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View Poll Results: Did you get your first choice NPC sorority?
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Yes, I received a bid from my first choice sorority.
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No, but I received a bid from another sorority and it worked out GREAT!
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No, but I got a bid from another sorority, and it worked out okay.
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No, and I ended up not joining a NPC sorority.
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08-16-2009, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl
It's nice that it worked out well for you, but something like this usually doesn't always work out like that for everyone. Too often girls rush only one chapter, don't get a bid, and wind up anti-Greek - when they could have found their home if only they had looked at the other chapters.
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I think it's the difference in the type of school, too. "Being in a sorority" was not a big deal for most women, and I don't know of a single woman who became anti-greek when she didn't get a bid. Not to say it didn't happen. There was so much else to do at school that others simply made different choices.
I think those of my generation, at least at private and independent schools, also were less concerned with what anyone else did than is generally true today. I don't like to make such great generalizations usually, but it was a different place and time. I don't even know if it would work at CMU today.
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08-07-2009, 02:56 PM
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After Round 1 and 2, Alpha Gam was my number 2 choice out of 18 and 10 chapters. I was cut from my number 1 after the second round. After 3 and 4, they were my first choice, but I would have been happy with my second choice at Pref. I definitely never would have fit in at my third choice.
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08-07-2009, 03:56 PM
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Another COB here! I was in love with one sorority, and am very happy with my bid 
I enjoy reading recruitment stories, though. Formal recruitment sounds very stressful!
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08-07-2009, 06:36 PM
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Alpha Phi was the only house I wanted to join from the first day of rush and I'm glad they liked me as much as I liked them!
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08-11-2009, 09:14 AM
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COB here, but I chose the second option...I went through rush and pledging for a local on my campus, dropped 3 weeks before my class got in, and then did COB with another chapter and SDT (checked both out) and was offered a bid to SDT and 6+ years later here I am with the most amazing sisters one could ask for!
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08-10-2009, 11:45 PM
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As far as my pref houses, yes, I did get my number 1, and I was totally thrilled on bid day. I KNOW I could have been happy in my number 2 though, they HAD been my #1 until skit round (which was the round immediately before pref)
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08-11-2009, 10:44 AM
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Yes
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08-11-2009, 11:16 AM
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I guess I am technically in my second choice. I was a COB girl but had been told if I went through formal I would get a bid to my first choice. I decided to look at COB just to see what the sorority girls were like, and found I loved and still love DG.
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08-11-2009, 11:30 AM
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Alpha Phi was my first choice from day one, so I was thrilled to open my bid day card to find them on there. I also preffed DG, I think I would've been happy there but they had some 'reputation issues' throughout my 4 years at school.
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08-11-2009, 03:03 PM
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Can anyone tell me how the recruitment process goes? Do you write down your choices then they pick? This is my first time going through recruitment and I want to make sure I know what I am doing when I first go in there.
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08-11-2009, 03:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by natalieann
Can anyone tell me how the recruitment process goes? Do you write down your choices then they pick? This is my first time going through recruitment and I want to make sure I know what I am doing when I first go in there.
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The Recruitment Counselors (Rho Chis/Pi Chis/whatever) should explain this to you in an orientation or something BEFORE recruitment, but this thread explains the process a little:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=54403
In general, you are NOT just writing down choices, it is a MUTUAL selection process.
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08-12-2009, 11:50 PM
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I knew I wanted Sigma Kappa from day one, and I was so glad when I opened my bid card and saw their name!
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08-13-2009, 09:20 PM
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I absolutely got my first choice and never regretted it for a moment!
I think I would have been okay with my second choice but later on when I was a senior I looked at that other house and their membership was no longer so swell.
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08-13-2009, 10:14 PM
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Mine's another long story. (And I don't know how to add a link to it.) But I voted Yes since the question was based on who you Preffed.
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08-15-2009, 11:08 PM
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Mine's another long story. (And I don't know how to add a link to it.) But I voted Yes since the question was based on who you Preffed. |
This has got to be one of the best Retro Recruitment threads: Leslie Anne's Retro Recruitment With A Twist! Enjoy!
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