QUESTIONS FROM A FUTURE ZETA HOPEFUL!
 

hey everyone! although i am not a zta .. ive looked into all of the sororities at the school i am going to next year and really liked zta the most! .. im just wondering what the recruitment/new member period is like? .. and if there is any hazing? im just looking for some honest answers.. any help would be gladly appreciated!!!:)

Hi Futuregreek,

Recruitment is different at each school, and since I'm sure you would like to keep that a secret until you get in I won't ask, but if you want to tell us if recruitment is competitive or not we might be able to help you there.

As for hazing Zeta Tau Alpha is strictly no hazing. All panhellenic chapters have rules about not hazing.

If you have more questions to ask about the new member period that would be good starter discussion questions for when you go through recruitment.


Good Luck with Recruitment!

thanks!

what kind of things are common as new members? .. i know there are laws, rules, ect. about hazing but it still freaks me out! .. zta is absolutely no hazing? ... what kind of things go on during pledge time? thank you!

Pardon the forum crash, but futuregreek08, please read this: http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=54403 when you have the time.

Focus on recruitment for now. The new member stuff will come later, if you receive a bid.

I agree with OTW.
And the biggest thing is: Go into rush with open mind, eyes and ears.
You are already putting a major limit on your rush.

im not asking about greek life in general. i already know all of that from the booklet sent out by the university im going to. i want to know specifically about zta, hence why i asked. im not limiting choices, im trying to find out about this one because i became interested. i never said "this will be the only sorority i will consider".

:eek:

LOL.

OP, you can learn all the basic public info. about any NPC sorority at their national website (in this case, http://www.zetataualpha.org). Unless and until you have a bid from a group and are pledged, that's about all the details you're likely to get.

Good luck with rush in the fall!

Girls, don't lie to this potential new member. We beat our pledges on a daily basis. Sometimes, we turn the lights off and play pong by making them walk back and forth naked while we throw rotting citrus we used in our last batch of hunch punch.

youre very funny. im a potential new member, not a moron.

It's actually "you're" and "I'm".

If you ask a question, it will be answered. If you don't accept that answer, you will learn about the joy of sarcasm.

thanks for the grammar lesson, however im fully aware of apostrophe rules. this is the internet lady, not english 101. also, i asked an answer in hopes that a few mature people would give me accurate responses. im trying to get a jump-start on what to expect next year and nothing more. if you only want to give immature austere responses, then please choose to answer someone elses question.
:)

Good luck in recruitment . . .that's all I have to add, internet lady.:)

This is not text messaging. If you are ready to pledge Zeta, appear as if you are ready (i.e. punctuation and capitalization). Do you really expect people on this board to take you seriously when you write like a troll?

Jump start on what? Honey, you haven't gone through rush yet. You're not a ZTA. You can't have ZTA New Member expectations if ZTA did not give you an invitation for membership. It's not rocket science.

OTW did provide you a mature, accurate respone.
I would review it if I were in your shoes.;)
IMVHO no one here can hold your hand during rush or even before.

Just had a very odd thought, perhaps due to last nights activities here.
What if this is a return, once again, of our favorite troll?
Whom I did see on-line early tonight.

These posts do remind me of her early post in the Tri Delta forum, where she proclaimed that she was a future Tri Delta.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same person.

:eek::rolleyes:

Sorry, but i did not ask your opinion. My post was to ask about Zeta, what its like to be a new member, and how their recruitment process differs from that of other greek organizations. also, i can guarantee that greek organizations do not pick pledges bases on how they type on a thread on the internet. try loosening up just a bit. if my typing is so bothersome to you, simple resolution, dont read it.

ive never implicated that i was a zta, nor that i have new member expectations, ect. i simply want a jumpstart on learning about zta because i immediately became interested about this particular one. if you do not wish to answer my questions, then please dont say anything at all. i registered on this site specifically to ask this question and seeing as how ive got one decent response, it doesnt seem worth it. im not sure if youre a zta, but i went to the zta board because i thought true zta's would want to represent their sorority in a helpful way.

Last time I checked, ZTA is a member of the NPC. Aside from recruitment themes and skits, I don't see how their process can be any different from the other NPC organizations.

And you can guarantee that Greek organization don't pick their pledges based on on how they type on a thread on the internet? ORLY? Because you're a part of a Greek organization already? That's how you can guarantee it?

Tell me about the different ways people can type on a thread on the internet.

Can they type them in a box?
Can they type them with a fox?
Can they type them in a house?
Can they type them with a mouse?
Can they type them here or here?
Can they type them anywhere?

no sorry. this, and the hazing boards are the only ones ive visited. again, i never claimed i was a future zta. zta hopeful yes. simply for the reason that many in my family have been affected by breast cancer and i saw all the work that zta does with the susan g. komen for the cure foundation.

im not sure why youre still trying to prove your point? .. i have never said i was already in a greek organization. im not even sure if im rushing!!! .. im sorry that you feel so personally attack that instead of answering my simple questions, you have to behave in such a ridiculous way. i really hope youre not a true zta, because your behavior is turning me away from anything youre involved with. =)

Let's hope so.

