Urban Legends About Recruitment

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

At one school (NOT an AZ school) "if your father doesn't make $$$/your family doesn't own a private island" etc. (indicating massive wealth), you'll get dropped from EEE/RRR/ whatever".

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

One of my chapter sisters drove a very nice red sports car. One of the other chapters asked her about it at rush. It pissed her off so she cut them the next day (back when you could cut chapters.) Her parents were pharmacists and she was an only child who got everything she wanted...and what she wanted was to be wanted for her and not her car! LOL

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

A family friend told me that a chapter asked her what he dad did when she tried rushing. She was extremely turned off by it and said it was a reason that she dropped out.

Obviously I wasn't there so who knows for sure, but I don't think she would make it up, lol

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

Originally Posted by lovespink88

A family friend told me that a chapter asked her what he dad did when she tried rushing. She was extremely turned off by it and said it was a reason that she dropped out.

Obviously I wasn't there so who knows for sure, but I don't think she would make it up, lol

I was asked this.

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

I was asked this.

I got asked this as well, only once though so it might just be the one girl who deemed it important or a good topic for conversation.


A chapter (of another group) at another university took it way too far though. A friend of mine has a very distinguished (double) last name that suggests wealth. Every summer while in college, she would be contacted by said chapter and asked if she was rushing because she "seemed like sorority material" (she never rushed, Greek life wasn't for her). She was also contacted whenever the chapter did COB.

She got so sick of being invited just because of her name, come spring junior year, when they called she told them she wanted to go to an event, but coundn't attend since she had to work, as her parents couldn't afford to pay for school (wasn't true, her family is actually quite affluent but as she didn't like to show her wealth nobody really knew). They never called her back.

Obviously this case is very extreme. So I do get where the "you must be very affluent to join XYZ" comes from, but in 99,9 % of times, it's nowhere near the truth.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Tulip86

A chapter (of another group) at another university took it way too far though. A friend of mine has a very distinguished (double) last name that suggests wealth. Every summer while in college, she would be contacted by said chapter and asked if she was rushing because shee "seemed like sorority material" (she never rushed, Greek life wasn't for her). She was also contacted whenever the chapter did COB.

She got so sick of being invited just because of her name, come spring junior year, when they called she told them she wanted to go to an event, but coundn't attend since she had to work, as her parents couldn't afford to pay for school (wasn't true, her family is actually quite affluent but as she didn't like to show her wealth nobody really knew). They never called her back.

Obviously this case is very extreme. So I do get where the "you must be very affluent to join XYZ" comes from, but in 99,9 % of times, it's nowhere near the truth.

A friend of mine had this happen to her, only it wasn't her family's money, it was her looks. (She looked like Marilyn Monroe.) The "prettiest" group rushed her hard, but not in a manner that showed that they wanted her for what was inside, not outside...so she never went Greek.

[DaffyKD]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

Many moons ago when I went through rush, I arrived at a house on first day. The sister took an instant dislike to me and I felt the same way about her. I had no one to give me rush advise except my mother who knew every urban legend and had told them all to me as if they were gospel truth. This sister asked me, "What does your daddy do for a living?" I figured all of her sisters were the daughters of bank presidents so I thought about making my dad a bank president. Instead, I looked her right in the eye and told her, "my daddy is the chief garbage collector for our town." Guess which house never invited me back!

DaffyKD

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by DaffyKD

Many moons ago when I went through rush, I arrived at a house on first day. The sister took an instant dislike to me and I felt the same way about her. I had no one to give me rush advise except my mother who knew every urban legend and had told them all to me as if they were gospel truth. This sister asked me, "What does your daddy do for a living?" I figured all of her sisters were the daughters of bank presidents so I thought about making my dad a bank president. Instead, I looked her right in the eye and told her, "my daddy is the chief garbage collector for our town." Guess which house never invited me back!

DaffyKD

This is what I would probably do as well. Good for you!

[sdtennisgal]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

LOL...our house was across the street from the "rich girls" house, so on open house day (our first day of recruitment) we normally got groups who had just passed through there. Those items were clearly discussed and/or interrogated about at their house, as the PNM's seemed over-eager to offer those details. Example:

Me: "So, how did you pick your major?"
PNM: "Well, as my father is a LAWYER with a BIG FIRM in St. Louis, I felt elementary education was a natural choice..."

Me: "Have you had time to get the bus system down before classes start?" (note: a MUST at our university)
PNM: "I checked it out when I moved into the dorms. Since my parents got me a TOYOTA Z-28 for graduation, I really am nervous about driving it around too much..."

Me: "What does your schedule look like for this fall?"
PNM: "Well, I have biology lecture three mornings a week, and it will be wierd, as at <super expensive girls' private school in St. Lous> we never had more than 15-20 girls in a class..."

Finally: The urban legand I heard about continually: If you were not seated in the front row on skit day, you were as good as cut. I saw girls (who we really wanted) in tears several times for that reason. Hello ladies...you are lined up alphabetically, it is easier to seat you that way after you are greeted at the front door...(usually)

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by sdtennisgal

Me: "So, how did you pick your major?"
PNM: "Well, as my father is a LAWYER with a BIG FIRM in St. Louis, I felt elementary education was a natural choice..."

Me: "Have you had time to get the bus system down before classes start?" (note: a MUST at our university)
PNM: "I checked it out when I moved into the dorms. Since my parents got me a TOYOTA Z-28 for graduation, I really am nervous about driving it around too much..."

Me: "What does your schedule look like for this fall?"
PNM: "Well, I have biology lecture three mornings a week, and it will be wierd, as at <super expensive girls' private school in St. Lous> we never had more than 15-20 girls in a class..."

lane swerve/

This made me LOL.

/lane swerve