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Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
If you're going to be a Rho Chi, don't lie. Please do not tell these poor young women that "there is, like, no way in the world that you won't get a bid" or "you are the one who is choosing US, don't worry about getting cut". I heard both of those things from my Rho Chis and that was just untrue. After the very first night, I was cut from two sororities. It was very strange to me because I had been told over and over again that being cut, ESPECIALLY after the first night, wouldn't happen. Many other girls in my group experienced this the next night, when they only got invited back to two sororities on a 3-night.
So ladies, I understand that you don't want to scare your PNMs, but be honest at least. Prepare them for what could be a huge disappointment... because I can imagine that many girls in my Rho Chi group didn't know what to do when their bid card didn't have the "right" sorority on it.
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AMEN,AMEN,AMEN!!!!!
Oh my gosh! If there is one think that every Rho Chi needs to hear, that's it! When I rushed in the seventies, my rush counselor told us that everyone would get back 4 invitations the second day. The next day, the rushee who asked her about that didn't get any, nor did several others in our group; others only got 1-3.
In the eighties, I found out that some of the rush counselors at Miss. State were doing that and I called them in and read them the riot act. I said, "Just because you had a perfect rush or you're too embarrassed to admit that people get cut heavily, you don't tell a rushee that to save yourself grief."
NPC should release a Rho Chi booklet for national use that tells counselors not to do that and why. After 30 years, it's still going on. My daughters' counselors--and the few sorority actives they knew at their university-- hinted to them that only losers wouldn't get their pick of sororities. One absolutely got her pick. The other--well, she feels like a loser now thanks to that and I don't know if she'll ever rush again. This child has an A average, is a university cheerleader, and has an incredible rush resume but her RC built up the group with unreal expectations and I heard that 7 of the 10 girls dropped out of recruitment. Then the RC transferred to another school.
, leaving 7 unhappy girls in her wake.