What Would You Change About Recruitment?

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Originally posted by JocelynC
If they put all the PNM's in one dorm for recruitment (prior to the start of school), if girls get cut/drop out, maybe the university could give them the option of moving into their actual dorm (the one that they're assigned to for the school year) early, as opposed to sulking in the PNM dorm waiting for it all to be over.

The only problem with that at my college was that this particular dorm was the only one open. I don't think the other dorms were open yet--they opened the dorms the Saturday which was also Bid Day. One thing I do remember--the PNMS who were still going through couldn't leave campus unless they lived in that area. So..you have about 225 girls going through Rush and the only ones who can leave campus are those who were cut. I remember girls getting cut who were sweet enough to go grab McDonald's food, etc for PNMs tired of cafeteria food. They were happy enough to get away from the dorm for a little bit. Usually though, it was even worse on Bid Day. Those girls didn't have any place to go, they see their roomies get bids, and hear all the girls squealing, then running down the stairs out to the quad where the different groups have their letters set up, the balloons, singing and waiting for their girls. What was even worse was that for the girls who had to move into their dorms--the new PNMS had their sorority sisters to help out. Not usually much help for the others.

Well, I wouldn't call it sulking. Every case I've seen involved nonstop, brokenhearted crying and the former rushee questioning her worth.[

This is so true. I remember how I felt..and it was awful, especially since, at the time, I didn't know how the rec thing worked. It took me until the second day to call my mom and tell her.