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[LOVEinZTA]

Originally Posted by OTW

Because the girl's face isn't enough?

You really can tell who the heck the girl is by her body type?

It's hard for anyone to believe that you use body shots to distinguish girls from one another.

I'm actually rather offended that you'd insinuate this - my chapter, and most of those I've seen, have a wide variety of shapes and sizes of girls.

No, her face isn't enough. The pictures some girls send in look NOTHING like them. By sending in full length pictures we get a better idea of who's who. It also helps in matching because we don't want to pair someone who's 5'0" on a girl who's 5'11". And yes, that REALLY IS what we do.

Originally Posted by Just interested

Welcome to Texas "Rush". Most Alumnae Reference Boards in the big cities shut off references if they are received after June 1( I've heard even as early as May 1). It does not mean a reference cannot be sent to the chapter directly but it will not have a seal of approval from the powerful city reference boards who also send along their RTP list (Rush to Pledge)etc. This practice goes back to years ago when UT, Austin had summer rush. (Parties, especially in the big cities for the members to meet rushees) Cuts were made before the girls ever got to school and they were only invited to certain houses from the very beginning. It was also great for lesser know chapters to put themselves out there in a much more informal way. It was done away with 10 or more years ago on an offical level but ...nothing dies quite that easily. If you get my drift.

You're very much right, old habits die hard. That's why 8 chapters were pulled in to Panhellenic last summer. Don't fool yourself in to thinking that it doesn't still happen. There's one house on campus that to this day doesn't even talk to girls during open house round, they just jump around and chant because they already know who they're cutting.

Originally Posted by LOVEinZTA

I'm actually rather offended that you'd insinuate this - my chapter, and most of those I've seen, have a wide variety of shapes and sizes of girls.

Well, they do say the truth hurts.

Please don't get offended. It's not worth it.

No, her face isn't enough. The pictures some girls send in look NOTHING like them. By sending in full length pictures we get a better idea of who's who. It also helps in matching because we don't want to pair someone who's 5'0" on a girl who's 5'11". And yes, that REALLY IS what we do.

You're very much right, old habits die hard. That's why 8 chapters were pulled in to Panhellenic last summer. Don't fool yourself in to thinking that it doesn't still happen. There's one house on campus that to this day doesn't even talk to girls during open house round, they just jump around and chant because they already know who they're cutting.

I've often said that I'm so glad I didn't go through rush at schools with ridiculous cutthroat rushes because I probably would have been turned off by it all.

See, while your chapter can be proud of accepting and embracing different shapes and sizes, there are many others who don't. And it's because of them that I question the need for full body shots. IMHO, it just fuels the unnecessary feeling of super exclusivity, you know?

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by OTW

See, while your chapter can be proud of accepting and embracing different shapes and sizes, there are many others who don't. And it's because of them that I question the need for full body shots. IMHO, it just fuels the unnecessary feeling of super exclusivity, you know?

Co-sign. And my bet is that it pre-trims the rushee registrant pool to begin with, keeping a number of women who don't feel comfortable with the process from even considering going through rush. Because the intent behind the full-body shot requirement screams out all someone needs to infer.

[aggiegphi]

Originally Posted by LOVEinZTA

No, her face isn't enough. The pictures some girls send in look NOTHING like them. By sending in full length pictures we get a better idea of who's who. It also helps in matching because we don't want to pair someone who's 5'0" on a girl who's 5'11". And yes, that REALLY IS what we do.

I wish we had had this during my recruitment years...it would have helped conversations between PNMs and actives that have significant height differences. I can still see some of the photos in my mind of women who walked in the door on Open House day and no one was able to recognize them.

[breathesgelatin]

We used to get these huge packages with the full-length pics for the Texas girls back when I was in undergrad (can I say that?). We were happy to get them as recs are moderately common at W&L, but the Texas packets were definitely the most intense...

I can think of one girl who had a beautiful face but her full-length... Wow. I think that is a rush story I just can't tell. Although I SO WANT TO.

And yeah... UT is UT is UT is.... Texas.

[SWTXBelle]

I was the senior homeroom teacher at a private school in Houston. I had a white erase board with all the students' names, and I would write their college acceptances on the board. One student was accepted to UTSA, so I dutifully wrote "UTSA" by his name. He kept erasing the "SA", which irritated his fellow classmates, so finally they drew Shamu (there is a Sea World in San Antonio) by his name.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

I can think of one girl who had a beautiful face but her full-length... Wow. I think that is a rush story I just can't tell. Although I SO WANT TO.

Oh, do tell. PLEASEEEEE (said in my best whining voice).

[alphagamgirl06]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I was the senior homeroom teacher at a private school in Houston. I had a white erase board with all the students' names, and I would write their college acceptances on the board. One student was accepted to UTSA, so I dutifully wrote "UTSA" by his name. He kept erasing the "SA", which irritated his fellow classmates, so finally they drew Shamu (there is a Sea World in San Antonio) by his name.

Originally Posted by macallan25

I've lived in Texas my entire life and have visited every part of the state and have never heard of anyone not refer to the University of Texas as "Texas" or "UT". We are the only UT. If you go to UT-Arlington, you don't say "I go to UT".

Hook 'Em.

I agree UT is in Austin. I am from Houston and have lived in Texas all my life until I went to school in Tenn. When anyone I know says UT or Texas they are talking about the one in Austin. If they go to the UT in Dallas then it is UTD or the one it San Antonio its UTSA. I mean even those schools websites call themselves UTD and UTSA. If you are applying for a job and you put down UT please mean the one in Austin. Not that UTSA or UTD arent good schools but lets be honest UT is much harder to get accepted into then the other two I mean they defer acceptance of students to attend those other schools.

[em_adpi]

Originally Posted by alphagamgirl06

I agree UT is in Austin. I am from Houston and have lived in Texas all my life until I went to school in Tenn. When anyone I know says UT or Texas they are talking about the one in Austin. If they go to the UT in Dallas then it is UTD or the one it San Antonio its UTSA. I mean even those schools websites call themselves UTD and UTSA. If you are applying for a job and you put down UT please mean the one in Austin. Not that UTSA or UTD arent good schools but lets be honest UT is much harder to get accepted into then the other two I mean they defer acceptance of students to attend those other schools.

Co-sign!

UTA is UT-Arlington, UTD is UT-Dallas, UTSA is UT-San Antonio, and then there's UT-Austin.

Seriously... people try to hide it all the time, but it's kind of silly.

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

I can think of one girl who had a beautiful face but her full-length... Wow. I think that is a rush story I just can't tell. Although I SO WANT TO.

Did her photo show her wearing a pink beaded dress, pink tights with sequins up the back and pink high heel shoes? Just curious.

[Katmandu]

Originally Posted by ZTAngel

Did her photo show her wearing a pink beaded dress, pink tights with sequins up the back and pink high heel shoes? Just curious.

I just choked on my diet coke, I laughed so hard!!!!!!!


(srmom, I love your attitude about helping women navigate recruitment-- thanks for doing that!)

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by ZTAngel

Did her photo show her wearing a pink beaded dress, pink tights with sequins up the back and pink high heel shoes? Just curious.

No, no it did not!

Speaking of Texas recruitment and roundup etc., I saw a bunch of Texas sorority members wandering around West Campus completely trashed today around 9:45 AM.