How Important are Summer Rush Events??

[Prairie Bayou]

Originally Posted by Widgetgirl

But, my son just went through rush at Ole Miss (another southern school) and I'm just now finding out that going to the summer parties is EXTREMELY important. I think in my discussions on here, there was a lot of posts about it being bad to be from out of state. I don't think that will matter at all if you get to know the guys BEFORE rush. Go to the parties of the one you are interested in, but go to some of the others, as well. I used to agree with some of the people on here about there being "good" and "bad" fraternities/sororities, but it's only as "good" as the people that are in it. One kid going through rush at Ole Miss was "promised" a bid from a fraternity that he had been hanging out with this summer and up until rush last weekend--they cut him the first night! So, don't count on anything, give them all a chance, and have fun! Good luck!

My son also went through rush at Ole Miss this past week and he didn't even know about the Summer parties until he signed up for rush four weeks ago. Being from Illinois, he didn't know anyone at Ole Miss prior to arriving there. He was lucky enough to get a bid (A good number of the guys in his dorm didn't get invited back to any pref parties Friday), but boy, had we known about some of the "unwritten rules" of rush, I think it would have been a little less nerve racking for my son. I was Greek as well, but we didn't expect Freshman to attend our Summer parties!

[als463]

Because I am clearly not a fraternity man-I always wondered...do fraternities do a sort of rush like sororities or do you just say, "Hey-I like fraternities ABC, DEF, and XYZ so I will only go to events for them and hope to get a bid"? I know with sororities you MUST attend events with each organization (for the most part-on many campuses...unless it is informal rush). How does it work for fraternities because my brother is coming back from basic training and looking at college. I've been talking to him about joining a fraternity and I don't really have any experience with how it works-so, other than telling him that ANY NIC/ IFC is a great choice-I can't give any other real information. How does it work?

[RU OX Alum]

It depends by campus. Usually, i would guess no. My last rush they had everyone break into groups and each fraternity was given a room in one of the campus buildings (all the same building) to meet with these guys. It sucked. Most of them knew who they wanted before hand and so did most of the chapters. Then I heard it got even more strict, which is stupid, because there is defered rush by one semester (spring=mostly freshmen party types, fall= sophmores, leaders, etc.)

So basically, rush lasts all of fall semester.