When I went through the sorority formal recruitment at my university, I knew by the "Preference" party where I wanted to be, and that this house was the sisterhood I wanted. However, my Rho Chi (rush advisor) told our rush group to be sure and put down both our first and second choice for a sorority. (If you've never been through formal rush, to "suicide" is to put only one choice down). But the way I viewed it was that if I didn't get a bid from my house, I didn't want to be in a sorority, so I "suicided". Of course it worked out well, and I was given a bid. But I felt like if I put down another house, and was given a bid for them, but not my house, I would feel like I had settled for 2nd best.
Well last year, a girl that went through really wanted us, but she put down another group as her second choice...well we didn't bid on her, but they did and she accepted. Yet she told me last month (she has been a sister of her sorority for A YEAR already) that she still wished she could've been one of us and that she liked her sorority, but liked us better.
This really made me think - should rush advisors be telling these girls not to suicide? I know they still are because my little sister has been a Rho Chi for the past 2 years and she tells them not to suicide. Does anyone out there have stories about their choice to (or not to) suicide? And was it the right choice for you? I'd like some input so that I can maybe discuss this further with Panhell. Thanks!
Formal Recruitment Suicide???
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