A Very Untraditional Recruitment/Expansion Story

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by klk112

They also talked about how blown away they were by our symphony, officer structure, and longevity....

Your local had a "symphony?" How did that go?

[bejazd]

What happened to the boyfriend? Did he come around or did you kick him to the curb??? Funny he was more uptight about sorority sisters than all the GUYS in computer science. A girl can't live by video games alone....

Please continue! I'm loving your story!

[alum]

Originally Posted by bejazd

Funny he was more uptight about sorority sisters than all the GUYS in computer science. A girl can't live by video games alone....

As we Lady Tartans would say: The odds are good but the goods are odd!

[klk112]

Originally Posted by bejazd

What happened to the boyfriend? Did he come around or did you kick him to the curb???

Oh yes... Back to November...

Our local had a ceremony for the semester after you initiated where you would receive your own badge. Your big would ask your parents, boyfriends, friends on campus, etc. for cards/presents for you, to show you that there are people outside of the house who care for you as well. When the big contacted these people, she stated clearly that you were not to tell the girl about what was going on.

A few days before my pinning ceremony, as we called it, my boyfriend said, "Oh yeah, a girl named Christin sent me a Facebook message asking if I wanted to buy a present for you. I just ignored it." I was angry for so many different reasons. One of the reasons that he didn't like sororities was because of all the secrets that we had, and he didn't understand why it was such a big deal. That's why he didn't keep my big's message a secret from me. Also, the fact that he wasn't going to put in any sort of effort for this special occasion in my life was incredibly disappointing. Then, he didn't even have the courtesy to send her a response.

Pinning came, and my parents had bought me a beautiful sapphire ring (at my big's suggestion, who had received jewelry from her mom for her pinning), and my friends wrote cards to me. There was also a vase with a dozen pink roses on the table, and my big said, "The roses are from your boyfriend." I was very surprised, but I also didn't believe my big, sadly.

When I talked to my boyfriend later that night, I questioned him about the roses. He repeated that he had ignored the message, and he didn't tell Christin to buy anything for me. Christin later told me that when he didn't respond to her, she wasn't sure what to do and guessed that he was just too busy and either never got the message or forgot to respond.

A few weeks after the incident, we broke up.

[AOII Angel]

Awww..your big sis is soooo sweet!

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by klk112

A few weeks after the incident, we broke up.

Nice Move! Sorry....I'm a little jaded.

Waiting for Mayo.....

[klk112]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Your local had a "symphony?" How did that go?

It wasn't a symphony in the orchestral sense. It was like a long creed, explaining our beliefs as a sisterhood. The total length was around six paragraphs. We had a creed, too, but it was six Greek letters that stood for six words: Trust, Leadership, Mission, Service, Scholarship, and Respect.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by klk112

It wasn't a symphony in the orchestral sense.

I don't think she meant that

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by klk112

It wasn't a symphony in the orchestral sense. It was like a long creed, explaining our beliefs as a sisterhood. The total length was around six paragraphs. We had a creed, too, but it was six Greek letters that stood for six words: Trust, Leadership, Mission, Service, Scholarship, and Respect.

Yes, I'm familiar with a "symphony." I just wondered if it was similar to the Chi Omega Symphony.

[SWTXBelle]

I'm laughing at the restraint shown by the Chi Os on the board. Yeah, I think they are pretty okay with the idea of a "symphony" that isn't a work of music.
(op, you might want to check this out - www.chiomega.com - look under friends and family and you can click on their symphony)

[LucyKKG]

Ooh! We didn't meet our chapter consultant until after we were formally pledged. That's weird about their excess optimism about recruitment. Maybe they just hadn't looked into it enough.

[violetpretty]

Well, when a sorority colonizes, they take women from all classes, so instead of a pool of just freshmen and sophomores, they would also be considering juniors and seniors. Plus, I do think that there is something to the organization becoming national. At campuses with NPCs and locals, I would think the locals are at a huge disadvantage (except maybe Dartmouth) because PNMs go in thinking "I want a national group." So merely becoming national with all else constant might make more PNMs look at the chapter with new eyes. But yeah, 40 is still a stretch at a school like CMU.

[alum]

It would make sense that this local had a symphony since they were originally a Chi Omega chapter.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by alum

It would make sense that this local had a symphony since they were originally a Chi Omega chapter.

So they were originally a Chi Omega chapter, then went local, then went national again? (I assume with another org?)

Originally Posted by alum

It would make sense that this local had a symphony since they were originally a Chi Omega chapter.

That's right! I totally forgot about that!