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Thanks for taking the time to read through my website and give me feedback/comments. Also, thanks to everyone who sent me individual emails. I hope I replied to everyone, and if not, I'll get to you!
In response to some of the newer posted questions:
I don't see my company as an "abuse of power." FSUZeta's post is in sync with my business aims. I made this company to benefit the girls who feel overwhelmed by recruitment and confused because they don't have a Greek mother/sister/friend who can casually advise them.
When I was a freshman, I would have greatly benefitted from such a service. I was born and raised in Boston, attended public schools, and had never visited the South until I came to Vanderbilt as a prospective student. Vandy is a predominantly Southern, conversative and very wealthy university, and as a Northerner, I knew nothing of sororities. I was shy, and didn't want to let my Southern friends and roommates know how nervous I was about Rush.
We did have GAs/PXs, but there was 1 GA assigned to roughly 15-20 PNMs, and we would meet out once a month or so, and I was certainly not going to stand up in front of 20 people and say, "I know nothing about sororities. Can you fill me in?"
As for confidential information - confidential is confidential. Anything that I learned confidentially through my own chapter or through Panhellenic will be kept that way. However, as the Panhellenic President, you create many relationships with members of all sororities, instead of predominantly making friends within your own, so I know extensive info about each chapter. Also, spending time with sorority presidents gives you tons of sorority-specific, non-confidential knowledge. Most chapter members know a lot about their chapter alone, while my Greek knowledge base is quite broad, sorority-wise.
I am not a licensed therapist/counselor, and for that reason, I spoke with the Director of the Psychological and Counseling Center at Vandy before starting any consultations. We agreed that I would recommend for PNMs to contact them if they were experiencing psychological/emotional distress. I am a consultant and an advisor, not a therapist or psychologist, and the PNMs know that.
There is no guarantee made to the PNMs when they come to see me. I liked the tutor comparison that someone made earlier. You pay the math tutor to sit and explain everything to you in depth. However, that doesn't guarantee you an A on the exam. The only guarantee is access to more direct, individual information than you would get otherwise.
I'm going to take a break, but will reply to more questions later!
Last edited by Amydonovan; 10-05-2005 at 01:22 PM.
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