Question about rush threads and negative effects on PNMs
 

what's a PNM?

I would be interested in hearing the answer to this as well. I know that many people have mentioned instances like this or warned PNMs about posting too much information.

Well, we can't post any names but yes, there have been some. There was one who used fake names for the groups on her campus but they were still easily recognizable and she trashed most of them. She was cut from recruitment. There was another one who wasn't happy with the group she got and let us all know and her sisters saw it here and she was quickly an ex-ABC.

You have to be careful...

nothing bad happened, but I tried to be SO careful about names and places and plenty of girls in my chapter knew who i was anyway

yes, we've had a few girls that had problems during or after recruitment because of items posted on GC.

I also know that MANY chapters will use myspace, blogspot, facebook, and similar online communities to get a 'feel' for PNMs and use that as a recruitment tool (usually with negative outcomes for the PNM).

I don't know about rush threads, but I was perusing xanga sites during recruitment this year and found a girl who was bashing the chapters she was asked back to for first round. Even though she was asked back to 12, my own chapter included, she whined about how she was cut by 5 others. She was also dumb enough to put her name and picture on the site.

We dropped her immediately, and her next entry was whining about how she was dropped by every chapter and she just couldn't imagine why. :rolleyes:

Right after I was initiated, one of the girls in my chapter said to me that she saw on GC that I would have rather been a Sigma, and if I liked them better, I should have pledged them. They were referring to two threads, one being "What Sororities OTHER THEN YOUR OWN do you admire". I said that I liked Sigma's colors (Much different then "I want to be a Sigma", unless you really think I should pick a group based on colors). And then in the "Who Did You Pref" I wrote that I preffed Sigma, which I did, but I chose ASA, so what does that say?? Things in GC do get out to local campuses.

A PNM this year wrote in her livejournal or xanga or something about how she would only go Alpha Phi or she'd drop out of recruitment. Thank God for her she got into Alpha Phi because I know that EVERY other sorority brought it up and dropped her by the third night.

I'll fess up....I don't know if it was necessarily my rush thread that did it, but I did say some harsh things about the sorority that I had "history" with.

From my understanding (from a member of another sorority that dropped me), no one really cared that I had a rush thread here (most...if not all didn't see it), it was the fact that :

1. I had rushed previously the year before
2. The sorority I had "history" with said some pretty mean things about me before rush even started.


They pretty much said that I had lied about all that I told you guys on here. Which wasn't the truth. I originally came on GC to find answers...and I did. Just didn't work out in favor of them (if you want further info...u can go ahead and PM me)

I mean, it worked out for the best (i may not be Greek, but its ok).

I guess i'm an example! Hahahaha, but its all good.