trying something new at my school- need advice!

[33girl]

I think all the concerns raised are 100% valid. Quite frankly, I wouldn't change a thing from your current setup. If you have a lot of people rushing who haven't been around Greeks from birth (like in the large Southern schools) it's confusing anyway, and the last thing you need is to make it more of a free-for-all.

If you do this, be prepared for backstabbing, shit talking and bad behavior to the fullest extent. Also sororities will probably schedule their events so that they overlap on purpose and rushees have to choose which one to attend. Either the rushees will get frustrated and quit rush completely, or they'll put all their eggs in one sorority basket and if they don't get a bid to that sorority, become the loudest, most anti-Greek people you have ever encountered.

I know the sort of system you outlined works for men, but we aren't men. It just plain doesn't work well for us. Stick with what you have.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I think all the concerns raised are 100% valid. Quite frankly, I wouldn't change a thing from your current setup. If you have a lot of people rushing who haven't been around Greeks from birth (like in the large Southern schools) it's confusing anyway, and the last thing you need is to make it more of a free-for-all.

If you do this, be prepared for backstabbing, shit talking and bad behavior to the fullest extent. Also sororities will probably schedule their events so that they overlap on purpose and rushees have to choose which one to attend. Either the rushees will get frustrated and quit rush completely, or they'll put all their eggs in one sorority basket and if they don't get a bid to that sorority, become the loudest, most anti-Greek people you have ever encountered.

I know the sort of system you outlined works for men, but we aren't men. It just plain doesn't work well for us. Stick with what you have.

Yeah, I agree with all of this. I think you can loosen or tighten up the structure that you have or rearrange it, but you don't want to get rid of it so completely.

I'm kind of surprised your rushees only choose one sorority? Does this work well for your campus?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I think that their groups are small enough that by the time they need to make a choice, the rushees have met everyone in the 3 sororities they're considering.

Yeah that makes sense, it's already a mix of NPC recruitment with a touch of the men's rush in there. I'm curious how many the three is a part of, but I don't want the OP to give away more than she wants.

Hopefully someone from a school with more locals than mine had (0) can be more helpful