Faith4Keep's Retro Recruitment!

[gogreekmom]

I am really enjoying your story. Please keep it coming!!!

[UCFStefanie]

Thanks for the updates. I think I might have a couple of the chapters figured out!

I was one of those "35 leaders" also when I was on campus! Congrats

[Faith4Keep]

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[FSUZeta]

i find it interesting that despite having an awkward rusher at orange, you were able to overlook this and ranked them first. was it that you were just so sold on orange from what you knew about the sorority and their campus rep. or something else?

[Ocalagirl]

This is very interesting to me since I was there last year with you. I think I most of the chapters if memory serves. Congrats on getting a bid!! that was something I couldn't do.

[Faith4Keep]

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[Faith4Keep]

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[Ocalagirl]

I took it down sorry. It was under liltrixx rush at UCF.

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by Faith4Keep

... About 4 weeks before recruitment all of my friends that were greek simply stopped talking to me. L Even if they would see me, they would just say, “Oh my gosh, I’m really sorry, but I can’t talk to you!”.I thought it was funny how serious this all was.This time around, I was not as nervous for Formal Recruitment since I knew what to expect and was ready to go!

So true! The chapters put the fear of God into you to avoid infractions! This included communication with disaffiliated sisters serving on Panhellenic! In 99, I was a PX and I remember the day before Greek Forum I was in the Union with a bunch of PXs and one of my chapter sisters who was also a close friend walked by me and literally looked right through me!

Originally Posted by Faith4Keep

...The Rho Gammas try to emphasize that we call the sororities “chapters”, instead of “houses” or “sororities” since some are nationally known as fraternities and 4 of the 10 chapters do not have houses.

I never thought much of this. We always referred to the groups as chapters. It wasn't until I worked with ADPi chapters in other places like California and Washington State that I began to hear the term "house" a lot more, and it bothered me-- a chapter makes me think of something belonging to a greater whole. A house is ... a house.

[InseparableDI]

i love reading these since my experience was so different, and one of my best friends is thinking of rushing at unh because of how much i love my sorority

[Faith4Keep]

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[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by Faith4Keep

I was so sure I was going to Blue for prefs.... maybe I should just stop recruitment now so I won't be disappointed.

If this wasn't a retro thread, my post would look like this:

{{{{{Faith4Keep}}}}}}}

I know it's tough being dropped by a favorite and I know it's hard not being invited back to the max number of chapters. But, I'm sure there are other women who were invited back to less parties than you. Keep your chin up and go in there with the great attitude I know you have! You'll find your home! Stick it out.

And, as all GCers faithfully say: IT ONLY TAKES ONE!

But, this is a retro thread, so I'm just going to ask you to post an update soon!

[susan314]

Originally Posted by Faith4Keep

! Blue had dropped me!! Also, I would be going back to my bottom three!! And, to top it all off, I would only be going to 6 chapters, not 7, so I had to sit in the "break room" like a loser. 4 chapters had dropped me. My eyes started to well up with tears. I didn't even really love some of the chapters that dropped me... it just hurt being told "No, we don't like you".

I was so sure I was going to Blue for prefs.... maybe I should just stop recruitment now so I won't be disappointed.

But you still have your top 2 favorites! That's good news.


(I know what you mean though - it stings to be dropped, even if you didn't particularly love the chapter. You want to be the one doing the dropping, darn it. )

[Faith4Keep]

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[AlwaysSAI]

Full Speed Ahead!!