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Originally Posted by lovedbyloving
I'm rushing in the fall (just a couple weeks away..eek!) and I am REALLY nervous to say the least.
I've read several threads on here about advice, what to expect, what not to say during rush, etc..but I am freaking out. I have a couple of questions:
I go to a southern state school, and from what I've read it sounds like rush at most large southern schools is pretty competitive.
I only have three recs but am interested in about 8 of the sororities.
Is it going to hurt me that I don't have a rec for every single sorority? I'm worried that I won't get an equal chance at each of the sororities because I have so few recs. At my school recs aren't required-it says so on the rush application, but I've heard that they are still really important. Should I be nervous about this? And if so, how do I compensate?
Also..I know a few greek girls through my boyfriend who is in a fraternity. I know in the advice threads it has been mentioned to not bring up boys so I don't plan on going around announcing that I'm dating a fraternity guy, but I have met most of the greek girls I know through him.
So my question is this: if the active greek girls bring him up during rush activities, how should I react?
Any advice/answers to my questions will be super helpful. Thank you so much!
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Do you find it contradictory that you're worried about having an equal chance due to not having recs, when you've not given the groups an equal chance since you haven't gone through recruitment yet? You compensate by going into recruitment with an open mind and giving all the sororities a chance.
You need to ask yourself why only eight are your favorites, and then decide if you want to limit yourself based on ideas of groups you've never met, that other people have told you about, and then decide if you want to limit yourself to eight and chance disappointment and not being in a sorority at all.
I doubt that the women will bring him up as many recruitment techniques are to not talk about boys. If a woman says "I met you though Mike, right?" that's different than saying "Aren't you Mike's girlfriend?" so just acknowledge that you met through him and don't go on about him because it may hurt you if you're talking about your relationship and they would like to share their sisterhood with you and get to know you better.