Retro Recruitment:: a brutally honest story

SWTXBelle · #1 09-15-2008, 10:29 PM

. . . there was this THING . . .

texas*princess · #2 09-15-2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

. . . there was this THING . . .

OMG! I love you for this! LOL I totally forgot about the THING until this very post!

violetpretty · #3 09-15-2008, 11:25 PM

We knew that thread would be one we'd reference over and over again, and sure enough...

breathesgelatin · #4 09-16-2008, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Weeellll, the other side of the coin is that if their HQ is on their tail about low numbers/not being at total, these girls can be included. They are considered "holdovers." Or that's how it used to work in dinosaur days, anyway.

In my chapter (and I think Pi Phi nationally) the number you match doesn't actually matter. You have to actually send them through the pledging ceremony (which happens the morning after Bid Day). That was all nationals cared about. If you had more people on your list that didn't show up and pledge, then they didn't count.

That could be a Pi Phi thing, or a more modern thing, I dunno.

OtterXO · #5 09-16-2008, 12:45 PM

I don't know if it's fake, it sounds like she's just enjoying building anticipation for the ending.

But if she happens to work in a "firm" with her sister Syd I can't say I would be totally surprised.

aprocess · #6 09-16-2008, 12:51 PM

So we went to dinner at a campus restaurant. It was so awkward. We talked about recruitment. But since that was over, that conversation was like 10 min long. So i talked about this guy i was going on a date with later on in the week. She seemed stoked. Overall, the dinner was SO BAD!!!!! we just sat, made fake conversation and then i took her home. I convinced myself it was a fluke.

So later that week i went on a date with that guy. TURNS OUT that he was dating this girl who was a best friend of Jessie!!!! WHAT THE HECK?!?! Why didnt she tell me when i told him that I was going on a date with him? I was so mad. How could she be so fake and I was being so honest. lame. lame. lame.

That weekend, I got a call from Marissa. The president of the house called me and asked about how I was doing. She said that Marissa was trying to give me time to myself to think about my decision and that they did not want to pressure me. She asked if I wanted to go to an event with everyone to just give it a try. She also told me that Marissa was not her first choise, but it ended up being the best decision of her life. She was so relateable.

I decided to go to meeting

aprocess · #7 09-16-2008, 12:52 PM

Ok, since most of you want to know what happened, i will finish this thread today! blah, i hope this satisfies you GC beauties!

aprocess · #8 09-16-2008, 12:54 PM

I went to meeting and

got a big sis. It was so wierd since I didnt really know anyone. butttttt, it was the president!!!!! I was so happy about that! She was so gorgeous and I loved that she really opened up to me in that phone coversation with me!

aprocess · #9 09-16-2008, 01:06 PM

So I depledged 4 weeks after I went to the meeting. That 2 weeks i missed after recruitment REALLY screwed me over.

All the new members already formed their cliques of friends and i kind of really didnt have anyone. TOTALLY not their fault, it was mine. and that is what kills me. I didnt go to bid day, I didnt go to the first 2 weeks of anything, etc.

Turns out that the new member pledge class really united the house and DEFINITELY made them a strong house on camous. It just took that period to grow.

TIPS:

-If you do not get your first choice, go to your second and BE PROUD. The new member period is there for a reason. So rep your letters and hand out with your pledge class as much as you can. THEN make a decision of whether your happy AFTER your new member period.

-VERY IMPORTANT: I had friends in every houe. and whether they were a Nate, a Serena, a Marissa, a Chuck, or whatever, they all had 4 GREAT years of memories with so many girls. I had tons of friends, but my experience would have been so much more enhanced if I just stuck with a house. It is a priveledge to be in ANY house. So eff you if you decide to give that up because you are turning your back on a GREAT gift. I regret my decisions throughout recruitment ALOT. Don't be me, that was the point of the story. In 8 years, your future child wont care if you were a Serena or Chuck or Marrissa. However, they WILL see the pictures in the photo albums you have and your letters amoung smiling girls. IMAGE IS TEMPORARY, MEMORIES AND SISTERS ARE PERMANENT.

aprocess · #10 09-16-2008, 01:09 PM

I know that many of you are wondering a few things like :

1) Was your story totally one point of view? Cause according to you, Serena should have loved you, so maybe you are just this awkward human that needs consolation and Serena did not go as well as you thought.

2) Which chapters are which?

3) What school did you go to?

These answers will be answered. I even actually found out what happened at Serena. All shall be revealed.

aprocess · #11 09-21-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by aprocess

I know that many of you are wondering a few things like :

1) Was your story totally one point of view? Cause according to you, Serena should have loved you, so maybe you are just this awkward human that needs consolation and Serena did not go as well as you thought.

2) Which chapters are which?

3) What school did you go to?

These answers will be answered. I even actually found out what happened at Serena. All shall be revealed.

some may have wondered what happened at Serena. Well, I found out that Jessie's and my talk about ex bf's didnt go that well. When she found out that it was hard for me to not check his facebook and myspace, I came off stalker-style to her. Also, My over-confidence did not come off well to another member I talked to at pref. She thought I thought that I had serena in the bag.

Understandable

PeppyGPhiB · #12 09-22-2008, 09:09 PM

We have Fatburger up here in Seattle, too.

When I was in L.A. it was always In-N-Out for us, and when we were in Westwood at the bars, we frequently capped off the evening with a trip to Jerry's Famous Deli.

aprocess · #13 09-16-2008, 01:17 PM

Quick Question to any Moderator: The school I went to are going through recruitment within the next month, is it ok to post the school and names of houses, or should I wait till after their recruitment to post up th names (I want the future PNM's to have an open mind, but this story did happen a long time ago)? Thats why i have been dragging out this story, I was hoping by the time I finished, i could post all the details.

33girl · #14 09-16-2008, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by aprocess

Quick Question to any Moderator: The school I went to are going through recruitment within the next month, is it ok to post the school and names of houses, or should I wait till after their recruitment to post up th names (I want the future PNM's to have an open mind, but this story did happen a long time ago)? Thats why i have been dragging out this story, I was hoping by the time I finished, i could post all the details.

If they are having rush right now, it would be nice to wait until after that's over in case PNMs from that school are googling. (Many GC members have figured out your school anyway, but they won't blab.)