hall
11:00 pm Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors Boykin Hall
Friday, August 29th
4:30 pm Recruitment Counselors meet Potential Members Boykin Hall
5:10-5:40 pm Event 1 Boykin Hall
5:50-6:20 pm Event 2 Boykin Hall
6:30-7:00 pm Event 3 Boykin Hall
7:10-7:40 pm Event 4 Boykin Hall
7:40 pm Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors Boykin Hall

ROUND 2: Philanthropy Events
Saturday, August 30st
8:00 am Potential Members make choices UCC Rm. 311
1:15 pm Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors Boykin Hall
2:00-2:35 pm Event 1 Boykin Hall
2:45-3:20 pm Event 2 Boykin Hall
3:30-4:05 pm Event 3 Boykin Hall
4:15-4:50 pm Event 4 Boykin Hall
5:00 pm Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors Boykin Hall
8:00 pm Program for Potential Members Bonner Lecture Hall

ROUND 3: Theme Day
Sunday, August 31st
7:30 am Potential Members make choices UCC Rm. 311
1:15 pm Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors Boykin Hall
2:00-2:40 pm Event 1 Boykin Hall
2:50-3:30 pm Event 2 Boykin Hall
3:40-4:20 pm Event 3 Boykin Hall
4:30 pm Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors
Boykin Hall
8:00 pm Program for Potential Members Bonner Lecture Hall
10:00 pm Potential Members make choices Bonner Lecture Hall

ROUND 4: Preference Events / Bid Night
Monday, September 1st
11:30 am Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors
Boykin Hall
Noon-12:50 pm Event 1 Humanities/Pafford
1:00-1:50 pm Event 2 Humanities/Pafford
1:50 pm Potential Members meet with Recruitment Counselors and move to Bonner Lecture Hall

2:00-3:00 pm Potential Members sign Pref Cards Bonner Lecture Hall
8:00 pm Potential Members receive Bids Bonner Lecture Hall



Oh Bethany, I wish you the best of luck. And I can't wait for next year when it will be my turn at UWG.

Chris

Well last night was orientation and I had a great time. My recruitment counselor is so sweet. Tonight is Round 1 open parties, but I don't know who I will go to until I get there. Please be thinking about me and wish me good luck because I am soooooooooo nervous!

Good luck Bethany! I'll cross my fingers for you! I'm sure you'll have a great time. Don't be too nervous! ;)

OK so Iwent to my first round of parties last night and had a great time. I'm going to call the houses by colors.

Red=I got to talk to about 4 different girls at this party. They were all really nice and we had a lot to talk about, but something just didn't feel right.

Yellow=I talked to one girl the whole time and we had a blast. She gave me a lot of information and we talked the whole time, never a silent moment. I could see myself here.

White=Me and this girl totally clicked. We were both the same, just easy going and like to have fun. The whole time she kept telling me how easy I was to talk to. I really loved it here. This is by far my first choice so far.

Tonight I go to Pink, Blue, and Green. Wish me luck! I feel so good about rush. now!!!!!!

wow, sunds like you had a great night. I hope you find your home this year. I can't wait to find out how tonight goes.

Best of luck

Chris

GO Braves!

Good Luck Bethany !!!

I am so glad to hear you had a great first day. Can't wait to hear how the rest of the parties go. :)

Good Luck at Pink, Blue, and Green!:)

So how did it go at pink, blue, and green?