Auburn Recruitment - Page 4

AuburnMom08 · #1 08-10-2009, 02:12 PM

lovespink - Yes, she accepted a bid in ?? November or December from one of her original favorites. It wasn't Theta, I wonder how they are doing? I actually forgot all about them but I believe a local girl we know went Theta.

Ice water teas are officially over. Good luck to the PNMs.

TexasDarling · #2 08-10-2009, 05:22 PM

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Ice water teas are officially over.

What is that???

KSUViolet06 · #3 08-10-2009, 05:25 PM

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What is that???

The first round at Auburn = ice water teas.

You visit every sorority. They serve you water with lemon or other little things.

Hence the term "ice waters."

littleowl33 · #4 08-10-2009, 11:24 PM

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The first round at Auburn = ice water teas. You visit every sorority. They serve you water with lemon or other little things. Hence the term "ice waters."

It's the same at Hopkins! First round is called "Ice Water" because it's the only no-frills round, and all you can serve is ice water. When I was a PNM, I was completely baffled by this and was terrified they were going to haze us by throwing ice water on us or something. Oh, freshman me... there's so much you have to learn...

GPhiBLtColonel · #5 08-10-2009, 02:59 PM

Hijack - lovespink - did you go to Univ of Illinois? I was just there Friday for a college visit with my son - he's a high school senior and interested in Engineering. We were very impressed with everythong we saw but - dang - the campus is HUGE!!!!!

PS I was so excited to see the Gamma Phi house there - it is beautiful and right smack dab in the middle of campus it seems!

BlueCarnation · #6 08-10-2009, 03:43 PM

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Hijack - lovespink - did you go to Univ of Illinois? I was just there Friday for a college visit with my son - he's a high school senior and interested in Engineering. We were very impressed with everythong we saw but - dang - the campus is HUGE!!!!!

PS I was so excited to see the Gamma Phi house there - it is beautiful and right smack dab in the middle of campus it seems!

I'm hijacking your hijack! You can't go wrong with U of I. It's a wonderful school with an amazing engineering program (my brother got his MS in engineering there). Tons of my friends went there, and Greek or not, it's a great school! Just don't let him go to Kam's, right lovespink?!

perfectinpurple · #7 08-10-2009, 04:36 PM

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Hijack - lovespink - did you go to Univ of Illinois? I was just there Friday for a college visit with my son - he's a high school senior and interested in Engineering. We were very impressed with everythong we saw but - dang - the campus is HUGE!!!!!

PS I was so excited to see the Gamma Phi house there - it is beautiful and right smack dab in the middle of campus it seems!

I love this house! If you ever get the chance to go inside it is absolutely gorgeous!

carnation · #8 08-10-2009, 05:14 PM

I recommended several this year--can't wait to get the news from first parties!!!

lovespink88 · #9 08-10-2009, 05:26 PM

Sorry to continue the hijack, maybe I should just bump that "Rushing at U of I" thread that I know is around here somewhere...

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lovespink - Yes, she accepted a bid in ?? November or December from one of her original favorites.

That's great to hear-I was just confused when I creepily went and looked at your posts...I thought...hey, wait a minute, we never got to hear the outcome!

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Hijack - lovespink - did you go to Univ of Illinois? I was just there Friday for a college visit with my son - he's a high school senior and interested in Engineering. We were very impressed with everythong we saw but - dang - the campus is HUGE!!!!!

PS I was so excited to see the Gamma Phi house there - it is beautiful and right smack dab in the middle of campus it seems!

Yes, I do and I love it!

Yes, the campus is HUGE, which gets to be a drag come winter. But luckily for the most part your classes don't get too spread out. In the case of your son, for example, most of his classes would be together on the Engineering Quad. I'm glad to hear you guys liked it! Best wishes to him if he applies, it's a FANTASTIC school for engineering!

Oh, and the Gamma Phi Beta house is beautiful at U of I--I think it's one of the prettiest houses on campus! And like perfectinpurple said...

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I love this house! If you ever get the chance to go inside it is absolutely gorgeous!

