UK Recruitment Advice?? - Page 2

ztafromuk · #1 08-13-2008, 03:19 PM

It is not traditional for parents to attend bid day at Kentucky. Most chapters have a parents weekend later in the fall, coinciding with a home football game.

Back in the day, bid day activities consisted of taking a million pictures, running the new members through the pledging ceremony (depending on the chapter, this could take HOURS), eating dinner with your new sisters, and then going out to alcohol-fueled fraternity rush parties to show off your new pledges.

I guess some of this has changed. Do chapters now rent out moon bouncers or skating rinks like they do down here in GA?

The only parents I ever saw at any bid day were legacy moms.

_Lisa_ · #2 08-13-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ztafromuk

Back in the day, bid day activities consisted of taking a million pictures, running the new members through the pledging ceremony (depending on the chapter, this could take HOURS), eating dinner with your new sisters, and then going out to alcohol-fueled fraternity rush parties to show off your new pledges.

I guess some of this has changed. Do chapters now rent out moon bouncers or skating rinks like they do down here in GA?

Bid day still consists of tons of pictures, but pledging varies per chapter, and alcohol is forbidden within the first 24 hours after bid day (and even then, is only for those of age!)

Chapters will rent out facilities for their different bid day plans, depending on what the chapter plans for that day.

TSteven · #3 08-13-2008, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ztafromuk

It is not traditional for parents to attend bid day at Kentucky. Most chapters have a parents weekend later in the fall, coinciding with a home football game.

Back in the day, bid day activities consisted of taking a million pictures, running the new members through the pledging ceremony (depending on the chapter, this could take HOURS), eating dinner with your new sisters, and then going out to alcohol-fueled fraternity rush parties to show off your new pledges.

I guess some of this has changed. Do chapters now rent out moon bouncers or skating rinks like they do down here in GA?

The only parents I ever saw at any bid day were legacy moms.

Deja Big Blue all over again. I wrote about the same thing (sans mention of them being alcohol-fueled, I figured that was a given) in the fraternity rush thread about "Rushing rules reg. females".

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At Kentucky, there was no rule then [regarding having girls escort rushees to other houses but making sure they come back to your house], and I don't think there is one now. However, I don't think it could be implemented that well with out raising some eyebrows.

Currently, the fraternities invite a specific sorority chapter to come to their rush party for the night (i.e. ABCs on Monday, DEFs on Tuesday etc.). And some of UK's fraternities rush out of a specific sorority house. As such, it might seem odd to see a member of the ABC sorority hanging out at the DEF sorority house. Or a GH member at a party where the XYZ sorority were the special guests.

Now back in my day, sororities would go around from chapter to chapter showing off their pledge classes. So it wasn't unusual for a new ABC pledge to bring along a rushee to the next house. But often, is was an ABC active, who had ties to the chapter, to escort the rushee back to the house.

For what it is worth, I'm Old School.

jayneelizabeth · #4 08-14-2008, 01:08 PM

GOOD LUCK!
UK is an awesome awesome place! I have a best girl friend going through recruitment at UK as well and she is very excited! I just talked to her last night and she was getting all her things together to make the trip to move in today! All I know is (and I am also a PNM so just take this as something I've heard and not gospel!) that she was advised that at UK most girls dress up over the suggested clothing guidelines, so she was planning on with every outfit up to Pref wearing more casual shoes and carrying a nicer pair in case thats what others were wearing and also carrying a dressier lightweight cardigan.

Have an awesome time! As someone who still has a month to go before rush I am jealous

uk2011 · #5 08-16-2008, 11:50 PM

We had orientation today, and I'm a little more nervous than I was before...our Gamma Chi hadn't read her book and hadn't put together our bags and such, so she was pretty unprepared. She couldn't really answer very many of our questions, and I wonder if maybe she was a last minute addition or something? She was really sweet, and I know she has a really tough job, she just didn't seem to know much about the whole process, and what she did know was based on her own experience two years ago. I'm a little worried now about getting through this week since she doesn't seem to know what we're doing any more than we do!

Will I be able to carry a small tote bag with me with a change of shoes and some things like deodorant and make up to touch up with? And does anyone know if all of the extra events, like concerts and ice cream socials, are mandatory this week? I know that all of the sorority events are mandatory of course, but we have a few things on the schedule that are not sorority events. The only reason I ask is that most of them are sort of late at night (9-ish) and I have to drive back and forth every day from my house, which is about 45 minutes away!

Thank you all again for the help...I felt so prepared when I was in Orientation today because of all that I've read on Greek Chat!!

barbino · #6 08-17-2008, 11:18 AM

Ask away- we are all here to help you. I was at UK and was a rush counselor/Gamma Chi many years ago. UK is competitive, but not super-competitive or almost cutthroat like other SEC schools are. Relax- your Gamma Chi can ask the other Gamma Chi's about any specific questions- and if you have any important ones, I believe that you can contact the Panhellenic office at UK. But it is important to remember that everyone's experience is different. Your Gamma Chi's experience and training prepares her to respond to some of the situations that will occur- with others, she will be reaching for her own instinct on how to guide you.

Here is a case in point: When I was a rush counselor, one of the top girls in rush that year was a Pi Phi legacy and I knew that my chapter would have loved to have her. Before Pref night, she cut my house stating that she did not want to do it because it would hurt me (the PNM's looked us up in the yearbook, and knew all the affiliations, which she then told me). I told her that it would not, cringing inside because I knew that I wanted her and so did my entire house. I was disaffiliated, and had to respond as a rush counselor, not as a sorority member. After Pref, she asked me to help her decide between 2 houses. I had to tell her that the decision was hers and that in one of those houses the girls were more special to her than the other house. She had to decide. It is not always easy to guide a group of girls, and you should try to give your Gamma Chi a chance to show what she is capable of. Remember-one of the chapters on that campus counts her as a sister, and she may even end up being your sister, for all you know.

uk2011 · #7 08-19-2008, 09:31 PM

I am having a blast...it's not nearly as intense as I expected! I mean, I've had a few surprises, but nothing earth shattering in the least. My Gamma Chi group is wonderful and we hang out all the time! If things keep going the way they have been, then my biggest problem will be when we have to cut our list down to just three tomorrow night. The walking isn't even as bad as I expected, because it goes by so fast.

I can't wait to let you all know where I go on Friday!!! I mean, hopefully, anyway

TSteven · #8 08-21-2008, 04:25 PM

Paging _Lisa_.

_Lisa_ · #9 08-21-2008, 08:38 PM

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Paging _Lisa_.

Bid day is tomorrow! I'll keep you updated on quota as soon as I know.

TSteven · #10 08-22-2008, 11:31 AM

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Bid day is tomorrow! I'll keep you updated on quota as soon as I know.

Yikes! I knew that. For some reason, I thought yesterday was Friday.

_Lisa_ · #11 08-22-2008, 12:30 PM

Quota is 69.

TSteven · #12 08-22-2008, 06:43 PM

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Quota is 69.

Wow!

ztafromuk · #13 08-22-2008, 08:52 PM

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Quota is 69.

That's just NUTS!! Yay for UK Panhellenic for doing such a good job of marketing!

Even in the early eighties, when sororities were popular, I don't think quota was ever more than 45 or 50.

uk2011 · #14 08-22-2008, 10:05 PM

I had a very hard time making a decision yesterday, and now I am VERY excited to be a......

KAPPA DELTA!!!!!

Katmandu · #15 08-22-2008, 10:09 PM

Congratulations!

Have a great time, and enjoy every moment!!