Okay, Okay, carnation's retro rush thread (ie, how not to do recruitment)

[Ocalagirl]

Originally Posted by carnation

Enough of this rush business. I had an idea...

This line just cracked me up!! Great story btw I really have enjoyed following it.

[carnation]

I've always been a very focused person so I thought, "I love 2 of these, can't stand one, and am lukewarm about the rest. Why don't I just drop all of them except the 2 so I can focus on them, be at my best, and be rested when I get to them?" And that's what I did. Chose my 2 classic Texan houses and bid the rest goodbye.

PNMS, DO NOT DO THIS! THIS WAS MANY YEARS AGO AND COULD END UP LOSING YOU A BID FROM A GREAT HOUSE!

[InseparableDI]

tell us more!

[carnation]

Since my recruitment was in the early days of rush counselors, I received no advice not to cut all those groups. I don't even recall seeing our counselor much after the first 2 days!

Five-party day passed just fine. I was rested and ready for both parties! I got back my 3 invitations the next day--yes, XYZ had once again invited me back. I chose the same 2 again because I didn't intend to go back to XYZ on 3-party day either. See, I was taking huge risks. I didn't know that back in the day, the big cuts came near the end. There were no release regulations back then; some sororities would keep girls they had no intention of pledging until theme or pref parties just to make their groups look popular. If a girl was released from several groups near the end of recruitment, she had no way to pick up groups she'd released earlier. There was no 'regret with interest' option either. You released them and they were gone. Except for XYZ.

The theme parties were wonderful! One group had an Asian theme, the other had Alice in Wonderland. I hoped to be asked back to both for prefs.

[AlwaysSAI]

YaY!