So if you're not Greek, how can you guarantee organizations do not pick pledges based on how they type on a thread on the internet? Bueller?

You are posting very much like a gentleman who is planning on going through rush at Texas.
He too is looking for answers that we can not provide.
He too is seems to be looking for someone to hold his hand before, during and perhaps even after rush.
Every group as their ritual, their secret, et al. No one here can, of course tell you those.
Just as no one here can provide you with anything more than general information, general facts on general activities.
No one here can tell you how a house rushes.
How they think during rush.
Or what happens afterwords.So why keep on asking very pointed questions after being told where to find the general answers?:confused::confused:
One answer is that you are scared; which is normal.
Another is that you are a troll.
Many others as well.

As for you thoughts on/about cancer, many groups do very good works with many groups.
I myself am a regular blood and platelet donor. Just today I gave a double.

first off, id just like to thank your for my source of entertainment for the night. if you honestly believe they recruit based on that, then im very happy for you that you type in such a pristine manner. if youre just saying this for, well, basically no reason, then im sorry for you. im sorry that you have no better way to spend you night than arguing with someone thats over 10 years younger than you about a simple question regarding something that i have absolutely no prior knowledge about.

Im sorry you feel this way. i am simply looking for some information because i am interested. i have in no way implied i wanted someone to "hold my hand" or anything.

if this was your answer, then why keep posting ignorant comments such as the ones that have been posted over the last few hours. i wanted simple answers to my even more simplistic questions. im not scared, simply interested/curious. and as for the troll thing, is this a new thing for you? i think the last time i said anything about a troll was probably around the age of 8. sorry its still stuck with you.

um, thank you? if you honestly believe that capitalization will result in my rejection from any and all sororities, then i thank you for your concern.:p

Every question you asked was very direct about one house, one chapter.
And you have yet to even try to correct your typing.
And your comment on "trolls" is very odd given just about everyone over the age of 7 knows what the term means now.
Add your "tone of voice" and you have given most people a rather good idea what you are.

And if not, well we are unable to see you so we have to go by what you type and how you type it.

because i do not wish to correct my typing perhaps? .. i have already passed all of the english classes i have to take in my life, i think i know the correct way, and the internet sloppy way that i wish to type. also maybe you should read my troll comment again, i asked if were a new thing because i have not mentioned trolls since i was at most 8. my questions were directed toward one house. im not on the adpi or chio or any other sorority thread. im on the zta thread. i wanted to find out about zeta. ive already found out about several others and as i have mentioned multiple times, i want to find out about different organizations.

As for anyone else, if anyone has some USEFUL information, please let me know. if not thank you to zetagirl for your HELP.

as for this, you should take your own advice into consideration =)

Reviewing thread we all, at first tried to offer you the same help as Zetagirl. You just did not seem to wish to receive it.
And just to give you some more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_posts
As I said, most people on line today already know what one is. Trolls just to not admit to it.
And one stops being real friendly when they get hit a few too many times.

well thank you so much for show me this!! id like to share what it says

"...generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion" wow. sound familiar? and no, no one tried to offer advice like zetagirl. thanks again.

Enjoy yourself.
http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=troll

youre delirious. and, i am enjoying that.

No-you maybe however.
What is going to be your next name?

I dont get it =S
sorry

futuregreek-
First let me say that I am happy you are going through recruitment. Joining a sorority was one of the best things I ever did.

Second- I will re-state what most have said already: every school is different, every sorority is different, and even if you asked the Zetas at your school, they wouldn't tell you what to expect necessarily. Recruitment is a time for thinking on your feet. No one gets to know the questions before they go on a game show. I will tell you that the plege period for most sororities (that I know of), consists of New Member Education...you learn the history, founders, greek alphabet, ETC. The most hazing I went through was trying to find a white dress in FEBRUARY for initiation. Finding a white dress in the winter months = not easy. (and no, I didn't really consider it hazing).

Third- The women will check up on you. Every Zeta I know is classy and they want classy ladies. Part of being classy is clean communication. It's just like a job. If you want the job, you better know how to speak and write well, even if it's something that doesn't seem important. TRUST ME, if they have 2 spots left and you and the other girl are the same as far as GPA, etc, and the only thing separating you is your grammar/typing/etc, you're going to be cut.

Fourth- I KNEW where I wanted to be when I walked into recruitment (and for the same reason as you- the philanthropy)....The first day I cut the house I thought I would join because I just didn't mesh well with the girls there. I would have loved the philanthropy but I wouldn't have felt like I had SISTERS there.


Good luck! I hope you find the home you're looking for.