A BIG TEN Recruitment Story
 

Hey all!

I've been on GC as a silent observer FOREVER, and I love reading recruitment stories, so I'm just really excited to be able to finally post my own on here!

I go to a school in the Big Ten, and we have 21 sororities at my school. 19 of them have houses on campus, and two are "off campus" sororities. While I don't have any pre-existing notions about any of them, all I know right now is that I might prefer being in the ones on campus. But, I'm keeping an open mind for rush!

Our first round is December 1st and 2nd, and then the rest of recruitment will be conducted after winter break, starting January 3rd. Due to that, there's going to be some lag in my posts, but don't worry, I won't forget!!

I changed the theme of my story from Gilmore Girls to The Hills (throwback I know, but I thought it would be more fun!)

1. Lauren 'LC'
2.Kristen
3.Whitney
4.Brody
5.Jason
6.Lisa Love
7.Heidi
8.Spencer
9.Jordan
10.Audrina
11.Justin Bobby
12.Lo
13.Frankie
14.Stephanie
15.Kelly Cutrone
16.Jen Bunney
17.Holly Montag
18.Brent Bolthouse
19.Adam DiVello
20.Elodie
21.Stephen

21 Party is on December 1st and I'm so excited to post about how it went!

I hope you have your recs in order. Additionally, all of the groups are "on campus." Good luck. :)

good luck brighteyedgirl.

You may want to go back to the other thread real quick and edit where you outed your school.

Yay for Gilmore Girls! Good luck brighteyedgirl!

It's not hard to figure out given the number of chapters and recruitment dates.

Good luck Brighteyedgirl! Go Paul Anka. :-)

Yeah, but if she wanted people to KNOW where she went, she would have put it in this thread. Sometimes these PNMs don't realize that what they put in one thread can be linked to another. Not everyone is swift enough to figure out a school by the number of chapters...everyone can figure it out when a PNM outs herself in another thread.

Yeah, there's no point in being secretive about it unless you're going to lie significantly about the structure of the Greek system. But I will be interested to hear how the addition of 2 unhoused (off-campus is not an accurate phrasing) chapters comes off for the rushees.

Just be careful to either wait until it's all done or be extremely vague until it's all done. Even platitudes can be a bad idea on here, since others may figure out who you are, who you're talking about, and cut you since you obviously like someone else better. So in other words, tread very gently.

Yes, AOII Angel, you're right. Sorry, didn't see that there was another thread with details.

My best advice to Brighteyedgirl would be to take notes from open houses and not post much at all until after recruitment. I know there are actives at IU who read this board.

Thanks for all of the advice, everyone! I'm sorry for the incorrect wording by "off-campus" I did mean un housed.

I'll be careful, and after seeing how 21 Party goes, I'll decide if I should do a posting during or after.

thanks for all the encouragement! I am really excited for this experience!

I also didn't mean to keep my school's identity a secret (i think based upon how recruitment is done there, it is pretty obvious) but thank you AOII Angel. I will go edit that post.


I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! See y'all in December!

Even if you don't make it secret, not specifically naming the school is a good idea, because then it is not searchable. Often GC threads are the first thing to pop up when someone searches "schoolname recruitment".

It's a good idea. Good luck with recruitment. Remember discretion is key on GC.

As others have said, it's pretty obvious where you go to school. I had not even heard of your school's unique recruitment structure until I signed up on GC - but as soon as I read your first post, I knew exactly where you are rushing.

Enjoy 21 party, try not to freak out over winter break (I can't imagine waiting that long to find out about invites!), and - while we love a good rush story - I suggest you keep the details on the QT until all is said and done.

On a tangent, while on-campus/off-campus isn't right (off campus implies that the campus doesn't sanction them), I don't much care for "unhoused" either. It's like calling someone "childless." (i.e. implies children are desired, even if the person doesn't want them)

Let's brainstorm new terms...how about "residential" and "freestanding"? LOL