Maryland Recruitment as a Rho Gam

[PhoenixAzul]

hooray! another R.C. thread . Any idea how big your group will be?

[UMDRhoGam07]

I don't know how many women have signed up yet, but we usually have around 400-500 women register. There are 34 Rho Gammas, so I could be looking at anywhere from 12-15 PNMs.

[aabby757]

I am so excited for this thread!

I am an alum of UMD and a member of a sorority there.

It's been a long time ago since I graduated and the greek system has changed A LOT and back then I would absolutely consider it a competitive school. Maybe not Ole Miss competitive but still very competitive.

I will tell you my affiliation at the end of this thread too in case anyone cares.

I am going to try *really* hard to figure out all the houses and see if their "reputations" still hold up.

Even though we all know reputations aren't always true and to follow your heart and give it a shot...

Have a great rush!!

Don't keep any details out. I want to hear everything!!!

[UMDRhoGam07]

I'm not exactly sure what I will be reporting in this thread, probably how many women I get in my group, when someone drops out, where everyone goes at the end, warm fuzzy stories, funny stories, and my affiliation at the end. Anything else that I would put in here? I guess I'll see what PhoenixAzul puts in her Rho Gam thread.

Of course I will not give a play-by-play of what every PNM is thinking about every chapter during each round.

[ZetaGirl22]

YAY!!!! UMD Recruitment!!!! I still remember Recruitment time in College Park like it was yesterday. Meeting new members at the chapel and then running down the hill......I was a recruitment counselor back in the day, except we were called Rho Chis still then.....LOL (dating myself, much?) I hope you have a fabulous time being a Rho Gamma and that all your girls find homes. Maryland greek life was so awesome when I was there!

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally Posted by UMDRhoGam07

I'm not exactly sure what I will be reporting in this thread, probably how many women I get in my group, when someone drops out, where everyone goes at the end, warm fuzzy stories, funny stories, and my affiliation at the end. Anything else that I would put in here? I guess I'll see what PhoenixAzul puts in her Rho Gam thread.

Of course I will not give a play-by-play of what every PNM is thinking about every chapter during each round.

I dunno if this will help you, but I've done the PX thing before and I wrote a thread about it. http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ht=Recruitment

[Leslie Anne]

Yay, a Maryland thread!

It's already been said, but things have changed so much there (especially since I was there). Five sororities have left; one's arrived. Rush used to be in the fall. Pretty competitive. Total was about 135 with quota around 35.

Maybe aabby remembers this better than I do but weren't Rho Chi/Rho Gammas just called Rush Counselors?

One thing that I wish hadn't changed is all the sorority members used to stand out in front of their houses singing before the PNMs filed in. The whole place was a noisy riot. It was great.

I'm looking forward to your stories! I hope all your girls get their favorites.

[UMDRhoGam07]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

One thing that I wish hadn't changed is all the sorority members used to stand out in front of their houses singing before the PNMs filed in. The whole place was a noisy riot. It was great.

I'm looking forward to your stories! I hope all your girls get their favorites.

We still do door chants for rounds 2 and 3 and songs for pref but we stay inside, probably because recruitment changed from September to January...nobody wants to stand outside in January. It'll be fun getting to hear everyone's chants again! Thanks for all the well wishes!