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Originally posted by 33girl
I think there are a lot of women out there like me, who want time to figure out who they are and realize they are no longer just someone's sister or daughter or whatever they did in 7th grade. When you don't give them time to do that, you are shutting out a lot of people.
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AMEN TO THAT!
One of the things I like about the BU Rush/Recruitment system is that freshmen rush 2nd semester (formal only) w/ COB/Informal reserved for sophomores/juniors during the 1st semester. So not only do freshmen get to settle in, "find themselves" (to paraphrase 33girl) and get to know the school, they can actually learn about what GLO they might fit into best, and maybe hear some rush stories first-hand from the COBers. (No, it isn't the same, but it isn't walking in blind, either.)
Part of the reason this works may be because there is no dedicated Greek housing, so those logistics do not factor into the equation of when new members need to be decided upon.
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Out of curiousity... for those of you who didn't have Greek friends or family before college... how did you hear about sororities and fraternities?
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You're going to hate this but.........
My first/primary impressions were made by popular media. You know, those God-awful made-for-TV movies in the 70s, not to mention sitcoms w/ a teenage-girl demographic. Which is probably why I waited til sophomore year to rush. After I got to school, I had the opportunity to meet people in GLOs and get a more accurate impression.
Adrienne (PNAM-2003)
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