UIUC Rush Story

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

You might want to take a step back and take a deep look, rather than a shallow view of the houses.

This is a nice way to say what I was thinking.

[AlphaFrog]

Yes, and especially as a Jr, you're honestly not going to get your top choice of groups. Also, being a Jr, and knowing that several GCers are from Illinois, you might want to sensor yourself some...since you'll be a little easier to pick out of the crowd.

[AOII Angel]

I am hoping that these were just first impressions. Hopefully you are astute enough to discount these observations as shallow and vapid. Just remember, if you gave these chapters such little opportunity, they may be doing the same to you. Later, when you are wondering how you got cut from one of your favorites, just think about the uncharitable things you said about groups you know very little about. Recruitment goes both ways...when you complain that a group didn't take the time to get to know you, you need to realize they are being just as fair to you as you are to them!

[Denise_DPhiE]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This is a nice way to say what I was thinking.

As my mother would say, if you don't have something nice to say (type) then don't say (type) anything at all which is why I had not responded at all!

I agree wholeheartedly - looks are not important and your a$$ is going to fall to your heels in the next round when the beauty queens drop you just b/c you are a junior. Pick yourself up, dust yoursefl off and take a deeper look. Where do you feel a connection???

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by littlemissvixen

And for all the girls who are like "you'll get what you have coming" etc... I can guess which houses you are in

Nice.

Honestly, I was at the first post.

Every other word was about how pretty they were, how she hated the fake pearls, ill fitting polos, bad hair, perfect beauty queens, or something else that dealt with how they looked.

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to da max.

I know we generally expect some incoming freshmen to be that way (deciding on the brunette houses vs. the blondes where they will fit in), but a junior? I hope you graduated from h.s. a couple of years early or something.

[littlemissvixen]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Nice.

Honestly, I was at the first post.

Every other word was about how pretty they were, how she hated the fake pearls, ill fitting polos, bad hair, perfect beauty queens, or something else that dealt with how they looked.

S
H
A
L
L
O
W

to da max.

I know we generally expect some incoming freshmen to be that way (deciding on the brunette houses vs. the blondes where they will fit in), but a junior? I hope you graduated from h.s. a couple of years early or something.

Ok, what deep and meaningful conversations do you have with 18 houses in 2 days at 25 minutes each that let you just KNOW that you'll be bff's?

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by littlemissvixen

Ok, what deep and meaningful conversations do you have with 18 houses in 2 days at 25 minutes each that let you just KNOW that you'll be bff's?

The same conversations you have when you're trying to get to know someone new.

People "click" during recruitment.... it's happened to me and several others I'm sure. You could be talking about a hobby, what you like to do for vacations, or anything really, and you get excited when you realize the other person is passionate about it too and you just "click".

When I rushed on the sister side for the first time, I didn't have any magical conversation formulas, we just talked about a bunch of stuff, and in that conversation I could really "see" some of them as my sisters. It wasn't a deep "let's be best friends forever and pick daisies and run off to the sunset moment" but you can really tell when you're on the sister side when you're talking to someone that you don't really think would be a great asset to the chapter or you get a feeling that they are being fake and may be interested in your group for the wrong reasons.

I would honestly rather have a house full of average looking girls that are great sisters than a house of bitchy beauty queens... but hey, that's just me. You may be looking for something else in a "sisterhood"

[Benzgirl]

She may have begun to delete her own posts, but can't do much with those that people have quoted. Maybe she is beginning to heed the advice that her posts could be traced back to her. I too, know many actives who lurk and watch the posts.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

She may have begun to delete her own posts, but can't do much with those that people have quoted. Maybe she is beginning to heed the advice that her posts could be traced back to her. I too, know many actives who lurk and watch the posts.

I can't find anywhere that we quoted the descriptions of houses 11-19, which is too bad, because I liked reading about mine.