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

[AlwaysSAI]

YaY for Carnation & Pi Beta Phi!!!

[carnation]

There were about 10 other upperclassmen rushing from my dorm. One dropped out when her group of choice dropped her but the rest got the groups we wanted; I recall that one went Tri Delt and one went KD. Now I do want to say that some didn't get the sororities they wanted in the beginning, it was more like they got what they wanted once all the groups that didn't want upperclassmen had made their cuts.

Let's see, other random memories: the Orange Bowl Queen pledged, after being fought over tooth and nail by all the groups. However, she spent a lot of time partying and flunked out; she was never initiated. The 2 girls in my recruitment group who never smiled once during rush and always looked mad, even in parties, also managed to pledge great groups--?? Maybe they were socially prominent?

One girl in my rush group was the sister of a girl who'd rushed three times to try to pledge a certain sorority and was finally successful the third time. Little sister pledged the same sorority but depledged weeks later.

[UGAalum94]

You tell a great story, Carnation! Thanks for posting!

Originally Posted by carnation

One girl in my rush group was the sister of a girl who'd rushed three times to try to pledge a certain sorority and was finally successful the third time. Little sister pledged the same sorority but depledged weeks later.

Wow. Was this a group that did informal or are we talking about a junior who kept repeating formal preffing but never ranking high enough to get her group? Or dropping out when they cut her and rushing the next year?

At least she wasn't among the people I've heard about who simply withdrew from classes and went elsewhere if they didn't get a group they liked.

[carnation]

No, this was a very elite group that Big Sis had somehow focused on from year 1 even though Auburn has many outstanding chapters. I don't know at what point she was cut from them in the first 2 years but it was during formal rush.

[violetpretty]

This reminds me of a PNM of mine when I was a Rho Gamma. She wanted me to call her regardless of whether she got a bid or not (I double checked with PHA to make sure this was ok) because she only attended one chapter for preference. She did get a bid from the group and she was ecstatic and very relieved. She screamed so loudly that I had to move the phone away from my ears!

Also, when you dropped all but two chapters, this reminded me of when of when another PNM in my group told me that she wanted to suicide her legacy chapter after skit round. The rules on our campus forced her to rank all of her chapters after skit round. She did suicide after preference and join her legacy chapter though.

Great story, carnation! It was interesting to see how things were done back then!