Funny reasons you may have been cut

adpiucf · #1 08-13-2006, 05:29 PM

This has nothing to do with being cut, but I'm not sure if I've shared this pre-recruitment story before.

Ok, so this happened about a decade ago. This was in the days before cell phones were in common use, before AIM, and before GC! (gasp!)

I walking through my on-campus apartment. You know-- dorm style living with a kitchenette, private room, living room and those fabulous cinder block walls (the walls are vital to the retelling of the story). Sorority Recruitment was starting the next day.

Now, I've never been especially graceful on my feet, but I managed to walk into a wall-- one of those fantastic cinderblock walls. I don't know what happened-- I just missed the door. I heard a crack-- it wasn't the wall, but the sound of my nose and a trickle of blood began to run down my face!!!

I grabbed my Zach Morris-sized cordless phone and dialed my friend, Andrew. "My nose is bleeding and sorority recruitment starts tomorrow! No one is going to want me to be their sister if I have a big bruised nose! I think my nose is broken!"

"Oh my gosh! Do you want me to come over and take you to the hospital? What happened?"

"I WALKED INTO A WALL!"

"No really! What happened?"

Thankfully, my nose wasn't broken, I got my first choice bid to ADPi and hooked Andrew up with one of my sorority sisters... They will celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary this spring.

All's well that ends well. I've still been known to trip over my own feet. And I'm a little wary when I'm in a dorm....

TXMom · #2 08-13-2006, 08:51 PM

My daughter would call after next day and she would tell me which ones she expected to be cut from......looking back some are pretty petty and silly!
1. She was sick and couldn't be outgoing enough.
2. The girl that talked to her hated her sorority sister that was from the same high school my daughter went to.....the active could only ask questions about her sorority sister. later we found out she lied about her to get her cut.
3. Weren't from the right zip code.
Of course there were those that were kind, gracious and compassionate too!

honeychile · #3 08-14-2006, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by adpiucf

This has nothing to do with being cut, but I'm not sure if I've shared this pre-recruitment story before.

Ok, so this happened about a decade ago. This was in the days before cell phones were in common use, before AIM, and before GC! (gasp!)

I walking through my on-campus apartment. You know-- dorm style living with a kitchenette, private room, living room and those fabulous cinder block walls (the walls are vital to the retelling of the story). Sorority Recruitment was starting the next day.

Now, I've never been especially graceful on my feet, but I managed to walk into a wall-- one of those fantastic cinderblock walls. I don't know what happened-- I just missed the door. I heard a crack-- it wasn't the wall, but the sound of my nose and a trickle of blood began to run down my face!!!

I grabbed my Zach Morris-sized cordless phone and dialed my friend, Andrew. "My nose is bleeding and sorority recruitment starts tomorrow! No one is going to want me to be their sister if I have a big bruised nose! I think my nose is broken!"

"Oh my gosh! Do you want me to come over and take you to the hospital? What happened?"

"I WALKED INTO A WALL!"

"No really! What happened?"

Thankfully, my nose wasn't broken, I got my first choice bid to ADPi and hooked Andrew up with one of my sorority sisters... They will celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary this spring.

All's well that ends well. I've still been known to trip over my own feet. And I'm a little wary when I'm in a dorm....

OMIGOSH! I'm so glad you didn't break your nose! [hijack] I was once staying in a hotel for work, and took cold medication before I went to bed. Which meant, of course, I had to use the bathroom several times that night. The last time, I was so drowsy, and not having my contacts in, walked into the wall, and fractured my orbital bone! I just packed my eyes in ice and went back to bed - I didn't find out about the actual break until my next eye appointment. It was the biggest reason I pushed so hard for LASIK!! [/hijack]

oldrusheenowmom · #4 08-16-2006, 09:56 PM

This is one of those "no-no's" that worked out right. My sister went to three pref nights at the Univ. of Iowa and was heavily leaning toward one sorority, but she wasn't entirely certain. As she was leaving one of the other two, she overheard one member say to another: I am so tired and ready for this all to be over. One of those things we were drilled not to ever let a PNM hear or even think that you are not enjoying recruitment-- However, the comment was exactly what my exhausted sister was feeling and it swayed her to choose that house!! The advice I wish I had listened to was remember to check out the other PNMs-- those returning to the same houses you do could potentially be your sisters-- if you feel uncomfortable with them ....

bamagphibgirlie · #5 08-21-2006, 02:55 PM

Um before rush and stuff during the summer I edited my facebook to ensure that it looked nice and they were no incriminating phrases and things. However under favorite movies I put Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I dont know but I think alot of people look at that and are like wtf? o that and in the Phi Mu house on Philanthropy day i had to twist my waist like 180 degrees so i could see the video screen behind me anywho, their philanthropy is childrens miracle network so they were showing all these pictures of really cute little sick kids while playing that song"angels among us" anywho I totally started bawling so when the movie stopped and i was still in that state I believe I snapped back around and hit a rusher like in the side of the head with my elbow! Definately not graceful at all.

