Lack of Ethnic Diversity in Bama's sororities worry future rushee

[KSUViolet06]

The best thing for you to do is prepare the best way you can. Get recs and letters of support. Have good grades. Be involved in HS. Present yourself well.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

The best thing for you to do is prepare the best way you can. Get recs and letters of support. Have good grades. Be involved in HS. Present yourself well.

THANK YOU!!! Finally, someone with experiential knowledge...

[SWTXBelle]

Wait . . .isn't the word "process" usually used by NPHC sororities?

And as to legacies at the University of Alabama - well, there are plenty of threads about that. Alabama is a competitive recruitment for EVERYONE. Do your homework as KSUViolet recommended. Good luck.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Wait . . .isn't the word "process" usually used by NPHC sororities?

Hence, my confusions as to what she was talking about...

[KSUViolet06]

GAgalBamabound: I sent you a PM.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Wait . . .isn't the word "process" usually used by NPHC sororities?

I thought they used the word "intake?"

Either way, she didn't mean "process" as in NPHC terminology. In the context of her sentence, she was saying that she knew how recruitment works.

[SWTXBelle]

I'm not fluent in NPHC - I always have to get my NPC/NPHC dictionary out.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I'm not fluent in NPHC - I always have to get my NPC/NPHC dictionary out.

You know if y'all were to write a NPC to NPHC terminology translation book, you'd make a ton of money... Seriously...

I will write the preface for you...

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by epchick

I thought they used the word "intake?"

Either way, she didn't mean "process" as in NPHC terminology. In the context of her sentence, she was saying that she knew how recruitment works.

Seriously, I would take any sentence she writes like a "wait and see" attitude... If she follows KSUViolet's advice to the letter, then she will become successful...

Yet it is still OBVIOUS that she has a concern about the lack of diversity in Sororities at the University of Alabama...

If I was in her shoes, I would ask... Maybe... LOL!

[libramunoz]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Wait . . .isn't the word "process" usually used by NPHC sororities?

And as to legacies at the University of Alabama - well, there are plenty of threads about that. Alabama is a competitive recruitment for EVERYONE. Do your homework as KSUViolet recommended. Good luck.

I think it depends on where you go to. Where I was it was an initial rush as in an open invitation to the sorority itself. Basically getting to know what the sorority was about, what it's positions were, etc. IF you got accepted, then it certain phases were called certain phases and you were an initiate.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by libramunoz

I think it depends on where you go to. Where I was it was an initial rush as in an open invitation to the sorority itself. Basically getting to know what the sorority was about, what it's positions were, etc. IF you got accepted, then it certain phases were called certain phases and you were an initiate.

Ok, we are discussing NPC formal recruitment, which is a little different than what you are describing.

[SWTXBelle]

She was responding to my question about the word "process", I think.

[UGAalum94]

Certainly, you can get a feel for the current make up by looking at chapter websites.

I'd advise you to keep in mind that things change with time, but that sometimes people have to lead the change. It could end up being your leadership that results in a more diverse bunch of NPCs at Alabama.

If you google, you could probably come up with a bunch of articles about the racism of SEC greek systems in the past which has probably contributed to not too many non-white PNMs going through recruitment. But they wouldn't necessarily be representative of the attitudes of the women in groups there today.

Get your recs in order. Make sure your legacy status is known by your legacy chapter. Keep your grades up and make sure your activities look good on your application. Go to alumnae panhellenic information sessions if any are available in your area. Try to get some advice from greek women at Bama about exactly what to wear. (I'm not suggesting that you don't know this stuff, but you don't want to give anyone a stupid superficial reason for claiming that you won't "fit;" the chapters may be open to racial or ethnic diversity, but that doesn't mean they're going to throw image issues out the window.) You're going to have to shine just as brightly as any other PNM.

[libramunoz]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Ok, we are discussing NPC formal recruitment, which is a little different than what you are describing.

KSU, I was responding the SWTXBelle's question, it just got thrown down in the mix.