Random: Recruitment

[MSKKG]

Lots of good points.

This is what I want all PNMs to know: Have enough confidence in yourself to realize YOU could be the one NM to start the pendulum swinging in the other direction if the "best" GLO releases you and you are offered a bid from another GLO. We've all heard that it only takes one or two pledge classes to make or break a GLO and a lot of us have firsthand knowledge of this, whether in our own or another GLO. Whatever GLO you join, put your heart and soul into it. Your enthusiasm will make a difference.

I know someone who joined a smaller GLO while a supposed friend of hers joined a larger one that they both were interested in. They both wanted leadership opportunities, but my friend got them in spades while the other girl was just another face in the crowd. She resented my friend, and they grew apart. My friend is so glad now that she gave her GLO a chance--what opportunities she would have lost by pining away for a GLO that released her instead of joining the one she did!

Yes, I realize there are times when joining a 2nd, 3rd, or more choice is just not going to work out . . . but sometimes it does.

[AlexMack]

Myth: You have to go greek because mom/aunt/grandma wants you to.
You can be perfectly happy at college without going greek. I had just as much fun with my taekwondo club friends as my sisters.

[Thetagirl218]

I just wanted to say that this thread has been very educational for me. I have not been through formal recruitment yet as I was a founding sister of my chapter. I am very excited about Rush, and this thread has helped me to understand many things more fully.

I also wanted to comment on this quote:

Originally Posted by centaur532

Myth: You have to go greek because mom/aunt/grandma wants you to.

This is very true, and I have also discovered that legacies do not always end up in their legacy sorority. A friend of mine rushed and was a legacy yet ended up not liking the legacy sorority chapter at her school so she joined another GLO.

[adpiucf]

Here's my random recruitment comment: PNM's, it is not the end of the world if you don't join a sorority. The sky will not fall and life as you know it will not end.

Some people may say that is not much solace because it is coming from a woman who did join a sorority, but I went through an entire school year my freshman year and was not a part of Greek Life. I was involved in several campus activities and made tons of friends. In fact, a lot of them were Greek and still others were not. I had fun at football games, fraternity parties, road trips, girls nights, nights out on the town and more.

College is an amazing time in your life. Greek Life is fun and wonderful and I encourage you to explore the possibility of joining. But if you don't join a sorority, you're still going to have an incredible 4 years so long as you stay open to new things, work hard in your classes and explore all of the opportunities available to you as a student!

[OrangeJuice]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Here's my random recruitment comment: PNM's, it is not the end of the world if you don't join a sorority. The sky will not fall and life as you know it will not end.

I agree.

[KSUViolet06]

This is some pretty good advice:

If you have grades that are BARELY high enough to go through recruitment (lower than most of the chapter GPA requirements), you shouldn't waste your time.

You will face some heavy cuts and won't have a chance to really get to know every sorority. It will probably end up being a bad experience.

Girls, remember that you are IN COLLEGE TO GET AN EDUCATION.

You need good grades to do things like get into your major classes, get internships and graduate!

If you know that it's possible to get a bid as an upperclassman, then work on your grades, and go through rush next fall. You'll have a much better result if you have a higher GPA.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

This is some pretty good advice:

If you have grades that are BARELY high enough to go through recruitment (lower than most of the chapter GPA requirements), you shouldn't waste your time.

You will face some heavy cuts and won't have a chance to really get to know every sorority. It will probably end up being a bad experience.

Girls, remember that you are IN COLLEGE TO GET AN EDUCATION.

You need good grades to do things like get into your major classes, get internships and graduate!

If you know that it's possible to get a bid as an upperclassman, then work on your grades, and go through rush next fall. You'll have a much better result if you have a higher GPA.

I don't completely agree with this. In some smaller schools, you may still have a decent chance to join a sorority. When I was in school, a girl pledged Phi Mu (very good chapter on our campus) with a 1.9 GPA! She was a sophomore who had classes with a lot of other members. When I was a Rho Chi, my entire group were upper classmen with very low GPAs. Some were cut, but most received bids. Of course, we only had 4 groups on campus with 25-35 NM quotas. My advice is to know the system you're rushing. Big competitive schools are probably not worth it, but smaller schools may still be an option for girls with borderline grades. I do totally agree with KSUViolet when she says that you are in school to get an education, so if you can't make good grades without having all of the extracurricular activities that a sorority entails, you may want to think twice about joining!

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by MSKKG

We've all heard that it only takes one or two pledge classes to make or break a GLO and a lot of us have firsthand knowledge of this, whether in our own or another GLO. Whatever GLO you join, put your heart and soul into it. Your enthusiasm will make a difference.

I agree. The fall 2006 new member class of my sorority brought our chapter GPA up from # 6 out of 7 groups to #1 out of 7. This year, we were also Most Improved Chapter of the Year. You never know what can happen!