I'm glad the issue of jobs has been cleared up. I had written a post, but my server got nutty and I wasn't able to send it. What I was going to say was that in my chapter, we look favorably upon girls who work during the summer, and especially during the school year. We have Deferred Recruitment, and by the time it rolls around, a semester has passed and most girls are familiar enough with their academic/financial situation and if they're willing to take on the added financial burden, we're more than willing to call them our sister. Part of it's just the school I go to. Tuition, room, board, and all that costs a grip, and it's pretty hard NOT to find someone who did AT LEAST an internship over the summer. Most of our girls work during the summer, and about 75%work during the school year. I don't think I'd want to be in a sorority with women who judged me on how I spent my summer, using that information to decide whether or not I can pay to be a member.
One thing I definitely feel is important is personal appearance...and I'm not talking about dress. I know that during the school year, I saw a lot of girls running around sloppy drunk, hooking up with guys left and right, and being really idiotic in discussion sections (flirting with TAs, etc). They didn't do so well in Rush, because by the time it rolled around, they had fairly bad reputations.
The advice for women going through Deferred Rush is a lot different from that for those going through "traditional" Rush. Maybe over Winter Break, we can come up with some additional advice?