I second that ^^ (And perfectinpurple, your house is one of my faves too! I think I'm just in love with most of the houses at U of I...so pretty!)

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Just don't let him go to Kam's, right lovespink?!

Hahaha!! Ohhh, Kam's. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for it, even though it's the definition of a college dive bar. It is after all, proudly called "Home of the Drinkin' Illini'", painted orange and blue, and sits next to the bookstore. In fact, it's looks like it's older than the bookstore. When I was a alumni donation caller, I had a few people ask if certain things were still around on campus, and Kam's was always the one bar they always asked about...

Okay, on with Auburn!!

auburnmom09 · #10 08-10-2009, 03:40 PM

Well looks like we survived ice water teas.....I understand the computers crashed and it took forever for them to finish the computer selections for the girls. I have heard horror stories from a couple of active members that girls have gotten messed up by computer glitches that didn't pair them up like they requested....I really hope that is not true!

awkward1 · #11 08-10-2009, 04:25 PM

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Well looks like we survived ice water teas.....I understand the computers crashed and it took forever for them to finish the computer selections for the girls. I have heard horror stories from a couple of active members that girls have gotten messed up by computer glitches that didn't pair them up like they requested....I really hope that is not true!

It would only be pure speculation that girls were not paired up as they should have been. There is no way for actives to know this, only panhellenic executive board members would be privy to this information and I doubt they would share it and they would do everything possible to correct the mistake before the parties started. It is impossible to know for sure who is doing the cutting, the pnm, the sorority, or the sorority selection board if there is one. Sometimes a girl is well liked by the person who is rushing her but executive decisions are made and she is cut anyways for a wide veriety of reasons that may have nothing to do with her personally. Perhaps the chapter had so many legacies that there was only room for 'X' number of pnm's....who knows?? That is private selection information and I highly doubt that any girls could know for sure that they were paired wrong. I'm sure they are just guessing and assuming. The process does work, not always to everyone's liking but it does work.

KSUViolet06 · #12 08-10-2009, 04:33 PM

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It would only be pure speculation that girls were not paired up as they should have been. There is no way for actives to know this, only panhellenic executive board members would be privy to this information and I doubt they would share it and they would do everything possible to correct the mistake before the parties started. It is impossible to know for sure who is doing the cutting, the pnm, the sorority, or the sorority selection board if there is one. Sometimes a girl is well liked by the person who is rushing her but executive decisions are made and she is cut anyways for a wide veriety of reasons that may have nothing to do with her personally. Perhaps the chapter had so many legacies that there was only room for 'X' number of pnm's....who knows?? That is private selection information and I highly doubt that any girls could know for sure that they were paired wrong. I'm sure they are just guessing and assuming. The process does work, not always to everyone's liking but it does work.

THIS.

Alot of times, "computer glitch" stories are recruitment urban legends or rumors.

It's pretty rare to have problems with the software, unless your school has NEVER used it and they're clueless about how it works.

The Auburn peeps are probably pros at using it, so it's not likely that they'll have problems.

perfectinpurple · #13 08-10-2009, 05:35 PM

I have to continue the hijack...

Kams = disgusting. I went once and I will never go back unless I'm forced! My dad wanted to go to Kams last time he visited me and the first thing he said was "It hasn't changed since I was here!"

lovespink88, I'm only disappointed that I probably wont get the chance to see the inside of your new house!! You'll have to post some pictures in the "sorority/fraternity house" thread.

Ok, now we can end the hijack

Zillini · #14 08-11-2009, 01:49 AM

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Kams = disgusting. I went once and I will never go back unless I'm forced! My dad wanted to go to Kams last time he visited me and the first thing he said was "It hasn't changed since I was here!"

It's comforting knowing some things never change. Just neve thought I'd feel that way about a bar, but I do!!!

AuburnMom08 · #15 08-10-2009, 10:59 PM

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Alot of times, "computer glitch" stories are recruitment urban legends or rumors.

I'm almost positive a similar story went around last year when my daughter was going thru recruitment lol.