Regret with Interest (Tip for sorority recruitment)

[exlurker]

With sorority recruitment six to ten weeks away on many campuses, here's something that may be worth mentioning:

"regret with interest."

At some schools -- not all -- women have the option of "regretting with interest" when they need to decline an invitation to a party. How does this work?

Let's say there's a day where you can go to as many as seven parties. Let's say you have eight invitations. You have to pick one sorority to "regret." Now, at schools where you can "regret with interest," you can choose to say "regret with interest," which means, basically, "I'm still interested in you, and feel free to invite me to another party."

So if you truly are keeping an open mind, and feel that you might like to go to another party at that sorority, try the "regret with interest" option if your school allows it. It could help keep options open for you. Naturally you wouldn't use it with a sorority that you honestly are not interested in.

There are a few posts about "regret with interest" or "regrets with interest" in an older thread in the Rush forum entitled "NPC Rush - Can someting be done to reduce/eradicate the number of bidless rushees?"

How can you know if your school has the "regret with interest" option? They should tell you at the general recruitment orientation meeting, or at a meeting with your recruitment counselor. If you don't hear anything about it, ASK your recruitment counselor.