Symbal's Recruitment Epic!
 

Hi, I'm new here. I'm Symbal, and I attend WVU as a transfer sophomore. This is my rush epic.

At WVU, we have 8 sororities.

My sister was in a sorority at Thiel College, PA many moons ago, and through her I am a legacy to one of the sororities on this campus. She's the only Greek in my family and was very excited that I, her little sister, was attempting to go Greek. My recruitment is all this week, and I just ended Phase two of rush.

Sunday, I had to miss all of rush because of affairs that needed settled out of state. It set me off on the wrong foot, unfortunately.

Monday, I got an invite back to four sororities, one being my sister's sorority. I went to three of them Monday and yesterday. I could not attend one due to a class conflict.

I attended XYZ sorority on Monday and instantly fell in love. They were most helpful and amicable. They were very down to earth and diverse. After some short activities, tehy showed us the house, and I was very impressed. Their fees were affordable as well, and their in-house fees were also very affordable. They answered all of my questions well and made me feel appreciated as a PNM. They are currently on my number one spot. (fingers crossed!)

I attended the sorority of my sister, and realized off the bat that this would be a very poor match for me. I think the sister escorting me about knew that too, and at one point she told me in no subtle terms that I probably couldn't afford the sorority since I am low income. In short, I did not feel welcome, and my questions were not answered in a straight forward manner.

I visited ABC house about an hour later and found that they were most wonderful! They had a lot of charities and activities that I agreed with and admired. The girl escorting me seemed much more nervous that I was! We got along well and they answered my questions to the best of their abilities. We made some crafts and performed a small activity with the goal of donating one hour of charity if the goal was attained, and I donated an hour.

It's the break day today, and Skit Day is tommorow. This is tougher than I thought! Picking a sisterhood for a lifetime is a little trickier than expected, especially when you found two good matches, and hope they think that of you.

Good Luck!!!
 

Symbal,

I'm glad you seem to be having fun so far! I'm surprised that your sister's sorority would be so impolite to a legacy. Those women should know better. :mad:

However, you've found other chapters that you click with, and that's wonderful! Good luck, and keep us updated!

Good luck!!!! I hope you find a good match.

Symbal.. I'm a sister here at WVU.. I'm APPALLED that someone would tell you that you can't afford dues!! I know my sorority offers payment plans that many girls use, especially because our new member fees are particularly high this year- around $700. I don't know which sorority you're referring to that did this, but I'm completely shocked that someone would be so rude to a PNM!

Anyway, hope your rush experience is going well! Maybe I'll see you Thursday.. (or maybe I've already met you!)

Sadly, I think I know which sorority would do that at WVU, to a legacy.

Symbal, you may want to edit a post of yours in another thread if you don't want people to know what sorority you're a legacy to... not sure if you even care, but if you want to be discrete you may want to edit.

Based on her previous post, it was SK. And I want to apologize on behalf of my sisters. That is crass, very much unclassy, and Un-Sigma Kappa like behavior. I'm disappointed in them, and I hope you have fun at the other two parties.

flashbacks to Season 1 of Sorority Life

Thats just sad no matter what chapter it was. That kind of attitude seems to undermine what is supposed to be the greek system and bonds of sisterhood. I truly hope you find your home at WVU and you have a GREAT year.

Didn't watch, don't get the reference.

The pledges were told not to wear their pledge bracelets when drinking or doing anything that was "un-Sigma like behavior."

You too??

I thought most sororities don't let their girls wear letters or names when drinking. I don't remember what the bracelets looked like nor do I know what national Sigma Kappa rules on letters are, but if it did wouldn't that be going with national rules.

ps. I wish they would put "Sorority Life" on DVD...it was very entertaining!

Sigma Kappa was NOT the sorority featured on Sorority Life. Whatever sorority it was (I think it was something like Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi) is NOT national and would NOT have to worry about following national rules.

Ah, yeah I didn't watch any til the second season... and I didn't watch much of that.