Sorority Recruitment Translations

[AGDAlum]

"I loved their philanthropy" looks very strange out of context, doesn't it?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

It has been said that in the South, "nice" is the kiss of death.
"Bless her heart" is the kiss of death with the coffin nailed shut.

This prompts me to link this. Relevant portions start at 6:00-7:45 minutes, but the whole thing is worth watching.

[Drolefille]

I'll have to abstain for now as I avoid most of the recruitment threads like the plague for these very reasons. Thanks for the mention though SWTXBelle *doffs cap*

I'll be back if I see something particularly compelling out in the wilds of GC.

[KSUViolet06]

"These girls were SO nice but not for me."

or

"These girls were SO nice" then later *ranks them in bottom 3*

Means "these girls are so sweet but they're the unpopular sorority and I don't want to join them because I'm better than that."

I also find it funny when people are at these HUGE schools with 200+ women in a chapter and have decided that they "don't fit" with a chapter.

How exactly does one decide that they "don't fit in" in a group of 200 people?

[carnation]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

How exactly does one decide that they "don't fit in" in a group of 200 people?

It seems like that's an arguments that PNMs can use too..."How could they decide I don't fit in when they have 200 sisters who must all be different in some way?"

[SWTXBelle]

I don't think they necessarily say "that pnm doesn't fit" as much as they say "that pnm doesn't fit as WELL as some others" - and that's only if they haven't cut for grades, lack of recs, etc., etc. The whole membership selection process is such that we really can't comment other than on our own experience, and even then, there's stuff we don't put out there. The pnms (or their MOTHERS) can come here and spill their guts.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Fixed your post.

Thank you. I'd hardly know what to do if someone wasn't able to articulate what I didn't say.

When you only get to talk to 10 women out of 200, when you only get a total of 3 hours before choosing sisters for life, and when you've never done this before, you can in my eyes be forgiven for believing the chapters are like the 10 women you meet.

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

It has been said that in the South, "nice" is the kiss of death.
"Bless her heart" is the kiss of death with the coffin nailed shut.

I'm SO stealing that!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Thank you. I'd hardly know what to do if someone wasn't able to articulate what I didn't say.

I'd ask if you had a stick up your ass about this, but I suspect it's a shotgun instead. Remove it, read the OP again, then post.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Thank you. I'd hardly know what to do if someone wasn't able to articulate what I didn't say.

When you only get to talk to 10 women out of 200, when you only get a total of 3 hours before choosing sisters for life, and when you've never done this before, you can in my eyes be forgiven for believing the chapters are like the 10 women you meet.

Really? So you have met a group of ten women before and had them all be exactly the same? Everyone? And you think it's reasonable for anyone to infer that a group of 200 women would all be carbon copies of one another? I'm glad you think women are so uncomplex that we can fit into just 17 categories.

[*winter*]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

"These girls were SO nice but not for me."

or

"These girls were SO nice" then later *ranks them in bottom 3*

Means "these girls are so sweet but they're the unpopular sorority and I don't want to join them because I'm better than that."

Looks familiar!

[BraveMaroon]

"I really don't want to say anything unkind about this house, so...it just wasn't for me."

means

"I'm dying to trash this house and hoping you'll be curious enough about why I hated it that you'll ask me probing questions."

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

It has been said that in the South, "nice" is the kiss of death.
"Bless her heart" is the kiss of death with the coffin nailed shut.

Now, please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a lot of that in the intonation & context? I know one woman (Miss Ruth) who always tells everyone who brings something to a party or whatever, "Well, bless your little baby heart!" and I'm fairly certain that she means it in a happy way.

But the Nice & the Sweet can be, well, Nice and Sweet or they can be "Aren't you the nicest thing?" or "Isn't she the sweetest thing?" meant either way, depending on the intonation.

And I have heard the kiss of death with the coffin nailed shut, but in relationship with Sweet.


I think everyone has neglected, "My Daughter Was Sacked From Rush" - which translates into, "I wouldn't have been caught dead in a sorority 24 years ago, but my daughter wants to be in one so she deserves it, even if I don't know how the system works!"

[DubaiSis]

Ooooh, here's one. I called and screamed at the rush advisor because they cut my super special snowflake, and they didn't recant their cut, means I'm an idiot who has forgotten every thing she ever learned about sorority life and need to go away forever. And no, nobody cares about the $100 you donate every year. Or never.

And I gotta say, I LOVE that there was a big ole snarky caveat at the top of this thread and STILL people are getting all defensive.

[Regina.George]

This is a ‘top’ house, but it just wasn’t a fit for Snowflake.

We know Snowflake doesn't have what it takes to make it into a top house, so we're saving face because we know she'll get cut after first round.

I was Greek but not at Snowflake's school.

I'm a perp. Will they figure that out if I write a legacy introduction form? Do they really check?