Rush - What to NOT do or say

[sherryanne]

I'm going through COB this week and I'm really nervous. I know the actives will ask me why I am interested in joining a chapter (and I do have my reasons) but is it better to not mention about formal recruitment if I have gone through it (I was released early)? I'm not sure if rushing a second time is looked down upon.

I read the previous posts and saw the no-no on namedropping, but what about mentioning an active in general? For example, if my good friend Susie Smith was in ABC, could I mention (at ABC's recruitment event) how Susie told me about her personal Greek experience which convinced me to consider the recruitment events?

Thanks again for this thread!

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by sherryanne

I'm going through COB this week and I'm really nervous. I know the actives will ask me why I am interested in joining a chapter (and I do have my reasons) but is it better to not mention about formal recruitment if I have gone through it (I was released early)? I'm not sure if rushing a second time is looked down upon.

I read the previous posts and saw the no-no on namedropping, but what about mentioning an active in general? For example, if my good friend Susie Smith was in ABC, could I mention (at ABC's recruitment event) how Susie told me about her personal Greek experience which convinced me to consider the recruitment events?

Thanks again for this thread!

**If your school has a smallish recruitment, they may already know that. I know that we always happened to know who girls were from recruitment, because there were only like 150 PNMs total.

**If someone asked you how you decided to check out ABC, it's okay to say "Well Suzie was in my class (or whatever) and she told me about..." but I wouldn't go on and on.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by sherryanne

I read the previous posts and saw the no-no on namedropping, but what about mentioning an active in general? For example, if my good friend Susie Smith was in ABC, could I mention (at ABC's recruitment event) how Susie told me about her personal Greek experience which convinced me to consider the recruitment events?

Thanks again for this thread!

Umm, if Susie's at the party, I'd think she would come over and say hi to you at some point. If she is a truly close friend of yours, I'd think she's already aware you're rushing and will be looking for you. If you only know her from class or facebook or something, don't act like she's your BFF or drop names - let her take the lead.

Do not mention being dropped from formal recruitment. Either your school's system is small enough that the sorority members will know, and if it's large enough that they don't, it's in your best interests to not bring it up. If a member does question you about it, don't say "I was cut" - say "things didn't work out."

[LadyDread2010]

I would be open and honest about myself,not be phony. Being fake takes too much energy.