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Originally posted by kiteflyerzl
I am a Recruitment Advisor for my chapter. Our school has historically held Recruitment during the first week of the fall semester. Next year they are delaying recruitment by a few months and the year after that they will start having Recruitment in January before classes start.
We typically have our members come back a week early in the fall to prepare for Recruitment. This includes practicing songs, skills, etc. as well as making decorations and all that stuff. So my question is this - if you go to a school with deferred recruitment, when do you have time to prepare? It seems to me that it will be a nightmare for the women to accomplish all they need to do when they'll be knee deep in classes. Even with doing Recruitment in January before classes start for Spring, we won't have time to come back a week early.
I appreciate any help!!
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Do as much as you can BEFORE winter break begins. Some girls who will be done early with finals can stay later to help decorate the house so you all come back without having to worry about decorating. Practice the songs and skits early, early on... have them written by the beginning of November and get them memorized before break and you'll only need a few refresher rehearsals after break. Granted, my school never does recruitment before break -- we always start the day after classes start -- but the sororities have been preparing since November. Make sure to get any shirts/party supplies/food ordered well in advance, with delivery guaranteed on appropriate dates. When you get back, all you'll really have to worry about is setting up the food and a few brush-ups on skits and songs. You're going to have to be super on top of things but it can be done!
I have to say, I feel your pain about recruitment starting a WEEK before classes... it seems like number of girls registering for recruitment would drop if they had to come back in the middle of their winter break. Yikes. I know some other schools do this, but if my school suddenly switched to a recruitment period BEFORE classes started in January, the PNMs would revolt. I guess it would take a few years for everyone to get used to that schedule.