Rush at North Alabama :)
 

Okay, so here is the thread for my rush experience. Yeah!!! I cannot believe that it is finally here. Well, technically rush starts tomorrow, but I didn't think that I would have time before orientation and first rounds to post anything. I leave early tomorrow morning to move into the dorms. Orientation begins at 2:00 that afternoon, and our first rounds begin right after that. But anyways, I need to start packing my car up!! I'm so excited (and nervous)!!!!!!! :D

Good Luck Greek_Girl and Have Fun!!!

Good Luck Greekgirl! Hope everything goes well keep us informed!! :)

Greek_Girl: Good luck to you! I am looking forward to hearing your recruitment story. Remember to relax and have a wonderful time!

Jen
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Good luck! I hope you have an incredibly fun time!!!!!!!

UNA Sororities
 

For those curious about the wonderful sororities they have at UNA:

NPC
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Phi Mu
Zeta Tau Alpha

NPHC
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

I wasn't sure if Greek_Girl already mentioned the NPC ones in a previous post--but I was wondering what her options were so I decided to find out for myself!

Greek_Girl, good luck with rush! I know you must be feeing the butterflies! Much love & best wishes from your friend at Jacksonville State :)

wow, good luck greek girl! I can't imagine having to move in and start rush on the same day- hope everything goes well, keep us updated :)

Good luck, Greek Girl! I'm so excited for you! You're going to have tons of fun & knock 'em all dead!! We're rooting for you!

I wish you th ebest of luck! - hope you end up where you're happy!!!

Round One Report
 

Hey everyone!! I just got in not to long ago. It has been an incredibly long day/night. Ya'll should see my room, it is an absolute mess!!! Anyways, on to the good stuff. Tonight was so much fun. During my first party I was so incredibly nervous. I could tell though that the girl that was rushing me was even more nervous than I was. When I get quite I clam up, and evidently this girl did too. It made me feel better though. I was kind of surprised when I walked in the room and 30 girls are clapping and singing/chanting/screaming. It was really overwhelming.
Then my second party. My second party I relaxed a little bit. The girl who rushed me at that party was a girl that I had met last fall. She didn't remember me, but all I remembered about her was her face and her name. She was really sweet. She knew all of this stuff about me where as the people in the first party didn't. She was like I want to show you to everybody in the room. She said that they had heard a lot of good things about me. I was like ummm...how? But I just smiled and said thanks. And like everybody in the room knew something about my resume they actually asked me questions and seemed interested in my answers. It was awesome!!!
Then my third party. My third party was also fun. I knew some girls already in this sorority and as soon as I walked through the door she attacked me with a hug. She was like girl you have to meet everybody. I met all 40+ sisters in that room and I don't remember any names!!! It was crazy. They all knew who I was, but they knew who I was because of my friends. They asked me lots of questions too. Questions that I could start conversations with like the girls at the second party.
The final party was pretty fun too. The girls rotated between the rushees in this party. That made it kind of confusing. I don't remember any of my rushers. Where as the parties before I stuck with one girl and she showed me around.
Anyways, I had a lot of fun at each other the parties. And once my nerves calmed down after about the middle of the second party, I started having a lot of fun. I pick up my invites tomorrow at 12:00 and Philanthropy night is tomorrow night. I'll try to update tomorrow afternoon and tell ya'll who invited me back!! I'll talk to ya'll later....and thanks for listening to me!!!!

P.S. For those who haven't gone through rush yet-your cheeks really do hurt from all the smiling!!! I was like "oh, people are just saying that for effect." But oh no no.....it is so true!!!

Sounds like you're having a great time Greek Girl!!! Good for you! Keep it up and you'll have a house full of sisters in no time!!

Keep us updated! I can't wait to hear where you got invited back to!!!

Hey everyone!! Sorry I didn't have time to get on this afternoon and update on my invites, but I will now! I went to pick up my bids this morning, and I got invited back to all 4 parties!! I was pretty excited about that. Most people just get cut after the first round because of GPA. But still, it was good to know that I hadn't made a complete idiot out of myself in the first night.

Anyways, on to tonight. My first party tonight was with Zeta Tau Alpha. I had fun in there and met some really sweet girls. We made these little pillows for breast cancer patients. They were so cute. They were pink and white plaid on the back and the front was white with a pink ribbon. I could tell with one of my rushees just how much that foundation meant to her. It was touching. I met different girls than I did last night, and felt pretty at ease.

My second party was with Alpha Delta Pi. In that party we made these little courage puppets to give to children at the Ronald McDonald House in Birmingham. I have done a lot of work with the Ronald McDonald house in Nashville during high school so it was really interesting to get to see how they helped the same organization. The conversations were good in this room to and I felt relatively relaxed.

My third party was Phi Mu. I have a few really close friends in Phi Mu and one of them rushed me last night and one rushed me tonight. But tonight we didn't catch up on summer vacations like last night, we really talked about the organization. The girls in that room were so friendly and sweet. It was so nice. We made these little felt lady bugs to give to kids at a hospital in Birmingham also. They were so cute.

My last party tonight was with Alpha Gamma Delta. I felt even more comfortable in there tonight than I did last night. I was full of nerves when I walked into the room and once I started talking to my rushee the nerves were completely gone. It was so unbelievable. I had such a good time. All of the girls were coming up to me and were like I'm so glad to see you back. And things like I don't know if you remember me from last night but it is wonderful to see you again. I had real conversations with these girls not necessarily the other typical party convos. It was so amazing. We made little giftbags of candy to promote Diabetes in their room.

All in all it was a completely wonderful night. I felt so at home in 2 of the sororities and I felt pretty good in the other 2. I pick up my invites tomorrow at 12:00 again. I can be invited to all 4 parties but I can only attend 3. So, we will see what happens tomorrow!!! I will definantly post tomorrow afternoon before I go to the parties tomorrow night to tell ya'll which sororities I got invites from and everything!! I can't wait until tomorrow!!! :)

Glad you had fun and good luck with everything!

YAY! :)
 

Best of luck GreekGirl!!!!! :) I'm at UA and rush starts next weekend!!! You are making me SO excited!!!!! :):):):):)

Liz