Advice for second time through

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by wpiscared

Thanks everyone-

a bit of information I thought I would provide- upperclassmen teammates who were already sisters left practice at the same time as us, and except for putting on their letter shirts, or whatever the shirt was that night, they were in their practice clothes, sweaty and gross as the rest of us.

I am not sure of the overall number who don't receive bids. I never looked into that number.

I give up.

[sydney bristow]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I give up.

Srsly. The girls on your team who went to the parties fresh out of practice were ALREADY in chapters! Maybe you don't want to admit it, but not dressing up could have hurt you especially if your recruitment was competitive! I don't know if your practice schedule will conflict with recruitment if you choose to do so again but I would highly recommend a change of clothes and at least some dry shampoo (the big sexy hair brand is AMAZING) along with makeup/deoderant to look as put together as possible. Even if others will be going in practice gear, since you will be a second time PNM, anything you can do to help yourself stand out would be good! I know if I were an active at that school and knew you were coming straight from practice I would be impressed that you took the time to freshen up! I mean, as was said before, you wouldn't want someone in sweats at your wedding. Recruitment isn't quite the level of a wedding but for us sorority members its pretty damn close

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by sydney bristow

Srsly. The girls on your team who went to the parties fresh out of practice were ALREADY in chapters! Maybe you don't want to admit it, but not dressing up could have hurt you especially if your recruitment was competitive! I don't know if your practice schedule will conflict with recruitment if you choose to do so again but I would highly recommend a change of clothes and at least some dry shampoo (the big sexy hair brand is AMAZING) along with makeup/deoderant to look as put together as possible. Even if others will be going in practice gear, since you will be a second time PNM, anything you can do to help yourself stand out would be good! I know if I were an active at that school and knew you were coming straight from practice I would be impressed that you took the time to freshen up! I mean, as was said before, you wouldn't want someone in sweats at your wedding. Recruitment isn't quite the level of a wedding but for us sorority members its pretty damn close

Another thing to add to this brilliant post is that the other sisters who were not hot and sweaty straight from practice, who had actually put a lot of time and energy into putting together a nice party to entertain the PNMs may not appreciate unkempt PNMs coming straight from practice even if their sporty sisters don't mind. It's not just up to your teammates.

[Ch2tf]

OP if you attend the school I think you do, I def think you should follow the advice with respect to presentation that GCers are giving you. In addition, if you still have questions, I think you should contact the Director of Greek Life. The director is super approachable and would be able to answer any general GL questions and she is definitely in tune with the culture of GL on campus.