CuriousWildcat's recruitment story at UK - Page 3

UKDaisy · #31 08-13-2006, 03:46 PM

OMG!!!!!!!!!! I haven't been on GC in forever and of course I miss two UK Rushes!!!!!

GOOD LUCK GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will love UK!!!!!!

_Lisa_ · #32 08-13-2006, 09:30 PM

I hope you girls have had a great day! My feet are killing me, as I know yours must be too!

Have fun tomorrow!

CuriousWildcat · #33 08-14-2006, 04:57 PM

I just got my internet connection today, so as soon as I get back from my gamma chi outing I will lwt everyone know what has been happening!

FSUZeta · #34 08-14-2006, 04:59 PM

hooray!!

ADqtPiMel · #35 08-14-2006, 08:50 PM

I know four girls going through recruitment at UK. They all seem to be enjoying it so far, and I am waiting (impatiently) for updates. Good luck, CuriousWildcat!

CuriousWildcat · #36 08-14-2006, 09:26 PM

So recruitment has been a whirlwind three days so far!

Saturday we moved in, met our gamma chi groups (I love mine!!!) and had a general meeting about what to wear, what we would be doing etc. and then all 937 girls had pizza.

Sunday we started visiting houses! It was very overwhelming at first, but by about the third house I got into the swing of things. On sunday we visited the house that I will refer to as:

Blue: I really liked this house alot, it made me energetic and I had some really awesome conversations with the girls. I am kinda worried that when/if I go back that I may have like it so much because it was the first house and everything was so new, but I hope not because I seemed to get along with the girls well.

turquoise: I didnt really click with any of the girls that I talked to in this house, then didnt really seem to be interested in the conversation or anything about me.

Green: This house was ok, I am kind of indifferent, I think that may be because I only talked to one girl and we ran out of things to talk about but I would like to revisit this house and get to talk to more girls.

Lime: I really liked this house, the girls seemed diverse and I seemed to mesh really well with all of the girls I talked to.

Yellow:This house I didnt feel anything for, the girls I talked to seemed really nervous and jumpy (which Im sure is all on account of being nervous about rushing people) but I didnt feel like I would be comfortable there.

Orange: I liked this house a little, but I dont think I could deal with some of their housing policies.

On Monday (today) we visited the rest of the houses.

Amber: I liked this house and would like to meet some more of the girls.

Red: I really liked this house and hope that I get invitedback here, the girls seemed genuinely interested in our conversation and about me and telling me about them.

Pink:I also really liked this house and hope to go talk to more of the girls.

lilac: I really liked this house, but in retrospect I kind of wonder if it is because other people in my gamma chi group also liked them alot (it seems dumb, but its hard to remember what you felt like in the house some times and other people can influnece what you "remember" about the house) but I am hoping to go again and see how I feel.

Purple: I really liked this house and hope to go back and meet some more of the girls.

Violet:I didnt feel any connection with the girls here and felt as if they didnt really have any interest in me.

We had to narrow the 12 houses down to the 8 we wanted to return to tomorrow and I hope to get invited back to:

Blue
Green
Lime
Amber
Red
Pink
Lilac
Purple

I would as of right now, off of initial impressions, my favorites are:

Blue
Lime
Red
Purple

So in the morning we find out where we are invited back to! I will let you know!

Its kind of weird to have to eliminate some, but there are some houses I knew immediately that I didnt click with the overall personality type of the house so those were easy, but the difficult ones were the ones that were gray area. Some of the ones I didnt put on my preference card were just because I was indifferent after talking to several girls, where as some I did chose I felt indifferent after only talking to one girl. So I picked the one where I was exposed to less people.

This is all so very exciting! I cant wait for tomorrow!

crzychx- I have blisters from my flip flops, and I wear them EVERY DAY of my life!!! Even in winter (crazy I know!). If I walk half as much on a regular basis, there is nooooo way to gain the freshman 15!

GtownGirl98 · #37 08-14-2006, 09:42 PM

CW... I'm so glad that you have a great day... the weather was warm but not as hot as it could have been. I'm hoping that the weather holds up for you. As to walking.. how in the world did KKG end up so far away from the rest of the sorority groups and why don't that they have Lextrans running shuttles between the houses. A sorority sister, who works downtown near me, ... we ran over to our house for an hour today to help during lunch and saw all of you all and both said thanks for not having rushed at UK. It would suck to have to pref KKG and whatever chapter is on the other side of campus... wearing heals and walking the length of the mall twice.
Explain this to me, someone from UK (or a big SEC school) why did she have to list her top 8 today? Wouldn't she get to wait till tomorrow to see who invited her back before having to make cuts?

