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I was a former Rho Chi....
We were on a 4-1-4 System....you go to school for 4 months, you have the option of taking one intense class for 1 month (except freshman have to), and then you finish out the rest of the year for 4 more months. Rush was held during the "Winter Term Break" (The 1 month off for most upperclassmen).
The Rho Chis were named in early november, and then asked to dissafiliate the Monday returning from Thanksgiving break. Our Rho Chis include women from NPC and NPHC (the NPHC girls were the BEST RHO CHIS EVER! Bc they were so impartial to the NPC sororities and gave honest criticism of the recruitment structure).
Our Rho Chis are treated as a sisterhood...when you become a Rho Chi, you got your "Rho-your-boat-buddy" (it always rained and flooded the greek courts, hence the boat theme), we had our own little initiation ritual, we got bright red ponchos, with our new letters "PX" on them, sweat shirts, t-shirts, everything Panhellenic and Rho Chi stuff that had been passed down. Our symbols were the Row Boat, Oars, and rain hats, and a saying "LIPS"-- Living in Panhellenic Spirit. We made mugs for each other and picture frames, we even held our very own date party that was in Greensboro that we could invite fraternity men to. It was awesome and being chosen to be a Rho Chi became a HUGE HONOR at my school.
What I am trying to illustrate is that this temporary sisterhood really helps you get through not having contact with your sisters. As much as the PX's love each other, nothing would replace our bonds of sisterhood we had with our true sisters. And yes on bid day, we all ran down to our houses, beyond excited and welcomed back...but it was also really sad to say goodbye to being a PX.
But we still think we are "Pretty Fly for a Rho Chi"
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