Phi Retro Recruitment

[xowest]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think the GPA scenario is extremely likely in this case. This thread was so poorly written that it was almost incomprehensible. Sorry to be mean, but I can't believe this poster even was in college.

I have to agree with the posters who have commented that the above comment was too harsh. I believe that these types of posts have the potential to make new visitors to greek chat reluctant to post for fear of being ripped apart. Maybe you don't care. Personally, I would hate for that to happen as I really enjoy reading comments from the non-regular posters who might have a different or new perspective. For instance, I really enjoyed this thread as I am from Oregon and have many friends and relatives who attended Oregon State. I have rarely seen any posts related to the Oregon schools.

As an aside, it appears that the woman who started this thread ended up attending preference night at Kappa Alpha Theta. Unless things have changed a lot since I was in college, that is probably the most competitive chapter to get into at Oregon State. As such, I doubt that this woman had a GPA problem- Theta would have dropped her before preference night.

[alphagamphi]

I ranked Theta 2 after preferences. Who knows what would of happened if I had ranked them 1 above Alpha Gamma Delta. They were the top chapter when I was there but I left in 2001, so it might not be anymore.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by xowest

I have to agree with the posters who have commented that the above comment was too harsh. I believe that these types of posts have the potential to make new visitors to greek chat reluctant to post for fear of being ripped apart. Maybe you don't care. Personally, I would hate for that to happen as I really enjoy reading comments from the non-regular posters who might have a different or new perspective.

Actually, I do care and would not want new posters to be driven away. In my experience, new posters are routinely attacked for silly things like simple ignorance of the way things are done on GC. God forbid not using the search function (which never works for me anyway) or something like that... I don't paint this with the same stroke - maybe you do. And, for the record, I am never one of the posters who treats new folks like that, and my post here had nothing to do with her being new to GC.

Originally Posted by xowest

As an aside, it appears that the woman who started this thread ended up attending preference night at Kappa Alpha Theta. Unless things have changed a lot since I was in college, that is probably the most competitive chapter to get into at Oregon State. As such, I doubt that this woman had a GPA problem- Theta would have dropped her before preference night.

As I posted before, how can someone who cannot convey a thought effectively NOT have a GPA problem? I am not talking about a simple spelling error here and there. The entire story was riddled with grammatical and spelling errors as well as misstatements of the events of her recruitment. Claiming to pref a competitive chapter only strengthens my case that this story did not make sense.

For those who are angry with me, just think of it as me being too stupid to decipher the posts. (And God help any of you who ever criticize Earp.)

[alphagamphi]

I preffered more then 1 top chapter. What you would of liked a sentence about it. Sorry if you feel I am not as good as you are. It should not matter so much about my GPA; it should be a well rounded person even though I might of made mistakes. It makes me personally feel like I should not post because I am just going to be made fun of by people like Irishpipes. It is rude to imply that someone is dumb. Maybe I did not communicate as effecitly as you would of in written but I can do it. You just think Im dumb - I am not going to justify that I am not to you anymore. It hurts to be told that I am lying. I was afarid to post because of this and being made fun of people whom do not even know me at all. Do you guys have anything better to do then make fun of people for the way they type - by the way there are other ways to communicate and I have always been a better verbal communication then written.

I am a decent human being who has got many accomplishments and was able to compete for OSU for many years and enjoyed doing that. I was able to manage my time very effectivly and get good grades.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally Posted by alphagamphi

I preffered more then 1 top chapter. What you would of liked a sentence about it. Sorry if you feel I am not as good as you are. It should not matter so much about my GPA; it should be a well rounded person even though I might of made mistakes. It makes me personally feel like I should not post because I am just going to be made fun of by people like Irishpipes. It is rude to imply that someone is dumb. Maybe I did not communicate as effecitly as you would of in written but I can do it. You just think Im dumb - I am not going to justify that I am not to you anymore. It hurts to be told that I am lying. I was afarid to post because of this and being made fun of people whom do not even know me at all. Do you guys have anything better to do then make fun of people for the way they type - by the way there are other ways to communicate and I have always been a better verbal communication then written.

I am a decent human being who has got many accomplishments and was able to compete for OSU for many years and enjoyed doing that. I was able to manage my time very effectivly and get good grades.

It's rude to imply people are "fat" too but that didn't stop you from using that term to describe MY sisters (and yes, I knew who you were talking about as soon as I read it).

[alphagamphi]

Originally Posted by SmartBlondeGPhB

It's rude to imply people are "fat" too but that didn't stop you from using that term to describe MY sisters (and yes, I knew who you were talking about as soon as I read it).

Im sorry that is the only thing I wrote about them in my rush book. On another note the chapter left the middle of my freshman year and lost their house. Im sorry about that. My little sister was a Gamma Phi Beta and I know that they have a great sisterhood.