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Originally posted by FSUZeta
i was reading jocelyn's thread on the negative impact live journals or gc postings CAN have on a pnm's recruitment, and i got to wondering, are there positives to having a facebook account before recruitment? do the sororities actually check out the incoming freshman?
for instance, if a girl gets a college facebook account, posts a cute photo of herself, is careful what groups she joins , what she puts in her photo albums and what she says, could it work to her advantage?
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In theory, these things can help, especially if a PNM presents herself in a classy and sophisticated manner. If she lists tons of positive activities like sports and volunteering, that can't hurt.
In practice, though, 99% of the time these facebook/live journals/myspaces end up hurting PNMs. PNMs bitch and moan about how they have to edit their photo albums and how it shouldn't matter, and how the sororities should accept them for who they are and they shouldn't have to hide the fact that they like to party. They also complain about how hypocritical it is that they're asked to take down the party pics when all the sorority girls have them up on their myspaces or facebooks.
Yes, it's hypocritical -- I mean, we all know actives who have tons of pictures of themselves drunkenly stumbling around Puerto Vallarta -- but at most schools, the ONLY impression a PNM is going to make about herself is through the recruitment parties. The actives are exempt from this because, obviously, they've already made their impressions. So that's that.
The PNM has to present herself to a sorority in a very short amount of time, so anything negative AT ALL in a Facebook or Myspace can work against her. Tough decisions have to be made when there are 50+ girls up for 30 spots. All else being equal, the girl with the picture of herself drunkenly making out with two guys is going to get cut.
My advice to PNMs is to not put up a Facebook profile until after recruitment (if a fall recruitment is held at the school) and make myspace/LJs friends only from the DAY you sign up for recruitment until after it's over. Seriously.... even stuff you have no control over (like one of your friends posting "OMG you crazy slut I love you you were so drunk last weekend, I can't believe you played stip poker with all those guys") can work against you. I say just don't go down that road and save yourself the hassle, especially at a competitive recruitment.