Any awesome rush stories?

[RedFox]

Since we had a thread about any weird rush stories I thought I'd start one asking about any awesome rush stories, lol. Any great rushees that stood out to you all as sisters during formal or informal rush? I'm curious...those weird stories are hilarious, but what do you all think about the good girls Can't wait to rush in the fall!

[steelepike]

the only awesome rush story i can think of is mine.

[AOIIalum]

Originally posted by steelepike
the only awesome rush story i can think of is mine.

Then please share it with us! We love rush/recruitment stories around here, and boy are we going through recruitment story detox. There have been some very interesting fraternity recruitment posts in the past and I'd like to read some others.

Christin

[maggieaxid]

I am bored out of my mind today so I will humor yall with my recrutiment story....granted, it was in 1997- so some of the terms and stuff are different. (I won't reveal GLO names as not to offend anyone!)

i was at a smaller school, in the south where greek life is huge and i knew absolutely nothing about sororities, but my roomate and suitemates who considered themselves "true southern belles" and they convinced me that I HAD to rush. Also, the girl who lived across the hall from me, her sister was the president of a great chapter on our campus and I hung out with them lots (which was actually dirty rushing, but I had no idea at the time- she and her sisters would buy us alcohol all the time and give us their lettered sweatshirts if we were cold and would take us down to their house to watch tv with the sophmores who were already initiated and lived in the house.) well I had my heart absolutely set on this house! I thought they were the best thing since sliced bread!
Our rush was defered, so I had spent like all first semester with this house that I loved and rush began the first week in February. There were (at that time) six national sororities on campus and they each had their distinct personality or stereotype- so i thought.
Well I went through first round and had my favorites, with the one house that I loved at the top of my list and my rho chi constantly reminded me and our group to keep open minds and that things change everyday. The following day I got my invites back and I was shocked and appalled that my favorite house had DROPPED me. I was absolutely crushed and pissed off. I cried like all day, but my Rho Chi convinced me that I should still go through and I accepted four invites and cut the one house that I just couldn't see myself in at all.
I went through second round, and while waiting in line, I looked over and saw all these girls going into the house that I really wanted to be in and I got all choked up and started to cry- my rho chi got me pulled together as well as all the rest of the girls that were in line at the house, they all helped me put on new makeup and fixed my hair and stuff and they were soooo sweet!
By the end of second round I had two new favorites.
The next day I picked up my invites and was invited back to three- and I needed to cut it down to two for pref. the house that had cut me was one of my favorites from the day before, and i was a little upset, but was ok with the choices I had left and I really still did like one of the houses. So I dropped the house that was a really great house on campus- but they just weren't me and i was afraid if I had joined I wouldn't be happy. My roomate was so astounded by that, she swore because they were one of the best houses on campus, I was making a huge mistake. She ended up preffing them.
I preffed two houses, the first one was ok. nothing impressed me about their ceremony and I just wasn't into it at all.
The second house I went to, the one that I had liked previously, the pref ceremony made my heart melt and the girl who preffed me and her friend were so awesome- we laughed, we comiserated, and we just clicked.
I knew when I left that house, that that is where I wanted to be.
So we went back to the student center and I filled out my pref card, ranking the house I really liked first and the second one second.
And the next day I got my bid and I was a proud new member of the Theta Class of Alpha Xi Delta. I was even the first girl in my class to accept my bid.
Turns out my Rho Chi was an AXiD too!

My roomate ended up in Phi Mu, but was asked to not come back to school her senior year for grade issues.

[RedFox]

Aw, that is such a great story and such a motivation to me! I'm so glad you stuck with it and ended up where you rightfully belonged. I love hearing stuff like that and just makes me even more optimistic to rush GLO's. Thanks for sharing!

[steelepike]

Originally posted by AOIIalum
Then please share it with us! We love rush/recruitment stories around here, and boy are we going through recruitment story detox. There have been some very interesting fraternity recruitment posts in the past and I'd like to read some others.

Christin

Just a joke trying to say that i was a great sign for my fraternity.

But i guess i will go ahead and give my story if i must. Well first off at Oklahoma State, the rush if informal and usually done over the summer by calling guys up and meeting them and hanging out and inviting guys to rush functions at lakes or whatever. Ends on Signing day where its a big deal with a lot put into putting forth a good face and its like a Banquet. Rush continues if guys haven't signed yet and are interested or if a guy who has signed knows a friend who might be a good duy. Theres the background.

The story: I got called by a few houses and went out to eat with the rush chairman and a brother of the house with five different house before i went to work at a summer camp in Minnesota for a month. Before i left i received calls from 4 other houses, but i just didn't have time to meet them. Over my month long seclusion i return with my mother telling me i had calls from nearly every house at OSU with messages about them calling me back when i got back in town. So i am in Town for two days and i get a call from Pi Kappa Alpha, as well as a few others, and it would be my first time to actually meet the guys even though i had talked to them before. Well by this time i had missed the bulk of summer rush. And i was just a lead they still had. I went out with them three times, toured the house ones and met other guys once as well. I was reluctant to sign first becuase i also wanted to see what college life was like as well as the reputations on campus of the Fraternities. I talked to a friend who was a sophomore and she said that the Pikes were cool guys and had a good rep on campus and with her sorority, so i signed. The best descision of my life. Never had so much fun, enjoyed IMs, and who would have thought i would have done some of the things i have done. Nothing bad but just unexpecting like wearing make up and singing in front of a full Gallagher Iba Arean for Spring Sing.

