A Sporty Transfer Recruitment
 

So as you can tell by my username, I am a California junior transfer student. I’m the first person in my entire extended family to even consider going Greek.

I’m enjoy watching sports so I have decided to code name based on California athletic teams.

LA Dodgers
Oakland Athletics
SD Padres
SF Giants
Anaheim Angels
Oakland Raiders
SF 49ers
Golden State Warriors
LA Lakers
Anaheim Ducks
USC Trojans
UCLA Bruins

There are no connections between the code names and the sororities themselves. I used a random number generator to pair them up ;)

For those wondering, the parties are split up as follows:
Day 0 - Orientation
Day 1 - Open House
Day 2 - Open House
Day 3 - House Tours/Philanthropy (up to 8)
Day 4 - Skit (up to 5)
Day 5 - Preference (up to 2)

i'm so excited to read your story!! good luck :]

Thanks! I'm following yours as well.
Nice to see another upperclassman going through recruitment :)

Yay CA!

Ooh...you have several favorite teams as your houses, so I'll maximize my options and say GO LAKERS, DUCKS, AND TROJANS! ;)

Oh, and go 49ers and Giants!

Fight on Trojans!!

I LOVE YOUR THEME.

Unfortunately you picked terrible teams ;) ... jk! My current roommate went to UCLA for undergrad, so I'll honorarily root for them. Best of luck!

Anaheim Angels, because I used to live close to the stadium! Best of luck to you :)

Orientation was today. There were probably 700+ people there.

My Rho Gamma is a total sweetheart and my entire rush group is made up of transfers/3rd years which is awesome.

They had Rho Gammas model outfits for each day. For open house the girls were wearing short denim shorts and tank tops (think day at Venice Beach). I had planned to wear two dresses for these days (think lunch date with friends) but now I'm not so sure I want to wear them if I'm going to stick out like a sore thumb.

Sometimes what the Panhellenic tells you to wear isn't what the girls really do end up wearing. People usually do go dressier than suggested. Unless you were told this is what you MUST wear, I honestly would stick with the dresses. Just kind of hang back before you leave and see what other girls rushing are wearing.

The idea of an All-Jr/Transfer Rho Gam group doesn't give me warm fuzzies. I don't know if Jrs at your school routinely get bids and/or have a separate quota, but it almost sounds like the group that you would send to see the Koi Pond (Sidney White reference, for those who missed a cheesy Greek movie). I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but I can almost see a chapter thinking that they have a slack-off opportunity during your parties because the whole group is an easy cut.

ETA: I can see the benefit of them being a support group for eachother and having an easier bonding opportunity, but in this case, I don't think the benefits outweigh the risks. YMMV.

When I was at U of I, juniors were typically all grouped together, and I always assumed it was so that they weren't comparing lists with Frannie Freshman who got all of her top choices every round.

I think, as an active, we did know when junior group was coming, but it wasn't an excuse to slack off. More likely, it meant that we'd move our older girls to the front of the rushing line, so that the juniors were being rushed by other juniors and even seniors, rather than the sophomores who did most of the rushing the rest of the time.

It also mean that we weren't going to ask ridiculous shit like, "oh, which dorm are you living in?" or "why did you choose U of I?"

I know her school. Without saying too much that might give it away, juniors get bids at every house.

"It's a SOrority not a HOrority!" :D