Okay, Okay, carnation's retro rush thread (ie, how not to do recruitment)

[violetpretty]

I don't really understand the point of a "bed rush". It doesn't make sense financially, and a Greek community doesn't allow itself to grow. If you could fill your house AND have members out of house paying parlor fees, that is more money for the physical house, right? Plus, more members equals a bigger budget for more fun stuff. Plus, not everyone would want to live in a chapter house, so it could further draw people into the community. Does anyone know the rationale behind a bed rush? It seems very silly to me, unless you want your community to remain stagnant and exclusive.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by JessSigKap

I don't really understand the point of a "bed rush". It doesn't make sense financially, and a Greek community doesn't allow itself to grow. If you could fill your house AND have members out of house paying parlor fees, that is more money for the physical house, right? Plus, more members equals a bigger budget for more fun stuff. Plus, not everyone would want to live in a chapter house, so it could further draw people into the community. Does anyone know the rationale behind a bed rush? It seems very silly to me, unless you want your community to remain stagnant and exclusive.

Different time and era....

[carnation]

Arkansas continued bed rush for awhile. I have an annual from 6 years after I went through recruitment and it says that 624 girls rushed but only 264 received bids. A couple of years after I rushed, they changed sophomore rush to second-semester freshman but cheating was still rampant and they went to first-semester freshman rush, which they still have.

I knew by midterm that I would be transferring to Auburn. I had no idea what their Greek system was like but I worked hard on my grades (any PNMs reading this, especially if you're rushing a second time--do this! This is the one thing I did right!) and added some more leadership activities to my resume.

So fall came and my father flew me to Alabama. Auburn had 14 sororities at the time: AXO, ADPi, AGD, AOII, Chi O, DDD, DG, DZ, Gamma Phi, Theta, KD, KKG,Phi Mu, and Pi Phi.

[SECMom]

Hmmmm.....I went through rush at Auburn in 1975.....wonder if we were there at the same time????