Sundance's Spring Recruitment

[Buttonz]

Seems like you had a pretty good day, and 5 out of 8 isn't to bad at all!

Good luck

[FSUZeta]

five out of eight is super!! good luck for the next round.

[Football Fan]

Sundance,
Did you give any thought to common courtesy? The houses that you did not wish to visit had prepared for you and wanted to become better acquainted. You have snubbed them.
On your campus you will meet and interact with girls from those houses later. Perhaps these were not your "ideal", but I feel your actions were disrespectful. At least you should have contacted the Panhellenic organization at your college and sent regrets.
As one of the posters indicated you may have placed yourself in a difficult postition to obtain a bid, depending upon the rules of Panellenic at your campus.
I went to a private university with long established sororities and a strong Panhellenic organization. Frankly, even in an informal rush situation I cannot imagine a potential member ignoring an invitation and not appearing without some explanation.

[sundance]

Ziasha, yes I did get a call

And I did inform the chapters that I would not be attending; I didn't just not show up. It seemed that a lot of girls did the same since some of the parties were held at the same time, and even with the option of leaving halfway through a party to attend another one, many girls wanted to stay at a house that they loved.

At my school, informal rush usually consists of girls going to whichever houses they choose (parties are advertised in the school newspaper and whatnot), and then chapters call you back to invite you to further events. This year, Panhellenic just took it a bit further and added the first day where we went to 8 houses.

Now it's time to go to class, so I'll update when I get back from my chapter event tonight. Hopefully this will all end well and you guys can stop worrying!

[BetteDavisEyes]

It does sound rather odd but until we know what school she's at and how their Panhellenic runs recruitment, all we can do is speculate & criticize the way it's being done. I think that b/c most of us here went through a more "structured" format of recruitment, the way this school is doing things is rather strange but probably not completely unheard of.


Either way, I hope you do get Mars. Good-luck!

[FSUZeta]

good luck sundance!! i hope that you have a great time tonite!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

The NPC is now supporting four separate styles of recruitment, from fully-structured to informal, with the understanding that one style will not fit all campuses.

Sundance, I hope it works out for you, but you are on thin ice choosing one house so early on.

[sundance]

Okay, update time!

You GC-ers are going to smack me for this... but I only went to one of the five invitational parties today. I know, I know, I should have given the other four chapters a chance, but here's the lowdown.

I had a meeting for a club I'm in, and I couldn't get out of it. Saturn's party was during the meeting, so I decided that I wouldn't go to that one.

I left a few minutes early from the meeting and rushed over to the party for Mars, one of my favorite houses from last night. I had a BLAST! I got to meet a bunch of the girls, and both of the girls I talked to yesterday remembered me and said that they were glad to have me back. It was amazing how natural I felt around these girls--and when they played their slideshow for us, I fell in love with them even more! The party lasted 50 minutes, and it went by so quickly. On the way out I ran into a friend of mine who I didn't even know was rushing, but she was considering Mars as well, so we had a good chat about that.

Well, after that, I was done. I probably made too rash of a decision, but my gut feeling has never really failed me. I knew it was Mars or nothing. So, I went home, half being glad to be home early and half wondering if I had made the right choice--I mean, what if Mars didn't invite me back for tomorrow?

But it all ended well! I just received a call from Mars a few minutes ago, and I am ecstatic! Tomorrow will be my last chapter event, and then we'll see if I get a bid on Thursday.

I am way beyond excited... I wasn't even sure if I wanted to join a sorority before rush started, and here I am, in love with a house! I hope tomorrow goes well!

TO MARS OR BUST!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by sundance

Okay, update time!
I had a meeting for a club I'm in, and I couldn't get out of it. Saturn's party was during the meeting, so I decided that I wouldn't go to that one.

So it doesn't sound like she really snubbed them. Maybe it wasn't an excused absence in the eyes of the chapters, but she didn't just sit around and be like "F Saturn I am too good for them".

[FSUZeta]

good luck sundance. i hope you get that bid!!

i am curious to find out at which college campus this recruitment is occuring. it is quite different from anything i have ever heard of-sort of a formal/informal melange'.

[Luz]

To reiterate once again: Good Luck!! Got my fingers and toes crossed for you

[AnatraAmore]

Bids are being distributed in a half an hour... hopefully we have some good news!!! Good luck Sundance!!!

[ΑΓΔSquirrel10]

Good luck Sundance!!! Hope you get a bid

[LoggerTheta]

I really hope it works out for you!!! *fingers crossed*

[Luz]

Good Luck!!