More tips on rush

[zetagirly]

I know my tips and suggestions on rush won't be looked upon favorably by some but I was given these and going through as a sister I know that unfortunately they do help.

1) Make sure your nails look nice. (You don't have to get a professional manicure but please make sure your polish isn't chipping. Clear polish is fine too but make sure your nails are clean and even and nice looking.) We have so many great girls who go through and we need to make a certain amount of cuts each round that we have made cuts on some girls who have had bad looking nails. It's shallow I know but we had to have a reason to cut someone and not to cut another girl.

2) Do not wear too much makeup. Especially if you are rushing when it's very hot outside. Makeup melts and mascara runs and you need to look your best but also look natural.

3) Don't wear a watch. I had a GREAT girl and she kept looking at her watch. I thought it was out of habit that she looked at her watch but wasn't sure if she was just bored. Again, we had to cut so many girls that we cut her inorder to keep another girl that we liked better.

4) I wouldn't wear a short skirt. I just wouldn't. I would wear a skort but skirts when you are sitting have a way to creep up on you and that could be ugly.

5) I wouldn't talk about guys at all (unless you have a brother in a fraternity at your school) and wouldn't talk about other sororities.

6) SMILE SMILE SMILE. Show real interest (think about it as pre job interview.) Even if you are tired, bored, hate the house, etc. smile, show excellent eye contact, shake the girls hand, THANK THEM for their time, compliment the girl and act impressed. They are working hard and want girls to appreciate that.

7) The skits mean NOTHING. They are simply entertainment. TALK TALK TALK to the girls as much as you can because these will be your friends. Who do you see yourself with when you are 35 years old sipping lemonade while your kids are out playing? Sororities, IMHO, are about friendship first, social second and service third. And, when you have friends that you can have fun with and be yourself with and have them love you no matter what and love them no matter what, you are more inclined to want to give something back to your community when you feel support and good about yourself.

8) DO NOT be uppity! Even if you are a triple legacy and drop dead gorgeous, if you have a bad attitude, you will be dropped. It happened to me, I had to go to our province president in TEARS and beg to cut this girl who was beyond gorgeous but also a triple legacy. She was beyond rude to me and there was no reason to be. We cut her and you know what? All the other houses cut her too. And, when we had the opportunity to snap bid her even though we made quota and was at total, we declined.

9) I just think that you need to be nice and friendly and be personable and not have it be about guys and who you party with and whether you have the tiffany tag bracelet (which I love by the way).

In a nut shell, LOOK NICE, CLASSLY, eye contact, no mention of men, and act like this is a job interview. You want this job so how are you going about getting it??