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How competitive is rush at UVa? How necessary are recommendations?

Please PM me if you know anything about the houses as well.

If you got to UVA, you should get off this message board and go mingle.

I do not attend UVa. My friend's little sister will be going through recruitment in the spring.

Tell her to get grown and do her own research.

My understanding is that it is fairly competitive but not SEC competitive. She should definitely get some recs.

I didn't go through it but do know a little something about it. The competitiveness is relative, I guess. If you want to be in a sorority--and any sorority will do--then it isn't really a worry. If you must be in a certain sorority or one of a couple than it can be very, very competitive. Of course, it does depend on the sorority.

Hi, I go to UVA. :) I hope your little sister loves it--I know I do! I'm only a first year but I'm already depressed that 1/8th of my college career at UVA is over.

From what I hear, rush is competitive in that it is very popular and many girls go through it, but I don't know anyone who is getting recs or sitting down with alumni. I don't have any connections--I'm not in-state, and my mom wasn't in a sorority--but I'm not worried. None of my friends do either. I mentioned it to my Rho Chi and she said to chill out, just be myself and the girls would love me. :)

I really shouldn't update you with the sorority's stereotypes...so I won't.

[QUOTE=cavaliercutie10;1373632]Hi, I go to UVA. :)
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Not to pick a fight, but yes you shouldn't be posting so-called reputations on GC. By saying that DG is the "best", you pretty much just said that any other sorority on campus is below them. And assuming there are quite a few girls in these chapters because well this is the South and its popular. While I understand that a lot of chapters take girls that are like them (which is understandable), with that many girls in a chapter it would be hard to say they follow one characterstic only. While I have never step foot on UVA campus and don't know alot about their chapters, I can say this: every single NPC sorority has something wonderful to offer each of its members, Period. Every chapter member of every different sorority is going to think her chapter is the best (and so she should). I just think posting so-called reputations is tacky and not cool. If you did not believe them, you would not be posting them. Like I said before, I am not trying to pick a fight with you, I just want you to think before you speak on here because you are speaking to many, many people and not all have the same idea of what is acceptable as you do. Yes I am Southern and am trying to put this in the nicest way I know how. I do not mean to hurt your feelings, you just need to learn what and what not to post on here. I went through it and so has everyone else on here.

Sorry--she asked! :o I'm not saying I agree with them, I have never (knowingly) met any sisters from any of the sororities so I have NO idea if they are true or not. But you're right, I knew I shouldn't have posted them, and I think I'll go and edit them out right now.

I realize you're new, so here's a piece of advice.

You may want to err on the side of caution when posting, especially during your recruitment period. Discretion is key -- that's something you'll see very often in recruitment story threads.

We realize that GC is a great resource for PNMs going through recruitment, but sometimes what is said online might harm instead of help. What you think is harmless might not be understood the same way by someone on your campus.

So, disclose what you feel comfortable with, but remember that you never know who might be reading.

Ugh, can we please edit this thread?

For cavaliercutie's sake, if nothing else, as her bid chances would probably go out the window if anyone from UVA read this and figured out her identity.

Not to mention giving rush advice when you aren't in a sorority is kind of like giving medical advice simply because you watched Grey's Anatomy.

That never stopped certain people around here...
Speaking of - I must say, I'm shocked that RollerGirl2001 actually stayed gone.

Best of luck to you Cav Cutie! Reps aren't usually discussed in the open on GC, but feel free to PM me with any additional information.

Also, if you want to talk stereotypes, FS is the place to do so. ;)

You're directing a PNM there? IMO, that site's the LAST place to go if you're a PNM. They're impressionable as it is, and they certainly don't need the BS that goes on over there.

Nice work.

(Mods, feel free to delete this post if you decide to edit out her site reference)

Oh lord. Fine, take a large grain of salt with you if you wander over to FS.

Ocalagirl, you fussed at cavaliercutie10 about her post regarding which GLO was the best. She edited her post, but now her original post is forever displayed in your post. How about editing yours?

Meh...I'd bet money that she's probably still around -- just with another username.

I have to agree with MSKKG on this one! I know it's possible to edit a quote within a post since I just altered the MSKKG post that you see embedded in this one.

Alright, you've piqued my curiosity: what (and where) is FS?

It was most likely deleted because the site admin prohibits posting links advertising other Greek-related websites.

His rules.

I didn't know she had edited it. And also asking for something with sugar rather than vinegar gets more flies.

Ah ha, I did not post the link though. Cav Cutie, if you have extra time and a good sense of humor/aren't easily offended/don't fall for everything you read, PM me.

Uh, my post wasn't directed to you genius.

You should have received the "new post" notification by e-mail in which she told everyone that she was going to edit her post immediately. Didn't think what I wrote to you was vinegary, so I apologize if it came off that way.

Not to stray off topic, but I've never received an email from GC. How does that work?

Guess I've been a member too long to remember what has to be done to sign up. It must be an option you have to choose. Go to your User CP and go into Options. There should be something there to let you choose to get e-mail notification.

The biggest complaint I have about this board is the lack of a "rolling eyes" smilie. Can we hook that up?

:rolleyes:

Honestly, if you like "the other place" better, I'm sure no one will be upset if you make it your permanent home.

I'm not saying I prefer FS over GC, but the snarkiness here does rival their's at times. And I want the actual rolling eyes icon, as in, it's animated. 10x better.

Look at that, I never noticed all that stuff before! You can have an email sent to you every time you post to a thread. I've been here four years and never noticed that. Thanks MSKKG!

I hate those animated smilies, they're terrible. Here's a list of smileys that don't suck (if you can see them).

http://forums.somethingawful.com/mis...on=showsmilies

So get thee to a smiley site, one of those free ones designed for forums and post with it. My mom is a addicted to those things.

I remember there was someone here on GC who used smileys like there was no tomorrow. This was a few years ago. Unfortunately years later, those links now showed stuff that was NSFW.

IMO, using them too much is just plain annoying.

Yeah, I agree. And it depends on the culture of the site. My mom's Low Carb MB uses them all the time, here it would just be out of place.

Kinda funny about the NSFW pics... as long as you're not at work.

I remember that! It was kinda funny...particuarly cause I don't think I was working at the time. So once I realized what happened, I got a good laugh out of it.

Carry on with the thread!

Thread? What thread? :D

Did this person always post using the color green?

You have a great memory, grasshopper!

Haha I remember that person too. There were times that I thought I was going to convulse. She always liked picked the most flashy and active smileys.