[Lunarwolf]

My school actually had two formal recruitments, Fall and Spring. I bombed in the fall; the sorority I suicided didn't want me.

So I approached Spring Rush with understandable anxiety. Some of the sororities remembered me and were stand-offish, some treated me like they couldn't believe I was back.

My first choice in the fall was extraordinarily kind to me (It was a local.), as was AST.

Going into the first info session where representatives of all the sororities gave little presentations and then mingled with us, I was happy to see my fall choice be so kind to me, and it was great seeing my rush group happily settled.

Then, I talked with a former rushee who had gone to join AST how she was doing. A couple of her sisters drifted over and actually remembered me! More than that, though, they treated me nicely and genuinely, and at the end of the info session wished me good luck with rush no matter what happened.

Well, that boosted them right up there with my other first choice. The clincher came when, on Pref Night, my former first choice AGAIN (they made me do in the fall, too) made me fill out an application form so they had something to discuss. I liked the girls a lot, but it just felt...somewhat contrived.

When I went to AST's pref party, I was the only rushee there. We had a big dinner (no one else was serving food, from what I remember. ) and conversation flowed quite naturally. In fact, everyone was so comfortable with me there that at one point, when one end of the table was discussing their mother's boobs (I have no idea) and at the other end a NJ girl was telling dead baby jokes, I asked if it was always like this. They sheepishly said yeah, not making any effort to hide what they were really like.

Then, when it was time for me to leave, the girls wished me the best of luck, and promised me that no matter what happened, they wanted to watch Top Gun with me, since they were all in shock that I'd never seen it.

So. Guess where I wound up?

AST, baby!

[PsychTau]

Originally posted by Lunarwolf
In fact, everyone was so comfortable with me there that at one point, when one end of the table was discussing their mother's boobs (I have no idea) and at the other end a NJ girl was telling dead baby jokes, I asked if it was always like this. They sheepishly said yeah, not making any effort to hide what they were really like.

AST, baby!

HAHAHA.....I remember one of our Pref parties where we were so comfortable with everyone that by the end of it we wound up taking our shoes off and sitting in the floor, white dresses and all!!

I guess AST does it a little differently, which makes it that much better!
PsychTau

[kristi_ann81]

First off, to you AST girls...I love AST! I went through recruitment my freshman year and was initiated into AOII, then transferred to a school without AOII the next year. AST ended up approaching me to help them with rush and made me a social member. I loved those girls!

Second...here's my story: I was dead set on this one house from day one of rush. I loved every second of rush because I love meeting and talking to people, but I know that I put off a vibe in all of the other houses that I didn't want them. So I spent all week just knowing that I was going to end up in this one house. Pref rolled around and I just wanted to skip AOII's pref because I had already decided on the other sorority (which shall remain nameless). However, I went to pref at AOII first that day and was rushed by the same sister who had rushed me the day before. We had kinda clicked the day before, but nothing that was too big of a deal. But pref did it for me! Not only was AOII's pref absolutely gorgeous and touching, but the things the girl rushing me said to me were just perfect! She made me feel so special and so welcome in AOII. She showered me with compliments and even admitted she knew I wanted the other house. However, she had faith that I would make the right choice and she spent the time and effort on me, even knowing I wanted the other house.
Well, I left AOII feeling confused because I felt so connected to the sisters at pref. I went to the other house and realized their pref didn't seem like anything special to me (I'm sure it was special, as all chapters pref is special), it just didn't give me that feeling. We all know that feeling we get when we're in the right place!
Well, needless to say, I was one of the first PNM's back to the student union to fill out my card. And I was the last PNM to turn in my card. I talked to my rho chi and told her about my confusion, that I had loved this one house all week and already had friends there, but that AOII had really touched me at pref. I was just scared to change my mind there on that last day. Well, I ended up putting AOII first on my card and that's who I got! Turns out my rho chi was an AOII too and I had made it extremely hard for her to be impartial! I still ended up being friends with lots of girls in the other sorority, but AOII was the place for me. And the girl who rushed me on pref day who made me realize AOII was my home...well, she ended up being my big sister! Things have a way of working themselves out during rush. Hope all the PNMs realize that and go into rush with an open mind and no worries!

[DigitalAngel126]

Originally posted by kristi_ann81
First off, to you AST girls...I love AST! I went through recruitment my freshman year and was initiated into AOII, then transferred to a school without AOII the next year. AST ended up approaching me to help them with rush and made me a social member. I loved those girls!

