Should I rush?

GreekGirl06 · #1 01-07-2007, 06:49 PM

I would do it. The way I look at the entire rush process, even if you don't get a bid. You will make lots of friends with other people that you meet through the whole process for instance, I've been at my university for four years and I'm still interested in going Greek as a result. I now have over 200 friends that are Greek, and I still haven't received the bid into a house. It's about the people you meet even if you don't get accepted into the Greek community. They know that I will be rushing every semester and I'm not worried whether or not they think I'm crazy for going through rush. Hopefully one day, I will get in is n. In my head. It's only a matter of time before the bid is extended,

BabyPiNK_FL · #2 01-07-2007, 07:03 PM

I rushed and didn't tell my parents (they didn't want me to join anything) but a) I was 20-21 at the time of pledging b) I didn't expect them to (directly) pay for it, c) I was living on campus (normally I commute) at the time so it was easy to hide and d) i didn't expect them to pay for it (directly). If you, yourself, and you can fund it and you're over 18 then when you are ready to rush, then go ahead, but since you're concerned about grades, save up your spare finaid or pocket change, etc. so that way you don't have to worry about what anyone think when the time comes.

p.s. my mom found out after initiation when I came home to stay over the break (the dorms were empty

) by then I didn't care and she didn't get mad because there wasn't anything she could do, but she doesn't like it and calls it "my cult" and i wear "cult shirts" and sing "cult songs" so be prepared for some kind of backlash!

hope i helped!

Ocalagirl · #3 01-07-2007, 09:56 PM

Well coming from a pretty much non-greek family, they weren't against it, but were not totally for it. I tried to explain to them why I was going for it, but they had seen my aunt join a GLO, grades drop, and she dropped out of college and they thought this was how it was going to be like. And because I didn't receive a bid, my mom is even now more against it than ever. She doesn't understand why I would want to go through the humiliation and work of going through recruitment again when I pretty much have a slim chance of getting in. I am going through again because I want to know the bonds of sisterhood in some shape or form...I encourage everyone I know to go greek (if they know they would be willing to do it). I hope your parents understand and you are able to go through with it.
Good luck, Ocalagirl

violetpretty · #4 01-08-2007, 02:35 AM

It depends how low your grades are and how competitive your school's greek community is. If you are below the panhellenic required GPA, wait until you get your grades up. If you are just at the minimum for many of the chapters, then go ahead and sign up. You have nothing to lose. Worst case scenario is that you will have met a bunch of new people and have extra motivation to imporve your grades for the fall.

Have you talked with your parents yet?

icicle22 · #5 01-08-2007, 01:00 PM

Not yet, technically...I will most likely be rushing next fall, so I'm focusing on studies first. But yeah, I plan to talk to them in the coming months.

FSUblondeAST07 · #6 01-10-2007, 08:28 PM

When my lil lil pledged she did not tell her parents that she was doing it because they were against it. It was hard for her to keep it a secret, she even had to take down sorority decorations in her room before her parents came up to visit. Bottom line, her parents found out after the dues checked cleared and it really wasn't that big of a deal in the end. I think they were more hurt that she didn't tell them, rather than being upset that she decided to persue membership in the sorority.

Follow your heart in making the decision whether to persue membership in a sorority, but either way you need to be honest with your parents. You only live life once, so I say persue your dreams because you don't want to look back at your college experience with "I wish I would of done...."

icicle22 · #7 01-17-2007, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUblondeAST07

When my lil lil pledged she did not tell her parents that she was doing it because they were against it. It was hard for her to keep it a secret, she even had to take down sorority decorations in her room before her parents came up to visit. Bottom line, her parents found out after the dues checked cleared and it really wasn't that big of a deal in the end. I think they were more hurt that she didn't tell them, rather than being upset that she decided to persue membership in the sorority.

Follow your heart in making the decision whether to persue membership in a sorority, but either way you need to be honest with your parents. You only live life once, so I say persue your dreams because you don't want to look back at your college experience with "I wish I would of done...."

That's true. I really wouldn't want to remember my college experience and think about what I should have done...that really wouldn't make me too proud of it.