What Happened???

[honeychile]

Good advice from everyone thus far!

sophiealexa, please hold on to the fact that this is a MAJOR mistake! Three sororities wanted you enough to invite you to Pref; you should have been on three bid lists.

The easiest (and for me, most effective) way to get your point across is to find a sentence or two, and simply repeat it as often as you need to do so to the Greek Life Advisor: "I was invited to THREE Pref parties, and at least one is engaged in continuous open recruitment. I want my bid." "I know this is a mistake, please fix it immediately."

((((((((((((((((((sophiealexa))))))))))))))))))

Please let us know WHEN it's fixed, and where your new home is. I'm believing that this is one in a million, and Green Book be damned - you should have gotten a bid!

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by honeychile

The easiest (and for me, most effective) way to get your point across is to find a sentence or two, and simply repeat it as often as you need to do so to the Greek Life Advisor: "I was invited to THREE Pref parties, and at least one is engaged in continuous open recruitment. I want my bid." "I know this is a mistake, please fix it immediately."

Good call on this, Honeychile. I can't understand why GL isn't bending over backwards to fix it. At some schools I know, this girl's mother would be eating them for breakfast. Not saying that's right. Just saying.

[greekmomjo]

bet that is the problem, no pushy momma raising *%&!--MAYBE this is a BIG recruitment school, and they are fixing the "squeaky wheel" problems first?

KEEP ON being mature and assertive, love honeychile's line! "I was invited to THREE Pref parties, and at least one is engaged in continuous open recruitment. I want my bid." "I know this is a mistake, please fix it immediately."

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by greekmomjo

bet that is the problem, no pushy momma raising *%&!--MAYBE this is a BIG recruitment school, and they are fixing the "squeaky wheel" problems first?

KEEP ON being mature and assertive, love honeychile's line! "I was invited to THREE Pref parties, and at least one is engaged in continuous open recruitment. I want my bid." "I know this is a mistake, please fix it immediately."

I'd be mortified if my mother called up my school on my behalf for anything I couldn't handle myself as a grown and legal adult. Being known as the girl with the guano mama to people in greek Life is not how I'd want to start my college career or life in a greek organization. The only time my mother ever contacted my school for something outside of student accounting was when I was out of the country and the computer system changed my gender and age. Since this affected scholarships, my living quarters, and a myriad of other things, and I was in a different time zone, my mother handled it for me.

Yes yes, I realize I'm not a parent and I don't understand but I'm a kid and attended college; if parents think their influence and interfering doesn't cause problems for their kids they are mistaken. Faculty, staff, and students hear about and witness this behavior, and we aren't impressed. FERPA rules.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Yes yes, I realize I'm not a parent and I don't understand

I'm a parent. You understand perfectly.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by greekmomjo

bet that is the problem, no pushy momma raising *%&!--MAYBE this is a BIG recruitment school, and they are fixing the "squeaky wheel" problems first?

KEEP ON being mature and assertive, love honeychile's line! "I was invited to THREE Pref parties, and at least one is engaged in continuous open recruitment. I want my bid." "I know this is a mistake, please fix it immediately."

I'd think that mature and assertive = handling it on ones' own and not having mom or dad intervene in it.

I felt the most accomplished at 17/18 when I had an issue at school/the bank/etc. and resolved it on my own. Even if my mom asked to help me fix it, it felt great to know that I got the desired outcome without needing my mom/dad's help.