Sorority Recruitment Translations
 

WARNING - HIGH SNARK POTENTIAL IN THIS THREAD.


It seems to me that certain phrases keep popping up, and to the uninitiated they might mean something other than what the user assumes they mean. We should help. Drolefille is of course the queen of translations, so I'm hoping she, and all the GCers who are bilingual, will pitch in.

1. "My daughter didn't feel a connection" - translation: My daughter was absolutely sure she would be in a top tier sorority, and now they have cut her she won't consider any "lesser" chapters.

Any others?

1. "My daughter didn't feel a connection" - My daughter is too good for this chapter
2. "My daughter didn't want to rank XYZ and take a spot from someone else who would have wanted to be there" - My daughter is too good for this chapter
3. "My daughter is the sorority type" - I think my daughter is too good for certain chapters
4. "My daughter was cut from recruitment" - My daughter was cut from all of the "good" chapters
5. "There was a computer glitch so my daughter got a bid from her 2nd/3rd choice/no bid"- My daughter was not high enough on her first choice's bid list
6. "My 2nd/3rd choice wanted me more, so I got a bid there"- I was not high enough on my first choice's bid list

How you really see this is in the recruitment threads where the girl says she really had a nice time at a chapter and then ranks them last out of 15. Huh? You loved them, but they're not a good fit? How does that happen? Oh right, you're too PRETTY for the nice girls.

"I didn't feel a connection" - chapter members talked about social events exclusively, and I rank social activities below scholarship and philanthropy.

"I didn't feel a connection" -- I work hard for every grade in my 3.4 average, and this chapter boasts "no mandatory study hours" and focuses on football season.

"I didn't feel a connection" -- it was one of the few chapters that seemed more concerned about my daddy's income than my interests.

There is more than "I'm too good for ..."

I didn't feel at home there - They're Jewish, I'm Baptist and I'm not willing to give up bacon.

"My heart didn't sing"--(translation) "I can clearly do MUCH BETTER than the (fat/ugly/stupid/skanky/etc.) sorority! I mean, really! I was way too good for the ONE sorority that invited me back. Once I go back through, all of the other sororities that cut me will have to see that I'm too good for that sorority!"

Now that is hilarious!

I notice that at one house, "the girls were so gorgeous!" and at the next house, "the girls were so nice!" Is "nice" code for unattractive?

It has been said that in the South, "nice" is the kiss of death.
"Bless her heart" is the kiss of death with the coffin nailed shut. ;)

The campus needs to add some chapters! - I/we want chapters we deem worthy of our speshul snowflake status and the chapters who did extend an invitation aren't good enough for us.

I still remember my grandmother in Texas saying, "...well bless your heart" if I put on some particularly awful combination of clothing and walked in the room or did some other minor, but non-malicious screw-up.

Fixed your post.

33girl, the more you post-the more I enjoy reading the threads on GC. I'm glad I'm not the only person on this board that feels some of these women are being really ungrateful to the various chapters. I may be snarky about it but, I really like the way other GCers (and a few of them have already posted) have put what I'm thinking/ want to say in perspective.

"I didn't feel a connection" - Unicorns pooping rainbows didn't magically appear
"My heart didn't sing" - My mother has raised me to believe that I am a super special snowflake.

(I'm pregnant, cranky and uncomfortable. This is my new favorite thread.)

At first I didn't feel any connection, but after today I did!=I was far more interested in other chapters, so I wasn't listening before. They're the best of what i got.

And no, it isn't the withdrawal from bacon the pmn was having. Most Jewish house I know serve(d) bacon..and cheeseburgers....and tacos....

LOL at the "I work so hard for my 3.4...I don't feel a connection bc they don't have mandatory study hours." Really? Just bc you need to be forced to study and others don't means you can't be sisters? I had quite a nice GPA and my chapter managed to be #1 on grades every year without study halls. Still a lame excuse.