Can't decide if I should pledge- advise please?

wimbledon09 · #1 03-18-2009, 02:15 PM

Thanks for the advise everyone. One of the reasons that I am putting so much thought into this now instead of during the summer is so that I can get all my recommendations. I do think I am going to rush. I think it would be foolish of me not to. I will just have to see if I find a fit and if my parents are willing to help me financially with the extra costs. I will just keep an open mind and not get my heart set either way. I think that way I will get the most out of recruitment. And even if I don't end up pledging, I will at least have made friends and contacts during the process.

AOII Angel · #2 03-18-2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by wimbledon09

Thanks for the advise everyone. One of the reasons that I am putting so much thought into this now instead of during the summer is so that I can get all my recommendations. I do think I am going to rush. I think it would be foolish of me not to. I will just have to see if I find a fit and if my parents are willing to help me financially with the extra costs. I will just keep an open mind and not get my heart set either way. I think that way I will get the most out of recruitment. And even if I don't end up pledging, I will at least have made friends and contacts during the process.

Great attitude, wimbledon09. Get working on those recs, I almost went to LSU and was told I needed two recs per group. Even having lived in Baton Rouge my whole life, finding two recs for each sorority was quite a job. It was much easier when I decided to go to ULM and only needed recs for 4 sororities!

#3 03-18-2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by wimbledon09

Thanks for the advise everyone. One of the reasons that I am putting so much thought into this now instead of during the summer is so that I can get all my recommendations. I do think I am going to rush. I think it would be foolish of me not to. I will just have to see if I find a fit and if my parents are willing to help me financially with the extra costs. I will just keep an open mind and not get my heart set either way. I think that way I will get the most out of recruitment. And even if I don't end up pledging, I will at least have made friends and contacts during the process.

I hate to be nitpicky, but recruitment (rush) =/= pledge. In order to pledge, one must participate in recruitment, successfully receive a bid, THEN pledge. Assuming you're talking about NPC rush, of course.

wimbledon09 · #4 03-18-2009, 10:12 PM

I understand that OTW. My initial question was whether or not i should pledge assuming that I did go through rush and get a bid. I cannot go into recruitment not even considering the possibility that I will have to make that choice, so I am weighing in the factors. If I had decided that sorority life is not for, then I would not want to put the time into everything that goes into rush. As it stands, I do believe that if the opportunity to pledge is given to me I might accept it. I did not mean in any way to sound precocious.

KSUViolet06 · #5 03-18-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wimbledon09

I understand that OTW. My initial question was whether or not i should pledge assuming that I did go through rush and get a bid. I cannot go into recruitment not even considering the possibility that I will have to make that choice, so I am weighing in the factors. If I had decided that sorority life is not for, then I would not want to put the time into everything that goes into rush. As it stands, I do believe that if the opportunity to pledge is given to me I might accept it. I did not mean in any way to sound precocious.

It's a good idea to really think about whether this is something you can afford also. Be sure you know exactly how you plan to afford to be in a sorority, BEFORE you go through recruitment. As a member, it is not fun when a new member gets a bid, pledges, and has to depledge because "it's too much money."