A 1996 Retro UF Recruitment

[Blumarine]

My Recruitment Story

I went through Formal Rush at the University of Florida in 1996. Since it’s been 12 years, my memory may be a little rusty, but I’ll try to tell it as accurately as possible. I’m going to name the chapters after Vera Bradley patterns…

Frankly Scarlet
Botanica
Pink Elephants
Cambridge
Puccini
Kensington
Peacock
Night Owl
Java Blue
Pinwheel Pink
Daisy Daisy
Riviera Blue
Café Latte
Raspberry Fizz

I remember being sooo excited to start college! My best friend “Cassie” and I decided at the end of our senior year of high school that we would go through Rush. Both of her parents had been Greek, and she had sorority connections through cousins as well. I did not have any family Greek connections, nor did I know anyone in a sorority, but I knew I wanted to make friends and get involved on campus.

I spent the summer working, hanging out with my HS friends and boyfriend “Scott,” and perusing the little booklet from Panhellenic that profiled the different sororities. This was back in the early days of the Internet, so there was no Greekchat to turn to for information. Today's PNMs are very fortunate to have this resource (especially the "stickies" with basic recruitment info, what not to say/do, etc.) I remember going on AOL and trying to find Rush advice or information about the different chapters, without much luck. I didn't know anything about recs or legacies or anything like that, but I could not wait to be a Florida Gator!