FALL 08 RUSH (any & all advice needed)

[violetpretty]

I wouldn't try to be too pushy by inviting yourself to hang out at either house. If you are good friends with girls in these chapters, you are going to hang out with them anyway, right? When you are hanging out with a friend (be it getting some lunch, dinner, ice cream, bar, movie, shopping) ask her to invite a couple of sisters along too. They'll get to know you in the most authentic way possible, by seeing you be you in situations that you'd be in anyway. Once you've met a few extra sisters from A and B, if they invite you for dinner or TV or whatnot, it'll seem more natural than "Hi I am a PNM".

ETA: Sounds like you'll need recs too.

[FSUZeta]

one of the best ways to get to know a lot of girls in a particular house is to attend lunch or dinner at the house. i'm talking occasional meals, not weekly.

while you can't directly assist them in the fundraising/philanthrophy efforts, you can support their cause by purchasing a ticket, buying a brownie or running in their race.

be on your best behavior-don't do something to ruin your chances of receiving a bid.

[KSUViolet06]

I'd try to be natural. Don't be that annoying girl whom they know is only trying to hang with them because she's rushing. If they invite you to hang out, by all means go. But don't force it by inviting yourself to hang out all the time. Also understand that having good friends in a sorority doesn't guarantee you a bid there. You could hang out with them all year long until fall recruitment, and get droppd by them after day one. So don't think that just because you hang out with them all the time, that you'll automatically get a bid there next fall.

If rush is competitive, be sure that you have recommendations to as many of the sororities as possible. Also, since you are a jr at a competitive rush, I'd make sure to go into recruitment with an open mind. Be open to considering all the sororities, and don't focus too much on just House A or B. Think about it, those are 2 out of an entire sorority community and you don't want to be so focused on those 2 that you don't give the others a shot.

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Also understand that having good friends in a sorority doesn't guarantee you a bid there.

I was hoping someone would say that.