My Live Spring Rush Story

[OHNOITSJESS]

Still just sitting around waiting to hear something from anyone from my campus.

for SAI, we have TBS [one of the earlier chapters], KKPhi, Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi Mu Alpha, pretty much anyone thats a music major is involved in one of these.....
and since we are all engineering majors [and i am the only one that was vaguely related to anything musical in college out of all the girls.... yaay Choir!] i don't know how well it would hold up.

I've told PHC that we didn't want to be affiliated with them, they don't seem to understand that.

and on a depressing note: i totally bombed my Linear Algebra Test Today. oh well off to drown my sorrows in dove chocolate covered almonds.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by OHNOITSJESS

for SAI, we have TBS [one of the earlier chapters], KKPhi, Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi Mu Alpha, pretty much anyone thats a music major is involved in one of these.....
and since we are all engineering majors [and i am the only one that was vaguely related to anything musical in college out of all the girls.... yaay Choir!] i don't know how well it would hold up.

No, I meant that you could use SAI as an example of a social sorority that is not a part of Panhellenic.

If they are asking you to follow the same rush rules as the NPC groups do then I don't think you even want to be an associate member.

I stand on my earlier statement that the Panhel advisor doesn't know her ass from a hole in the ground...you are a social/professional org. She needs to understand that. Maybe you should direct her to this thread!!

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by 33girl

No, I meant that you could use SAI as an example of a social sorority that is not a part of Panhellenic.

If they are asking you to follow the same rush rules as the NPC groups do then I don't think you even want to be an associate member.

I stand on my earlier statement that the Panhel advisor doesn't know her ass from a hole in the ground...you are a social/professional org. She needs to understand that. Maybe you should direct her to this thread!!

co-sign. the engineering sorority should not fall under the college panhellenic umbrella. when it comes to catagorizing it, it would be more correct to put it in the catagory of a professional organization.

i am going to check out a college website to see under what division they placed the engineering sorority.

[FSUZeta]

i return with incomplete information. on the national website of the engineering sorority i looked up, there is no information about what "type"(npc,honor, professional,etc.) of sorority they are. on two collegiate websites of the same sorority, they were listed as associate members of the collegiate panhellenic. however, i don't think that they could ever be anything but associate members, because there are restrictions on their membership(only eligible for membership if you are an engineering or science major). they may have to come up with a different catagory for them, as they expand to more campuses.

[OHNOITSJESS]

I was wondering what Engineering organization[s] you looked up? Here is the basic rundown i gleaned off the national homepages.

Phi Sigma Rho- Phi Sigma Rho is a social sorority for women in engineering and engineering technology.

Alpha Omega Epsilon- Alpha Omega Epsilon is a professional and social sorority composed of female engineering students and alumnae.

Alpha Sigma Kappa- Alpha Sigma Kappa is unique because it is a social sorority for technical majors.

i don't know if this helped or is even relevant.

I contacted panhellenic a while back, [i started this journey Fall semester - before spring rush] about what it would take to be an associate memeber [ 11 NPC sororities, and 0 associate members on campus] and i was told it would be a long process and the chances of it happening are slim. i then informed the Panhellenic Advisor i would just be a national engineering sorority affiliated with the College of Engineering. i don't know why she came back to tell me that i HAD to affiliate with PHC. We have 3 local orgs that are independent, but i assume that since they are local [vs. national] the don't need to be part of the PHC.

Whatever the case, i'm going back to campus tomm., starting my mentoring [i get to help freshman in the College of Engineering, its also a great recruitment opp!] and on monday i will go pay a visit to the Student Life office.

Whatever the case i'm not giving up... I've met some really awesome girls {now one is my future roommate} so honestly i think i have found a bond that i can count on. I've put a lot of time and energy into seeing this grow, and it has [i'm "president/founder"] and i'm not going to go chopping my work down.

thats my rant.... i finished linear algebra, got a frappachino, and am having a family PS3 night/send off party.... YAAY FOR BIG CLOSE-KNIT FAMILIES! caffeine maybe thats why i'm so hyper [more so than usual]