Mom Wanting To Rush

[Oklaw96]

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[carnation]

Do you think you'll have time for Greek life with 2 children? A sorority is unlikely to excuse you because you have to do child-related things.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Oklaw96

Please be respectful.

If that means “just tell me what I want to hear and only positive things” I’m sorry, but you have come to the wrong place.

SEC schools are extremely traditional and 19 year old sophomores often have a problem getting a bid. To say you have an uphill battle would be putting it mildly.

[Oklaw96]

Originally Posted by 33girl

If that means “just tell me what I want to hear and only positive things” I’m sorry, but you have come to the wrong place.

SEC schools are extremely traditional and 19 year old sophomores often have a problem getting a bid. To say you have an uphill battle would be putting it mildly.

Not at all! I definitely am coming into this with an open mind. I am a legacy for two specific ones and I have references for about 8 of the 12 sororities they have there. Do you think that could be beneficial? I am very passionate about some of the philanthropies and would be very thankful to contribute to charity work and the volunteering that goes on.

[Oklaw96]

To add, I am a legacy and have multiple references for most of the sororities there. With my class schedule, they will be with family, my boyfriend, or our sitter. Getting into medical school requires a lot of extracurricular activities and I am very passionate about some of these sororities philanthropies as I have either experienced it first hand or it correlates with what I want to do in medicine. For example, working with children who are fighting cancer.

[ZTA72]

Originally Posted by Oklaw96

To add, I am a legacy and have multiple references for most of the sororities there. With my class schedule, they will be with family, my boyfriend, or our sitter. Getting into medical school requires a lot of extracurricular activities and I am very passionate about some of these sororities philanthropies as I have either experienced it first hand or it correlates with what I want to do in medicine. For example, working with children who are fighting cancer.

At age 23, our girls were attending med school. They had accomplished all of the activities, research, teaching under grads, etc. Some of this was due to their sorority membership. However, most of this involvement was not. I would not recommend rush for you at your age and stage...saying this in the most respectful way.
Best of luck.

[PhilTau]

Originally Posted by Oklaw96

To add, I am a legacy and have multiple references for most of the sororities there. With my class schedule, they will be with family, my boyfriend, or our sitter. Getting into medical school requires a lot of extracurricular activities and I am very passionate about some of these sororities philanthropies as I have either experienced it first hand or it correlates with what I want to do in medicine. For example, working with children who are fighting cancer.

If not a troll -- I am trying to imagine how a medical school admissions board would view your taking away time from your young children to spend socializing with 19 year-olds. How do you think they would react?

Instead, I suggest that you spend the time with your kids and spend your money on a good MCAT review course, if you are really serious about medical school.

[Sciencewoman]

My sister and her husband are both doctors and they both served on the exec boards of their Big 10/SEC Greek organizations in college. I've never once heard them say anything about their membership playing any role whatsoever in the medical school admissions process. Join a science-related honor society, volunteer at a hospital, study for the MCAT, etc.

The only connection my sister has ever mentioned is that residency matching is EXACTLY like bid matching...you list your ranked choices, the hospitals submit their ranked lists, there's a computerized ranking and matching system, and you are informed where you're placed. I guess the only difference is that no one drops because they "didn't like their hospital/house" so they'll try again next year for better results. By that age, people have learned that doesn't work.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I guess the only difference is that no one drops because they "didn't like their hospital/house" so they'll try again next year for better results. By that age, people have learned that doesn't work.

Ewwwwww-I keep trying to drop Mercy Hospital, but they keep showing up on my list! I hate them!

[33girl]

The nurses and doctors at New York General were all really nice, but their scrubs were ugly and the protocol they used was LAME!

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Ewwwwww-I keep trying to drop Mercy Hospital, but they keep showing up on my list! I hate them!

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Ewwwwww-I keep trying to drop Mercy Hospital, but they keep showing up on my list! I hate them!

Not to mention, they have a religious affiliation that differs from my own, so obviously this would be a bad fit.

[ZTA72]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

My sister and her husband are both doctors and they both served on the exec boards of their Big 10/SEC Greek organizations in college. I've never once heard them say anything about their membership playing any role whatsoever in the medical school admissions process. Join a science-related honor society, volunteer at a hospital, study for the MCAT, etc.

The only connection my sister has ever mentioned is that residency matching is EXACTLY like bid matching...you list your ranked choices, the hospitals submit their ranked lists, there's a computerized ranking and matching system, and you are informed where you're placed. I guess the only difference is that no one drops because they "didn't like their hospital/house" so they'll try again next year for better results. By that age, people have learned that doesn't work.

THIS. Is exactly right. When my Son in law asked me if I understood the Match process, I said yes, it is just like sorority recruitment. He then asked me to explain it to his non Greek mother. Not certain that she ever got it, she wanted her son and my daughter to go to a particular place in Florida which they had little interest in for their specialties.

They prevailed, couples matched to their first choice in another state. Match Day is like Bid Day on steroids!

[Sciencewoman]

You all crack me up!

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by ZTA72

THIS. Is exactly right. When my Son in law asked me if I understood the Match process, I said yes, it is just like sorority recruitment. He then asked me to explain it to his non Greek mother. Not certain that she ever got it, she wanted her son and my daughter to go to a particular place in Florida which they had little interest in for their specialties.

They prevailed, couples matched to their first choice in another state. Match Day is like Bid Day on steroids!

So,so true!