South Carolina Fall 2010!!

[Katmandu]

South Carolina time!

My God daughter is in her first recruitment event tonight, an orientation meeting where they meet their Pi Chis and learn the ins and outs of recruitment, Columbia style.

So... it is time to start a thread for all of the lovely women and nervous rec writers, moms, and God moms to post stories and results for SC. I hope others who are either participating or waiting out recruitment at Columbia will join in the conversation.

I understand that last count is about 1150, but I have also heard a much higher number of PNMs--so much higher I don't trust it completely.

The girls are split into two orientation meetings tonight, one at 7:30 and one at 8:30. First round is Tuesday, when they visit all ten chapters.

My God Daughter is a midwestern gal. Surprisingly, SC is a popular destination for boys and girls from this region, and she is one of many people from her school and city to begin school in Columbia, Charlotte, and other points south.

There are ten fabulous sororities on campus.

Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Chi Omega
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Phi Mu
Zeta Tau Alpha

She is a legacy to one of these groups and my sorority is on campus as well. We worked hard to secure recs, and have one or more to each group on campus except for one. We have talked to her about keeping an open mind, not listening to tent talk, playing it through to the end, etc. I hope those conversations took root!

I am very excited and nervous.. I don't have a daughter, so this is my "legacy" until I have some granddaughters.

She is a super student with many academic awards, good activities, an athlete who is cute, slim and tan... in other words, in SEC world, she is a typical rushee.

Those of you from SW Ohio will get these codes... they are icons of life along the Ohio River.

In no particular order:

Proctor & Gamble
Oktoberfest
Graeter's
Skyline
Aglamesis
Gold Star
Delta Queen
Serpentine Wall
Rookwood Pottery
Big Red Machine

Good luck to all of the PNMs and chapters at South Carolina.

[AOIIalum]

My in-laws live in Columbia now, so I'll be following any and all SC stories. Also LOVE the code names and am cheering mightily for the Big Red Machine and Graeter's!

[IrishLake]

LMAO!!!! A Queen City themed recruitment!!! I LOVE this! I'm pulling for Skyline and Oktoberfest!

[dgdramadawg]

I've got a couple going through at South Carolina, but I'll be waiting to post until after they're done.

Best of luck to your God daughter, Katmandu!

[Katmandu]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

LMAO!!!! A Queen City themed recruitment!!! I LOVE this! I'm pulling for Skyline and Oktoberfest!

LOL< I was really wanting to work in a Goetta, Flying Pig and Big Butter Jesus, but wasn't sure those were the right images for beautiful southern sorority women!! Gotta love SW Ohio!

[IrishLake]

BBJ is soooooo not proper for a southern rush!!!!

[khlkcca]

On a beautiful summer night... Serpentine Wall!

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

BBJ is soooooo not proper for a southern rush!!!!

Especially since BBJ went down in flames a while back. Probably not the right image to associate with sororities during recruitment! LOL!

[violetpretty]

I have a friend going through at South Carolina too! She is so excited!

As far as your codes, I'm pulling for Skyline and Graeter's. Is BBJ the more common term? My friends mostly call it Touchdown Jesus.

[Katmandu]

Violetpretty, TD Jesus is very common, but after the song came out, I could only think of the oleo.

OK, the PNMs met their Pi Chi groups last night and split into two large convocations, one at 7:30 one at 8:30 for recruitment orientation. She said it was long, but interesting. All of the chapters did what she called presentations or skits.. not really sure what these were, but she liked Grater's presentation/skit best. She said most of the sorority women had on Tshirts and shorts and pearls, a strange combo for her, LOL...

She loves her II Xs. They told the group that it is important to wear the right kind of dress for pref, i.e, that it be modest, not too low cut and not too short. They offered to look their dresses over to give an opinion as they said it could affect the outcome if inapropriate. She had a mandatory Honors College meeting when her pi chi group was going to have a "dress showing", but she will get an opinion on two possibles later in the week.

Tomorrow it's ten houses for the first round.

She is a legacy to Delta Queen, and has cousins who are Aglamesis, but not at this chapter. Personal friends or family provided recs for Oktoberfest, Graeters, Delta Queen, Skyline and Aglamesis.

Recs for Procter & Gamble, Gold Star, Serpentine Wall and the Big Red Machine were provided by the wonderful sorority network, friends of friends, contacts through alumni groups and just asking around. She does not have a rec for Rookwood Pottery. (drats)

Good luck to all our SC girls.

[joliebelle]

OP, good luck to your god daughter! I am originally from Columbia, and have a lot of friends who went Greek at USC. USC is a great school and Columbia is good place to be!

[ladybug12]

So excited to be reading a USC recruitment thread! The most adorable pictures I saw on Greekchat last year were from this school with all the girls in white and their balloons on bid day!

dgdramadog, can't wait for your story too. I love reading your threads on GC!

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by ladybug12

dgdramadog, can't wait for your story too. I love reading your threads on GC!

Thanks!

[southbymidwest]

I'll take skyline, hold the onions please.

And good luck to your goddaughter at SC. Recruitment is a whirlwind there! Go Cocks!

[MUSK81]

Procter and Gamble - My mom worked at the Miami Valley facility as a stenographer back when they actually had them.
A girl from my S's high school is going there, but I don't know if she's going through recruitment or not.