33girl · #6 08-22-2006, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by bamagphibgirlie

Um before rush and stuff during the summer I edited my facebook to ensure that it looked nice and they were no incriminating phrases and things. However under favorite movies I put Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I dont know but I think alot of people look at that and are like wtf?

I know lots of guys who would love you forever because of that.

AlphaFrog · #7 08-22-2006, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

I know lots of guys who would love you forever because of that.

Heck, I would love her because of that. It's one of those things that you "get it" or you don't. Oh, and a margarita helps with that too.

SigKapSweetie · #8 10-22-2006, 08:45 PM

One of my Sigma Kappa sisters who was a Pi Chi told me this story. She was standing at the door of another sorority house at the end of their pref party. That chapter did the 'throw the (flower/pearl/key/etc) into the fountain and make a wish', and one of the sisters of that chapter told her PNM, "I hope your wish is the same as mine." The PNM waited until the sister was out of earshot, then turned to another girl in her rush group and said, "Only if your wish is for me to join Sigma Kappa!" Our Pi Chi about died laughing. That PNM is now one of my sisters!

And I forgot to include my own story - I was in one of the more 'proper' houses on our campus. We were using paint pens during their craft, and the other PNM in the room broke her orange paint pen all over her light blue pants and the carpet of the rusher's room. She and I both laughed (come on, I'm only human, and it was darn funny), and we were both dropped.

Stef the Pef · #9 11-10-2006, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

I know lots of guys who would love you forever because of that.

Me too!

BEST MOVIE EVER!

smiley21 · #10 11-12-2006, 04:18 PM

I have been wanting to tell this story for awhile...
When I went through recruitment, I was visiting this one sorority during philanthropy night. We were sitting down and working on a craft. This one girl was talking to me and then there was an wierd silence. Then I saw this other sister that I recognized, so I actually got up and moved to that girl. lol...no doubt, that did not put me in the best light.

Funny side note: The girl I recognized was actually a girl I met here on GC. So I guess GC is the reason I got cut!

sisterzip · #11 10-23-2006, 03:31 PM

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Okay at one house at Ole Miss I was asked if I had a boyfriend yet...I politely told the girl that I had just gotten to Ole Miss and because rush was going on I hadn't ventured out to "get a boyfriend yet" (at this point in my life I had never had one yet) and I was more interested in getting my dorm all ready and rush stuff...(when I went through rush it was before school started). Anyway, I guess that wasn't the right answer because she pretty much ignored me the rest of the time. They were not on my card for pref parties so that must have been the wrong answer.

What in the world? There are actualy sorities that cut girls for things like this. Since when is having a boyfriend a requirement to join a sorority? Would they rather have you be one of those girls that NEEDS a boyfriend or is totaly dependent on him?
This has nothing to do with being cut but last year we had a great girl depledge because hey boyfriend thought greek life was stupid.

LionTamer · #12 10-23-2006, 04:35 PM

I had a boyfriend try to convince me that pledging was a dumb idea, but the fact that he was an SAE and I had met him at an SAE social completely invalidated his argument!

lake · #13 11-02-2006, 01:41 AM

At the round before Preference Night (the day before) I met this girl at one of the houses and when she told me her name I recognized it because a friend of mine from high school was roommates with her in the dorm a year or so prior. My HS friend had told me this girl was really difficult to live with, was emotionally unstable, etc. Without thinking, I blurted out "Oh, you were roommates with so-and-so." She looked a bit startled but I didn't think too much of it at the time. Looking back, if my HS friend didn't like her - she probably didn't like my HS friend, either! And I wasn't invited back to that house for Preference.

Symbal · #14 11-05-2006, 11:53 PM

While rushing in the fall, I stopped at a house that I had initial high hopes for. I was excited to be there, but when I was paired with the girl rushing me, I knew this was just going to be awkward. This was a very upscale typical wealthy daughter sorority.

When they asked me about my interests, I said that I'm fond of reading non-fiction books about various topics (listing some to her, like feminism, religion, etc.). Her and the girl with her kind of looked at each other and the girls told me they couldn't remember the last book they actually read, then asked me if Cosmo counted. I honestly had no idea what to say.

As backround info, the shoes I had worn to the first two rounds of rush really hurt because they rubbed my achilles tendon raw. As a desperate attempt to save my poor ankles, I put a bandaid over the raw spots. While sitting with the girls at the same sorority, she told me that I "Uhm, had a bandaid" on my ankle. I said I was aware, kind of ashamed because I knew I was going to be cut for that fashion faux pas.

I had a sister at a house I really DID like almost spill a red drink on me! She was walking with a tray of punch and tripped on an AV cable. I caught her out of the corner of my eye and jumped back just enough to avoid the splash! I wonder if I was cut because of them being embarassed! I thought it was an interesting conversation starter!