Rush - how do you remember so many girls?

[Zillini]

The active members also take notes between parties so they will remember who they talked to, what they talked about and their overall impression of the PNM. Depending on the campus, the PNMs might be assigned to a certain active for reasons FSUZeta spoke about.

On large competitive campuses, many sororities do PNM Review sessions during their Recruitment workshops. This allows the active members to get generally acquainted with the PNMs "resume" from the Panhellenic application and/or recommendations received by alums.

Panhellenic also supplies a list of all the PNMs that will be in attendance for each party. We create reminder cards of the PNMs including their picture and highlights of their resume to be handed out prior to each party. This gives the active a quick refresher on the PNMs activities and interests before she meets the PNM at the door.

All in all, no it's not easy to remember every single person, either PNM or active, but it is possible. It's a memory skill that needs to be developed. It's a skill that can help anyone later in life in the real world too. (Unfortunately I never completely mastered it and am still horrible with names. But faces I can remember practically forever. I think participating in Recruitment on both sides contributed to this.)

[sunandsand]

Wow! I am really impressed because when I am nervous, I have a hard time remembering things. I assume that many members are nervous, not as nervous as us PNMs, but pretty nervous all the same, so I give you all major kudos for being able to remember us!

[adpiucf]

Good luck at recruitment! You're going to meet a lot of women at each event. You can't take anything into the events with you, but your recruitment counselor can watch your things for you while you are in the houses/suites. Keep a notepad and pen with your belongings. As you exit each party, jot down a few notes about who you talked to and your impressions of the party. You may not remember every single person you spoke with, but taking notes will help you recall those impressions and the sorority women you really clicked/didn't click with. It can help you to make your decisions later on when you may have to cut sororities from your list.

[KSUViolet06]

My school's rush is pretty small (about 150-ish girls w/ 7 sororities), so it's not really difficult for me. You meet 90% of the girls before recruitment at Greek Info Night, so when you see them at recruitment, you tend to remember most of them.

[Sister Havana]

When I rushed at IU, years ago, we had these index-card type things with our name, basic info, and pic, which we'd hand to the first person we talked to at each house.