Rho Chi formal recruitment

[ilylyn]

This is my first time dealing with formal recruitment and I volunteered to be Rho Chi. I'm not sure what to expect... A lot of the older sisters were really shocked that I wanted to do it... apparently it's something everyone hates doing...
It's only 3 weeks long and it can't be that bad... I live with my bff/pledge sister who is doing rush and I thought that since this is a really stressful time, being on opposite ends would help
What do you guys think? What should I expect with this whole Rho Chi thing?

[SthrnZeta]

I loved it personally. Yeah, you're away from your sisters but you get to help girls go through FR and that's extremely rewarding. I think it's less stressful than if you were on the sister side and you usually don't have to stay up as late for MS. The only not so good part is having to tell girls they got released. The best part is coming back to your chapter and revealing to your PNM group what chapter you're from!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by ilylyn

This is my first time dealing with formal recruitment and I volunteered to be Rho Chi. I'm not sure what to expect... A lot of the older sisters were really shocked that I wanted to do it... apparently it's something everyone hates doing...
It's only 3 weeks long and it can't be that bad... I live with my bff/pledge sister who is doing rush and I thought that since this is a really stressful time, being on opposite ends would help
What do you guys think? What should I expect with this whole Rho Chi thing?

Who the heck have you been talking to? I would have done it again multiple times if I didn't graduate! Being a Rho Gamma was one of my most fun and rewarding experiences as an undergrad!

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I agree. Do it! It's fun, interesting, and different. And you may have a chance to be on the recruitment side another time. Every experience is an experience if nothing else so what do you have to lose?

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by ilylyn

This is my first time dealing with formal recruitment and I volunteered to be Rho Chi.

At my campus, women couldn't be a Rho Chi until they had participated in formal rush on the sorority's side. There's a great deal to learn from the sorority's perspective that is helpful to PNMs.

So, the OP's question got me thinking... Is it common for schools to allow women who are experiencing formal rush for the first time to be Rho Chis, or is this just a phenomenon at places where they have a hard time filling Rho Chi positions?

ETA: I don't mean to hijack the thread. I think the OP should definitely give it a shot. I think it would be helpful for the OP to have experienced formal rush from the sorority's side before being a Rho Chi, but if there aren't rules prohibiting that, I don't see why she shouldn't.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

So, the OP's question got me thinking... Is it common for schools to allow women who are experiencing formal rush for the first time to be Rho Chis, or is this just a phenomenon at places where they have a hard time filling Rho Chi positions?

I know that at my school, you had to have been on the member side of recruitment at least once to apply to be a PX. But my school is one where there were at least 10 girls applying from each of the 6 NPCs (sometimes more), which made for alot of apps considering the size of the Greek community.

[SthrnZeta]

At my school, they only required that you had been involved in FR either on the PNM or the sister side. After I was a Rho Gamma, the next year they changed it to be only those who had participated at least once on the sister side. So I only did FR on the sister side my senior year! And I gotta say, I much preferred being a Rho Gamma. I don't consider myself a good rusher but I do very much like to help people figure stuff out and I consider myself a good listener so being a Rho Gam seemed like a natural fit for me. At my school, most girls would rather get out of FR on the sister side and go neutral so it was rather coveted since you had to go through interviews with Panhel and such - I even put my acceptance letter in my Zeta scrapbook Maybe Panhel made it seem like an honor for a reason now that I think about it.... whatever, I liked it