update on my recruitment week so far...

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by sugar and spice

Furthermore, if the rushee is at a Wisconsin system school that is not UW-Madison, it is unlikely that her pledge class will consist entirely of 18-year-olds anyway. Many of the system schools have smaller Greek systems with less traditional pledge classes. Sure, there will be plenty of 18-year-olds, but there will also be a decent amount of upperclassmen and juniors rushing, both transfer students and non-transfers, and it's not out of the ordinary for these students to be older than is traditional for students to be. I rushed at Madison, the biggest and most traditional Greek system in the state, and my pledge class was still almost half sophomores with a smattering of juniors.

I really wish people would not try to speak for campuses where they aren't familiar with the Greek system.

WORD. I still remember how women on GC acted when I was going through recruitment - PMing me threatening to turn my new chapter in for violating the Green Book is the best example. My pledge class was all sophomores except 1, and the pledge class after that was all juniors. It's not unusual at the smaller state schools for chapters to be very upperclassmen-heavy.

Anyway, UWO, welcome to Gamma Phi! A sister from my chapter transferred to there a few years ago, although I am not sure if she's active anymore.

[KSUViolet06]

This thread is prime example of the fact that EVERY campus is different! What is unheard of at some schools, is the norm at another.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

WORD. I still remember how women on GC acted when I was going through recruitment - PMing me threatening to turn my new chapter in for violating the Green Book is the best example. My pledge class was all sophomores except 1, and the pledge class after that was all juniors. It's not unusual at the smaller state schools for chapters to be very upperclassmen-heavy.

Anyway, UWO, welcome to Gamma Phi! A sister from my chapter transferred to there a few years ago, although I am not sure if she's active anymore.

What kind of violations did they think were happening?

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

What kind of violations did they think were happening?

Disclaimer to all nosy busybodies: my chapter does not do this anymore, so turning us in will make you look stupid, and there are no other NPC sororities on this campus, so your sorority was not being hurt by this behavior.

For several years when our chapter was in a numbers slump, we had men (generally the big men on campus types, student body president, etc.) of the (then) most popular fraternity on campus dress up in black suits and come to the dorm or apartment of the woman who was invited to preference to escort her to the preference ceremony, which was held at the home of a university official whose wife is an alumna.

I know, this is simply egregious.

[kk_bama]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

For several years when our chapter was in a numbers slump, we had men (generally the big men on campus types, student body president, etc.) of the (then) most popular fraternity on campus dress up in black suits and come to the dorm or apartment of the woman who was invited to preference to escort her to the preference ceremony, which was held at the home of a university official whose wife is an alumna.

SWANKY!

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by kk_bama

SWANKY!

It's how we roll.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

It's how we roll.

Sounds like honeychile's frilly recruitment

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Disclaimer to all nosy busybodies: my chapter does not do this anymore, so turning us in will make you look stupid, and there are no other NPC sororities on this campus, so your sorority was not being hurt by this behavior.

For several years when our chapter was in a numbers slump, we had men (generally the big men on campus types, student body president, etc.) of the (then) most popular fraternity on campus dress up in black suits and come to the dorm or apartment of the woman who was invited to preference to escort her to the preference ceremony, which was held at the home of a university official whose wife is an alumna.

I know, this is simply egregious.

Wish I was invited to your pref.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Wish I was invited to your pref.

Oh, most girls do. I thought it was really sweet -my boyfriend at the time was somewhat of a BMOC (and was in that chapter) so I knew the guys who picked me up, but it was fun as an active member to see how impressed the girls were that we knew those guys and were friends with them. We usually had a bonfire with their chapter a few weeks after bid day and also had a toga party with them.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Disclaimer to all nosy busybodies: my chapter does not do this anymore, so turning us in will make you look stupid, and there are no other NPC sororities on this campus, so your sorority was not being hurt by this behavior.

For several years when our chapter was in a numbers slump, we had men (generally the big men on campus types, student body president, etc.) of the (then) most popular fraternity on campus dress up in black suits and come to the dorm or apartment of the woman who was invited to preference to escort her to the preference ceremony, which was held at the home of a university official whose wife is an alumna.

I know, this is simply egregious.

scandalous!!

that actually sounds cool. i wouldn't mind being escorted to a pref party by a "big man on campus"