Alabama Recruitment

[BlueCarnation]

Originally Posted by Loyally Kappa

Well, sure, you make a fair comment.

Really, I wish more mamas and their daughters would discover Greekchat at least a year before going off to college and start asking questions BEFORE rush. Otherwise go to a smaller out of state school. Perhaps their rush is different than at the big schools.

HOWEVER ...

Let this be a caveate. When in Rome, do like the Romans ... lol!

(Oh yeah, they stole the Greek culture, didn't they?!?)

Hey, I'm a Yankee, so what do I know, right? I know that there are girls coming here from my town that still don't know if they are going to rush and it is less than 3 weeks away. I don't even think our recruitment website even mentions needing recommendations, other than to give the address to each sorority house! And we're a huge state school! It's just totally different. This is so fascinating to me.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Loyally Kappa

Well, sure, you make a fair comment.

Really, I wish more mamas and their daughters would discover Greekchat at least a year before going off to college and start asking questions BEFORE rush. Otherwise go to a smaller out of state school. Perhaps their rush is different than at the big schools.

HOWEVER ...

Let this be a caveat. When in Rome, do like the Romans ... lol!

(Oh yeah, they stole the Greek culture, didn't they?!?)

Definitely agree.

I'll put it this way: if I, a lifelong Pennsylvanian, looked on Bama's webpage and saw picures of girls wearing DRESSES AT FOOTBALL GAMES, this should be a tipoff to me that there are going to be LOTS of things that are different than what I grew up with, and anything I want to be involved with (including sorority rush) merits much research and investigation to do it properly.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by Loyally Kappa

I'm thinking the latter, that the out of state girls showed up with recs, resumes, and photos already AT the chapter houses BEFORE rush. I mean, the addresses of the rush chairmen are posted.

Geesh ... is anyone really so naive as to think that all you have to do is pay the rush fee and then show up to enjoy the door songs?!?

Oh, I know the answer. I was just trying to figure out what Nhfulmer was trying to get across.

[Nhfulmer]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Are you insinuating that the chapters are scrambling to secure recs or that these out of state PNMs were actually prepared and secured recs for themselves? I am assuming the latter for the most part.

I'm saying that the out-of-state PNMs must have been prepared - I know the ones I worked with from Charlotte were - as well as girls going to Clemson, Duke, Chapel Hill, NC State and South Carolina. Alumnae Panhellenic held a tea for girls & mothers and each girl brought enough pictures & resumes to distribute to the alumnae who were there. We also had an opportunity to interact with them and to form an initial opinion. We plan to do this again next year on a larger scale.