PNM Registration -- How does it go at your school?

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Perhaps I came off a little bitchy, but when there's an implication in someone's post that everyone north of the Mason Dixon is an uncouth bumpkin who will never know how to run a proper rush, trust me, I ain't the only one thinking what I said.

A-Freakin'-Men. The OP might actually be at my alma mater, because that sounds like our recruitment.

[Benzgirl]

This year was the first time I helped with recruitment in 25 years, so I had a chance to view a large recruitment vs. a small recruitment.

When I was in school, all we got was a list of PNMs and their home town. If we were lucky enough to get a rec and a picture, that was gravy. Recs were not a big issue then, so we had no clue what other girls were coming through until we received the knock on the door. There was no alphabetized lists so we grabed the next girl coming through the door. First round was 1200 PNMs, and 20 parties at 15 minutes each. It was an organized chaos.

When I helped at another school this year, they had about 150 PNMs, 5 parties, of 30 minutes. They also didn't receive a list until the knock came. Again, they grabbed the first girl coming through. When I asked the advisor about recs pictures, she said, they always use Facebook.

Is it awkward? Maybe, maybe not. One observation of this method of madness: I noticed the excitement of one collegian pulling her PNM across the room to meet her sister that was from the same city across the country. Talk about a smooth bump! I don't think you could get that same excitement if recruitment was so orchestrated.