Which sorority was your Rho Chi in?

[wildcatchick]

Mine was a Tri-Delta...she was so sweet! We all found out what she was before the end of the week though - one of the girls in our group was from the same hometown as her and was friends with some of her friends, so the girl ended up telling us what our Gamma Chi was.

[xo_kathy]

I can't remember what mine were.

But when I was the Rush Chair at my chapter, my dorm roomie was a Rho Chi. She was a DG but her group all thought she was a Chi O. When she came to our house she was chatting with me and after they left they said, "See, we told you we knew you were a Chi O". They were all really shocked at the reveal.

Also, one of the girls from my chapter who was a Rho Chi quietly mentioned to me at a party that the she loved a bunch of girls in her group. They thought she was an XYZ. She said she was doing all she could to make them "realize" she was a Chi O b/c she wanted them to go Chi O and was afraid they were picking XYZ b/c they thought she was one. Now, she's my sister and I respect her, but I didn't want a pledge class full of her clones! So I sternly told her that I did NOT want her to risk us getting any sort of infraction, so I better not hear of her revealing her affiliation!!! It must have worked b/c we didn't get any of her crushes - they mostly went XYZ!!!

[AChiOhSnap]

Originally Posted by xo_kathy

Also, one of the girls from my chapter who was a Rho Chi quietly mentioned to me at a party that the she loved a bunch of girls in her group. They thought she was an XYZ. She said she was doing all she could to make them "realize" she was a Chi O b/c she wanted them to go Chi O and was afraid they were picking XYZ b/c they thought she was one. Now, she's my sister and I respect her, but I didn't want a pledge class full of her clones! So I sternly told her that I did NOT want her to risk us getting any sort of infraction, so I better not hear of her revealing her affiliation!!! It must have worked b/c we didn't get any of her crushes - they mostly went XYZ!!!

Were the girls disappointed after they found out?

Has anyone heard of a Rho Chi revealing or hinting at her affiliation to girls in her PX group that she really loves? There were some rumors about it with one PX a couple years ago at my school, but since the PNMs she supposedly told ended up joining her sorority, none of them will talk about it.

[adpiucf]

I remember a PNM when I was a PX who just loved her PX and preffed at two chapters-- one of which the PX was a member of. These two chapters are pretty similiar. Anyway, that night when the PNMs went to go and rank their final choices, we told the PNMs if they needed to talk to us, they could. The aforementioned PNM was absolutely miserable, shaking and crying while she tried to convince her PX to reveal her affiliation. I'm not sure what happened, but I think the PX did give in or at least gave her the hint she needed. The PNM pledged the PX's chapter and became her little sis. But that's one extreme example! I think the PX's at my school did a good job of being discreet--- disaffiliation back then lasted all summer and we enjoyed playing dress up to seem to fit one stereotype or another or to have the girls guess. Of course, back then it was put a bow in your hair if you want them to think you're an XYZ or wear brown lipliner and white eyeliner to make them guess ABC. (Don't ask. It was the 90s.)

[xo_kathy]

Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap

Were the girls disappointed after they found out?

One or two were, but the house they pledged was friendly with ours, so she assured them they'd see a lot of each other. It was still a top group on campus so there were plenty of other girls for them to love when they got there!

[ms_gwyn]

I had 2 Rho Chis (yes, that was waaay back when), one was a Tri Delta and for the life of me I can remember what group the other was from. They were really no help to me whatsoever, but the Rho Chi who was of tremendous help to me was an AGD and it was hard b/c I had fell in love with AGD during recruitment and they had cut me right before pref, that Rho Chi, helped me see it through and also help me see how outstanding Tri Sigma was (and still is ).

[honeychile]

My Rho Chi was a DPhiE, and came right out and said it! We all liked her, and I'm fairly certain one of our group chose them because of her.

[Ocalagirl]

Well I loved my Rho Gamma, but the one that I was actually closest to wasn't in my Rho Gamma group...I had met her the day before Recruitment began she works in a store I happened to go into and we just started talking and hit if off...I was disappointed she wasn't my Rho Gamma, but that didn't stop me from talking to her about my decisions and such...She was the one I told first when I had been cut...I knew she what she was the first say I met her when she accidentally gave a hint about a stone monument thing in front of her house and I knew right away, although she wouldn't admit it to me until Pref night and I had been cut from her chapter since Day 2... Now she is back with her wonderful chapter who took a good friend of mine--Alpha Xi Delta (the friend is JessXica). I haven't talked to her since the end of recruitment, but I still have great respect for her and think she is amazing!

[aephi alum]

Slight hijack...

A few folks have mentioned the idea of PNMs guessing their PX's affiliation and trying to join the sorority they think their PX is in because they like her. When I did my PX training, we did some role-playing where someone would portray a PNM with a particular question or issue, and the PX had to advise her. One of the scenarios I got was a "PNM" who wanted to join AEPhi because she was convinced that I was one and she wanted to be my sister.

My response was, "Well, you have a 1 in 17 chance of being right about my affiliation. And even if you are right, I'd just be one sister among many. Think about all the affiliated sisters you've met, in each sorority. You should feel at home with the whole group, not just one or two people."

(Y'know, come to think of it, a number of my PNMs did go Sigma Kappa...)

[LouisaMay]

I had two. Kappa Kappa Gamma and I think, Kappa Alpha Theta.

[angelove]

Fun thread!

Mine was a ZTA, but our entire group thought she was a Theta. During the middle of rush, she had us all write down on a piece of paper what we thought she was. It was sort of funny to see her go through all of these pieces of paper and read out "Theta", "Theta", "Theta", "Theta" ... Seriously, pretty much all twelve or so of us thought she was a Theta, but only one in the group pledged Theta, while two (maybe three? I can't remember for sure) went Zeta.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Slight hijack...

My response was, "Well, you have a 1 in 17 chance of being right about my affiliation. And even if you are right, I'd just be one sister among many. Think about all the affiliated sisters you've met, in each sorority. You should feel at home with the whole group, not just one or two people."

Yeah, in SRC training, the SRC's are actually told not to get into the whole "let's guess what chapter I'm in" thing. Our Panhellenic Advisor tells them to kind of laugh it off and say something like what you posted. It's pretty relevant now especially with Facebook and MySpace. It's SO EASY to find out what sorority an SRC is in. You have a bigger chance of being "outed", so you have to always let the PNMs know that even if you are found to be an XYZ, you are just one of many.

[adpiucf]

You're not alone! I felt the same way after recruitment! Go through recruitment on the other side next fall and then apply to be a PX that spring for the next fall-- you'll have had the best of both worlds!

[NutBrnHair]

It's been many years since I've thought about this! First of all, I think we called them Rush Counselors and I don't recall one or two being "assigned" to a group of rushees. I don't think I ever had a one-on-one conversation with any of them. I just attended the group meetings and didn't have any questions!

I do remember my OA (Orientation Assistant) was an ADPi. I'm sure that had an impact on me returning to ADPi for pref.

[aggieAXO]

I think ours were called rush counselers as well-mine was a theta