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I may just post it anyways, it will be fun to relive the memories!
Retro Recruitment Story
Ok, I went through Recruitment in 2001 and here is my story if everyone isn’t totally sick of these yet!
4 chapters on my campus
Coach
LV
Dooney & Bourke
Kate Spade
Why I went through Rush…
It was about a week and half before school started on a Thursday. I was a nanny that summer and for SOME reason I had a random thought that day, I wonder about sororities? I decided to research it so I called the University and got the number for Greek Life. I was connected with the Greek Advisor and he informed me that Rush started in two days, Saturday and that I could still register if I filled out my form and paid by tomorrow. Remember I still had no idea what any of this meant. I was the first person in my family to go to college and I had ZERO Greek relatives or information. I honestly think it was a blessing that I decided to check out this thing called Rush. I called my friend Krystle because my BEST FRIEND and roommate, was out of town at a church thing. Krystle was always a fun girl and I figured I could talk her into doing this Rush thing with me.
I grabbed my kids that I was watching and we headed up to the University where I picked up two packets, one for me and one for Krystle. After I got off work that day I went over to Krystle’s apartment to convince her to rush with me. It was a pretty easy sell; we poured over the Recruitment book over and over again and discussed which sororities looked better than the others. I had heard good things about Coach from alum that knew my best friend, she said they were the nice normal girls so I was already interested in them. Our other friend, Andrea was at the apartment too. She had actually received Rush information in the mail and wanted to go through with us too. The problem was that her dad had already signed her up for Scuba diving classes that weekend. Andrea was quite the dramatic girl and I will never forget her sobbing on the phone with her parents, “I want to be a sorority girl not a scuba diver” while Krystle and I just laughed at her. We had another friend, Emily who was Krystle’s roommate but she said she was NOT joining a sorority.
Friday-the day before Rush
Because I had convinced Krystle to go through Rush with me at the last minute I took 5 of her senior pictures and our paperwork to work with me. I filled out both of our applications, and attached our pictures. I did call my mom that day and discuss this with her. She was surprised and asked me why I was interested. I told her that I had always HEARD things about Greek life but I wanted to find out for myself. If I went through Rush and it proved to be superficial, partying, drinking only I would drop out before the end. She was very supportive but also told me that I would have to pay for it on my own. I was excited that my mom was happy for me so I grabbed my kids (again) and we went to turn in our forms. The Greek Advisor told me to be at the University at 1:00 PM (1 think) and I headed home on my merry way making sure to drive around campus finding the different houses.
On a side note- It was a big jump for me to do all of this without Best Friend. She and I were connected at the hip and she is pretty conservative. I was worried about what she would think when she got home and found out I was rushing without her.
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