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[Foxy_Roxy]

Hey all!

I have been browsing this forum for the past couple days and there is a lot of helpful information on it. I just had a couple questions that I couldn't seem to find answers to.

Just as a little background, I will be starting a new college, in a brand new state, as a transfer but with quite a few years to go. (The school actually requires you to be at least a second semester freshman to sign up for recruitment) Anyway, this college would definitely be considered a commuter college with the majority of students living off campus. Although the Greek community here seems to be on the small side I think it will definitely be one of the best ways to meet people being a commuter campus and all.

Recruitment isn't for a while but the month or so leading up to it there seems to be something recruitment based going on almost every week, such as informational gathering, a "pre-recruitment event", and your basic it's the first week of classes lets all get involved stuff. I am super excited for recruitment and was wondering if it was best to attend all of the events or if that would be over kill. I would personally like to attend at least most of the events if not just to ease the wait for actual recruitment. I was just curious what other people's thoughts were on the subject; whether or not each event would basically be the same, ie just your basic information, or if each event would actually add something.

Thank you ahead of time. I look forward to getting to know some of you whether or not I get accepted into a sorority.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Foxy_Roxy

Hey all!

I have been browsing this forum for the past couple days and there is a lot of helpful information on it. I just had a couple questions that I couldn't seem to find answers to.

Just as a little background, I will be starting a new college, in a brand new state, as a transfer but with quite a few years to go. (The school actually requires you to be at least a second semester freshman to sign up for recruitment) Anyway, this college would definitely be considered a commuter college with the majority of students living off campus. Although the Greek community here seems to be on the small side I think it will definitely be one of the best ways to meet people being a commuter campus and all.

Recruitment isn't for a while but the month or so leading up to it there seems to be something recruitment based going on almost every week, such as informational gathering, a "pre-recruitment event", and your basic it's the first week of classes lets all get involved stuff. I am super excited for recruitment and was wondering if it was best to attend all of the events or if that would be over kill. I would personally like to attend at least most of the events if not just to ease the wait for actual recruitment. I was just curious what other people's thoughts were on the subject; whether or not each event would basically be the same, ie just your basic information, or if each event would actually add something.

Thank you ahead of time. I look forward to getting to know some of you whether or not I get accepted into a sorority.

It depends on your school.

My school had 2 Sorority Info Nights and they were both the same thing. There was no need for a PNM to attend both.

Some schools have different fun events every day (like an Ice Cream Social one day, something else the next).

This would be a good question for your Greek Life Office.

[DubaiSis]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

one day, something else the next).

This would be a good question for your Greek Life Office.

This. You want to be enthusiastic, but there's a limit. Or you could go to the first event and ask one of the gals more details about the process, including the pre-recruitment portion.

[Foxy_Roxy]

Thanks for the advice, I'll do just that. One other question, most of the recruitment stories and threads I have read are where the sororities actually have houses. There are no sorority houses on my campus. Does anyone have experience with this situation? I would assume that recruitment still takes place on campus but I would think it would be less formal?

[DubaiSis]

I was an advisor for a chapter with this situation. There, recruitment was held in empty classrooms, and the meetings were held in a meeting room in the Union. There are a LOT of campuses that don't have chapter houses. They're actually very expensive to maintain, so although I loved my chapter house, it's not all bad to not have one.

I think you'll find your type of recruitment stories popping up before too long. It's really only the huge campuses that prefer to start recruitment before school starts.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by Foxy_Roxy

Thanks for the advice, I'll do just that. One other question, most of the recruitment stories and threads I have read are where the sororities actually have houses. There are no sorority houses on my campus. Does anyone have experience with this situation? I would assume that recruitment still takes place on campus but I would think it would be less formal?

On my campus sororities have halls in the dorms, not houses, and only Open House is held on the actual halls. Casual Night on the parties are held across campus in different classrooms. But be careful...don't assume that makes it less formal. Ours is still pretty formal, for the kind of recruitment that it is. They'll let you know at the meetings what to expect/wear/etc. and will probably mention where the parties will be held. Good luck and come back to let everyone know how it goes!