UIUC Rush Story

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by littlemissvixen

Thanks. I love my first round sororities so much though! I will be much more open now that it is narrowed down to 6 and I can actually get to know everyone.

Did someone just take some lithium?

[WhiteDaisy128]

So I guess you are not telling us which 6 you are going back to...code names, of course.

This thread is highly entertaining!

[AOII Angel]

littlemissvixen, I know it seems like people are jumping all over you, but it's because you haven't grasped the priniciple idea here. Sometimes things are okay to think, but they are usually best left unsaid (or untyped!) It's called tact. We may all think that the groups outfits were tacky, but most of us would keep that to ourselves. The reason is that we understand that what's on the outside often does not reflect on the inside so making snap judgements usually does us no good. That's why rush is more than one party long. It does take more than 25 minutes to get a feeling about a chapter. You may have narrowed your choices down according to physical attributes...that's fine if that's the most important piece of the puzzle to you. We just have a lot more years and a lot more experience under our belts. We've seen girls with your attitude come and go, having shot themselves in the foot by not watching what they say. You've done good by rethinking what you've posted so far. I just hope that the sorority you pledge is not one that will later have the opportunity to read nasty things you've written about them without even knowing anything about them. Don't discount this as a possibility...hopefully it won't happen to you, but we've seen it happen NUMEROUS time! Best of luck with the rest of recruitment....I'm sure none of us are really wishing you anything but success (well maybe only a few!)

[littlemissvixen]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

littlemissvixen, I know it seems like people are jumping all over you, but it's because you haven't grasped the priniciple idea here. Sometimes things are okay to think, but they are usually best left unsaid (or untyped!) It's called tact. We may all think that the groups outfits were tacky, but most of us would keep that to ourselves. The reason is that we understand that what's on the outside often does not reflect on the inside so making snap judgements usually does us no good. That's why rush is more than one party long. It does take more than 25 minutes to get a feeling about a chapter. You may have narrowed your choices down according to physical attributes...that's fine if that's the most important piece of the puzzle to you. We just have a lot more years and a lot more experience under our belts. We've seen girls with your attitude come and go, having shot themselves in the foot by not watching what they say. You've done good by rethinking what you've posted so far. I just hope that the sorority you pledge is not one that will later have the opportunity to read nasty things you've written about them without even knowing anything about them. Don't discount this as a possibility...hopefully it won't happen to you, but we've seen it happen NUMEROUS time! Best of luck with the rest of recruitment....I'm sure none of us are really wishing you anything but success (well maybe only a few!)

Thank you for the advice, and I'm taking it. I honestly haven't said anything remotely bad about girls who are still in the running/who I am still in the running with, so my future sisters don't need to worry

[ZTA72]

I hope that you will take this in the spirit that it was intended:

I told my daughters ( who had a VERY sucessful rush )
Never say anything negative about anyone.....you never know who is watching, reading, listening...or forwarding

It is not impressive to read negatives about a group or anyone....

ZTA72