Second...here's my story: I was dead set on this one house from day one of rush. I loved every second of rush because I love meeting and talking to people, but I know that I put off a vibe in all of the other houses that I didn't want them. So I spent all week just knowing that I was going to end up in this one house. Pref rolled around and I just wanted to skip AOII's pref because I had already decided on the other sorority (which shall remain nameless). However, I went to pref at AOII first that day and was rushed by the same sister who had rushed me the day before. We had kinda clicked the day before, but nothing that was too big of a deal. But pref did it for me! Not only was AOII's pref absolutely gorgeous and touching, but the things the girl rushing me said to me were just perfect! She made me feel so special and so welcome in AOII. She showered me with compliments and even admitted she knew I wanted the other house. However, she had faith that I would make the right choice and she spent the time and effort on me, even knowing I wanted the other house.
Well, I left AOII feeling confused because I felt so connected to the sisters at pref. I went to the other house and realized their pref didn't seem like anything special to me (I'm sure it was special, as all chapters pref is special), it just didn't give me that feeling. We all know that feeling we get when we're in the right place!
Well, needless to say, I was one of the first PNM's back to the student union to fill out my card. And I was the last PNM to turn in my card. I talked to my rho chi and told her about my confusion, that I had loved this one house all week and already had friends there, but that AOII had really touched me at pref. I was just scared to change my mind there on that last day. Well, I ended up putting AOII first on my card and that's who I got! Turns out my rho chi was an AOII too and I had made it extremely hard for her to be impartial! I still ended up being friends with lots of girls in the other sorority, but AOII was the place for me. And the girl who rushed me on pref day who made me realize AOII was my home...well, she ended up being my big sister! Things have a way of working themselves out during rush. Hope all the PNMs realize that and go into rush with an open mind and no worries!

*Clapping* Great story!!! I love reading things like this, it shows how well things really do work out even when yo udon't expect them to. Kudos to you for making the right choice!

[Kristin AGD]

(I apologize, this is really long)

I was not originally supposed to attend the University of North Texas. But at the last minute my parents changed their mind, and so that is where I ended up. The school I was supposed to go to only had locals, and they had deferred rush. I had no time to sign up for rush at UNT, and I was extremely sad as the girls in my dorm were going through rush. UNT did not have a spring rush, so there were no opportunities as a freshman. So I signed up for formal rush as a sophomore. I spent my whole summer staring at my rush booklet, getting the right photos taken and planning my outfits. (This was before the days of the Internet & GC).
So I meet up with my rush group. We instantly click, most of us were sophomores. Then they start talking recs. I have no idea what they mean or any idea of their importance. I spent my summers in Rhode Island, so no one up there had given me any advice. Though they knew I was preparing all summer long, recs aren’t important up there. My group turned and all stared at me with pity when I asked what they were talking about. At first I was really annoyed. It wasn’t until we got our first invitations that I realized why. But my rush group rallied around me with support. Out of 7 groups I had only received three invitations. But they stuck by me, giving me pep talks. Some girls were cut entirely, so I knew I had been lucky to get those three invites. By the third day I was down to two. Alpha Phi & Pi Beta Phi. (I probably got the invite to Pi Phi due to a really sweet Pi Phi that lived next to me in the dorm). But when it came to pref, I only had Alpha Phi. Whom I love dearly to this day (it must be that Triad connection).
On bid day I hadn’t received a bid. I felt empty inside. It was one the most disappointing feelings I have ever felt. While preparing all summer I just didn’t know that you could go through rush, and not get a bid from anyone! What a shocker. (Alpha Phi had had a really great rush that year! It was all over campus they got most of their top bids). There was no COB, and again no spring rush. It was over for me.
My rush group rallied around me again. They became my best friends. One went to Pi Phi, another Kappa, one was Delta Zeta, and one was Alpha Phi. The others in our group had dropped out by second round. But these girls were so great. They called me all the time. We would go work out together, hang out and watch movies, go to fraternity parties together, etc. Even though it was somewhat a painful experience, I would have done it all over again just to have gained such great friends. I never was bitter towards the groups at UNT, hundreds of girls went through rush and my rush group informed me of the “sophomore bonus” program, and that the number of sophomore invitations were limited. When the choices were narrowed down, recs tipped the scale. I understand even more since reading some of these threads.

Later I transferred to UT Dallas. I was sitting in one of the main buildings when I noticed a table set up for Alpha Gamma Delta. We didn’t have that group at UNT, and I was interested. I knew nothing of the greek world outside of UNT. I started to look at their pictures, and one of the members starts talking to me. She was so friendly, nice and open. But after my experience at UNT I was a little gun shy, and thought I was surely too old for them. But they sat me down, took a Polaroid of me, and asked me to attend a rush party.
So there I was going to a rush party. Which was super weird anyway, but they didn’t have a panhellenic at the time. They were the only NPC group on campus. On bid day I was so nervous, I loved Alpha Gam immediately. Their purpose inspired me. I really felt as if I was where I belonged. I cried when I opened my invitation to join. And I knew I found the right place for me.
I probably would have been happy at Alpha Phi (probably the triad love), but it wasn’t where I was supposed to be.
So this is actually two great rush stories, that happened to one really lucky person.
I finally ended up where I belonged. (And I still have that Polaroid, a member gave it to me after I pledged.)

[bgsarah]

oh my goodness, that got me all teary eyed.

I can't wait to add my rush story in September!