Auburn University Rush--Fall 2007

[doubleblue&gold]

Regret with interest helps both parties. It gives the PNMs a chance to look over groups they still could fit in. Same way with the groups. They can look over someone again they were willing to invite back and help their numbers also if PNMs cut them heavily.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by doubleblue&gold

Regret with interest helps both parties. It gives the PNMs a chance to look over groups they still could fit in. Same way with the groups. They can look over someone again they were willing to invite back and help their numbers also if PNMs cut them heavily.

Oh, I agree. But some of the panhellenic advisers on here, I believe, explained that it was harder to implement that it's used to be.

It seems like it would be easier with priority ranking; the groups could just pick them back up if others declined invitations.

There are always a couple of folks on here who really feel it's important for PNMs to be able to cut groups even if they aren't going back to the maximum number of parties, but I tend to think it's in their long term best interest to have as full a schedule if they can.

[Army Wife'79]

I am usually a lurker on this board but today will jump in. I wonder if the PNM's took the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator test what it would show? Would they all be the same type? I think that rushing as an introvert is painful and a killer at an SEC school. Groups need both Queen Bee's and Worker Bee's in order to be successful. The QB has the great plans and is a good "front person" and the WB is the quiet behind the scenes type who can implement the plans making the QB look great. I have found this to be true in my experience with Junior League and the Officer's Wives Clubs. When you have a room full of QB's there can be problems. Momto2, I am so sorry for your daughters experience. I feel your pain, as it is exactly what I went thru years ago. My introverted daughter (4.45 GPA, Honors College, great resume & looks, size 6, yadda yadda yadda) went to 3 prefs and got no bids at an SEC school. I think rushing was like walking on cut glass for her but she took herself out of her comfort zone and did it. Since she was from out of state (another hurdle) I encouraged it so she could make friends. For her entire life she had been moved every 2 years ripping her away from her friends, dance class, activities etc. After she got "the call" she got involved in a lot of activities and was happy and in Jan. she was COB'd b/c by that time many girls got to know her slowly and realize how great she was.

[UGAalum94]

Army Wife,

Did your daughter list all three on her bid card and not become a quota addition? That' really interesting. I thought almost every SEC campus had gone to guaranteed matching for girls who maximized their options.

I only know about one SEC school's rush first hand, but I think the groups do end up with a mix of true personality types, but that the members who would naturally be introverts are socially trained, for lack of a better word, to believably fake extroversion during recruitment. (Sort of what your daughter must have done to be invited to three prefs.)

I think it's true for introverts with good manners generally that they make themselves interact in situations that require it, even though they'd rather hang back.