Good luck tomorrow... wherever your sore flip flops take you!

FSUZeta · #38 08-14-2006, 10:25 PM

that is where the mutual selection comes in. while the sorority members are determining who they will invite back, the pnms are deciding who they will return to.

cw, i am glad that you gave, (orange was it?)the benefit of the doubt. you probably were being rushed by someone who is experiencing recruitment on the sorority side for the first time. that can be just as intimidating as being a pnm-all the sororities want the pnms to like them!! just remember, if when they greet you, they have that "deer in the headlights look", they are probably new to the game too!!

_Lisa_ · #39 08-14-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CuriousWildcat

crzychx- I have blisters from my flip flops, and I wear them EVERY DAY of my life!!! Even in winter (crazy I know!). If I walk half as much on a regular basis, there is nooooo way to gain the freshman 15!

Its not crazy! I used to wear flip flops in the winter too-snow, rain, or sunshine! (My feet determine my body temp so I like to keep them cool-I HATE being hot!) My flippies didn't make any blisters, but I was doing a lot more standing than walking!

I really hope that you get invited back to the houses you like, and more importantly I hope you find a home. Have a great day tomorrow & the rest of the week.

ThetaPrincess24 · #40 08-14-2006, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GtownGirl98

CW... I'm so glad that you have a great day... the weather was warm but not as hot as it could have been. I'm hoping that the weather holds up for you. As to walking.. how in the world did KKG end up so far away from the rest of the sorority groups and why don't that they have Lextrans running shuttles between the houses. A sorority sister, who works downtown near me, ... we ran over to our house for an hour today to help during lunch and saw all of you all and both said thanks for not having rushed at UK. It would suck to have to pref KKG and whatever chapter is on the other side of campus... wearing heals and walking the length of the mall twice.
Explain this to me, someone from UK (or a big SEC school) why did she have to list her top 8 today? Wouldn't she get to wait till tomorrow to see who invited her back before having to make cuts?

Good luck tomorrow... wherever your sore flip flops take you!

She may have been referring to her "Sorority Sorts." I didnt think it was required though and yes she will be waiting until tomorrow to see who invited her back to see if she gets to make any cuts from her list.

TigerOwl · #41 08-14-2006, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GtownGirl98

CW... I'm so glad that you have a great day... the weather was warm but not as hot as it could have been. I'm hoping that the weather holds up for you. As to walking.. how in the world did KKG end up so far away from the rest of the sorority groups and why don't that they have Lextrans running shuttles between the houses. A sorority sister, who works downtown near me, ... we ran over to our house for an hour today to help during lunch and saw all of you all and both said thanks for not having rushed at UK. It would suck to have to pref KKG and whatever chapter is on the other side of campus... wearing heals and walking the length of the mall twice.
Explain this to me, someone from UK (or a big SEC school) why did she have to list her top 8 today? Wouldn't she get to wait till tomorrow to see who invited her back before having to make cuts?

Good luck tomorrow... wherever your sore flip flops take you!

Priority Recruitment or P-Rush. One of it's pluses------- gets the PNM's into the mutual selection feel and the process of dropping and releasing. Some schools use this and ask PNM's to list her top 8 and then rank the remaining. If one of her 8 does not match, then they go to #9. Almost always guarantees a full 1st invite of parties for every PNM. I'm sure others can explain it better. Some universities use this process all the way to pref.

leesek · #42 08-15-2006, 12:04 AM

I just talked to my daughter and she said that the PNMs have to rank their top eight choices in order of preference.. This is new this year at UK.

CuriousWildcat · #43 08-15-2006, 07:49 AM

well I just got my invite list, and sadly did not get a full schedule. Thats ok, it will just make then next round easier to pick my 6 (haha). I got invited back to:

Lilac
Amber
Pink
Green

I will let you know what happens! Send me positive energy and luck! Thanks!

AGDee · #44 08-15-2006, 07:56 AM

They were all in your top 8 and remember, as has been said in many threads so far this recruitment season.. in the end, you can only join 1. Keep a positive attitude!

_Lisa_ · #45 08-15-2006, 08:16 AM

Congratulations on being invited back to 4 of the houses that were in your top 8!