Retro Recruitment

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by tld221

Buttonz - is your fall rush informal, as in it runs like COB?

The locals only do COB type rush, while the NPC's do formal in the fall and COB in the spring.

I guess it's safe to say that Sprite is a local, and not a national.

[Leslie Anne]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

The locals only do COB type rush, while the NPC's do formal in the fall and COB in the spring.

I guess it's safe to say that Sprite is a local, and not a national.

A-ha. Okay, now that makes sense. I was a bit confused too. Oh, and we know you didn't go Sprite or that would have been the end of your story.

Anxious to hear more!

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Oh, and we know you didn't go Sprite or that would have been the end of your story.

Are you sure I didn't go Sprite?

Go read the post above this!

[Leslie Anne]

Oh! I didn't see THAT twist coming!

Very intriguing story, Buttonz!

[LOVEinZTA]

More more more!

Sorry, it's a very rainy day, work is slow, and the diet coke hasn't kicked in yet. I need something to keep me awake and entertained!

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by LOVEinZTA

More more more!

Sorry, it's a very rainy day, work is slow, and the diet coke hasn't kicked in yet. I need something to keep me awake and entertained!

I am with you, LOVEinZTA!!!!!! Keep it comin' Buttonz!!!!

PS-My SAI little is a SDT legacy--through her big sister. But, we don't have a chapter here, so she went SAI!

[Buttonz]

The next night I got a call from Jessica, letting me know that I have received a bid and if I wanted to take it, I should go ahead and be at Eva's house Saturday night.

I went to Eva's dressed nicely and I was ready to meet my future sisters. There were seven of us in the room, and they told us they will wait a few more minutes to see if the other two girls they were waiting for were going to show up. No one else showed up, so the seven of us were pinned.

We also found out our bigs that night. My big was Eva (the sister whose house we were at). I was glad, because we had a lot in common.

Within two weeks, one girl depledged. Two weeks later, I was ready to depledged. All of my pledge sisters and my pledge mothers (that is what they were called) begged me not to drop.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

Within two weeks, one girl depledged. Two weeks later, I was ready to depledge. All of my pledge sisters and my pledge mothers (that is what they were called) begged me not to drop.

Wow. Why were girls depledging so quickly?

[twinkle555]

whoa interesting twist!! more more!!

::reads KSUViolets post:: yea..why ARE girls dropping so quickly??

[Buttonz]

As to why girls were dropping so quickly...it's a little word that we all love to hate....h******. I'm sure you can all figure it out

~~~~~~~

Now back to my story:

After several long talks with both pledge moms, my big, and my pledge sisters, I decided to stay, thinking that it won't be to much longer till we were sisters and things would get better.

Boy, was I wrong. Two weeks later, I was ready to drop again. I was dreading going to anything related to Sprite at all, plus I was told I had my choice of attending my sisters sweet 16 (which I was planning) or going to a Sprite event. If I choose my sisters sweet 16, I would have to drop.

Once again, I was begged to stay by all. This time however, there was no changing my mind.

Less then three weeks later my former pledge sisters were initiated. It hurt to see them wearing letters, esp my former big, who I had class with, when she wore the set that all the bigs got for both themselves and their littles, because I knew I could have had them as well.

At the same time, I was happy, because I realized I could never be fully happy with these girls after everything. I also realized that I still wanted the benefits of sisterhood, but not with Sprite. So I started to do my own research, plus put together what I by then knew and have heard about the other groups on campus.

I knew for a fact that Root Beer was out. I wouldn't even consider them. So this left the following for me to check out:

Coke
Sunkist
Dr. Pepper
Cream

I wouldn't look anywhere until the spring (I wasn't even aware that there were possibly rules that meant I had to wait longer). Everyone did COB in the spring.

I can say that in the first week or two of the Spring Semester my former big told me if I wanted to look at Sprite and pledge again that it might be possible for me to do so

[FuzzieAlum]

Why was Root Beer not even under consideration?

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by FuzzieAlum

Why was Root Beer not even under consideration?

Everything that I saw of them while I was pledging Sprite I didn't like at all, plus I knew they would never take someone like me.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

I knew for a fact that Root Beer was out. I wouldn't even consider them.

Just out of curiosity - was Root Beer another of the locals?

(You don't have to share if it will spoil the rest of the details that you're planning to reveal. I was just curious whether your bad experience in one local made you uneasy about another.)

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by susan314

Just out of curiosity - was Root Beer another of the locals?

(You don't have to share if it will spoil the rest of the details that you're planning to reveal. I was just curious whether your bad experience in one local made you uneasy about another.)

While I won't answer that (at least, not yet, not sure if I will tell in the end) I will say this: there were only 3 NPC groups and still 4 that I looked at, so there was at least one local that I was still looking at.

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

As to why girls were dropping so quickly...it's a little word that we all love to hate....h******. I'm sure you can all figure it out

Yeah, there is a local around here that does that... They are not affiliated with the university which is how they get away with it.

I'll never understand it...but, okay.

And, I'm gonna root for DR. PEPPER!!!!! Well, basically because it's my favorite soft drink.