Retro Recruitment

IvySpice · #1 05-31-2007, 05:49 PM

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when a house asked me what other parties I was attending, I listed them... stupid, stupid, stupid.

What's a good, tactful way for PNM's to handle this question?

susan314 · #2 05-31-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by IvySpice

What's a good, tactful way for PNM's to handle this question?

Hmmn...that's a good question.

Honestly, IMO, its not an appropriate question for the rusher to ask b/c she should know that it puts the PNM in an awkward position.

GeekyPenguin · #3 05-31-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by IvySpice

What's a good, tactful way for PNM's to handle this question?

I was really happy to get so many invites today and I'm happy to be back here.

sailboatgirl · #4 05-31-2007, 05:58 PM

What a great story teller you are! It's great to have a happy ending.

BTW...I really enjoyed your recap at the end of things you did "right" or "wrong" during recruitment.

FSUZeta · #5 05-31-2007, 06:00 PM

what a fabulous, fabulous recruitment thread. i hope that you are writing lots of scripts, because you are one heck of a writer!!

susan314 · #6 05-31-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I was really happy to get so many invites today and I'm happy to be back here.

That sounds like a good suggestion - I was trying to formulate something similar to that in my head when I responded before, but couldn't get the words to sound nearly as pleasant as yours did.

If the sorority member doing the rushing pushes for more details after getting that response, then shame on her.

AnatraAmore · #7 05-31-2007, 07:53 PM

I've never asked this question (but then again, I was a Rho Chi 2/3 recruitments as an active sister) but in thinking about what information you might get from asking a question like that (however tacky it may seem) - you get an idea of what other chapters your PNM is being invited to and how they feel about it. Do they seem happy with the invitations? Do they get nervous when you ask that question? What other chapters are you being compared again? I don't know... I think it's a silly question, but my guess is that at schools that have a competitive recruitment, knowing which other chapters a PNM is considering might be useful when it comes time for creating bid lists...

dgdramadawg · #8 05-31-2007, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sangers

I've never asked this question (but then again, I was a Rho Chi 2/3 recruitments as an active sister) but in thinking about what information you might get from asking a question like that (however tacky it may seem) - you get an idea of what other chapters your PNM is being invited to and how they feel about it. Do they seem happy with the invitations? Do they get nervous when you ask that question? What other chapters are you being compared again? I don't know... I think it's a silly question, but my guess is that at schools that have a competitive recruitment, knowing which other chapters a PNM is considering might be useful when it comes time for creating bid lists...

Exactly. I definitely wonder if my stupid answer to this question cost me an invite back to a chapter I liked (since the answer contained some more "popular" chapters).