Alabama Recruitment

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by LadyLonghorn

I have to say this. It's a little hard to take the PNMs and moms who come here to complain about having had no options/being cut when the truth is most of them admit they DID still have one or more chapters left on their party schedules when they dropped. But of course it was the dreaded "I just felt like I didn't fit in/click with chapter/s."

Those of us who have been on Greekchat for any length of time know that you're not complaining about being cut from the "top tier/beautiful model/rocket scientist/fraternity favorite/insert your tent talk hyperbole here chapter." It's because you didn't want the "struggling/smallest/fatty/ugly/lamest/insert your tent talk smash and bash here." The PNM was too good to be one of those.

You know what? Those were the women who wanted you; poor GPAs, lack of recs, poor social skills, out of state residence, body odor or other real or imagined issue. The truth is, the PNM rejected them and rejected the Bama Greek system. The Bama Greek system did not reject them.

Oh, and I am kind of astonished that anyone would think a 3.0 GPA coming out of high school equates with Phi Beta Kappa type expectations.

Zing!

But yeah, I think you are fundamentally correct.

I was a formal rush drop out and took it ridiculously hard, so I really do sympathize and recognize the experience, especially right now if you're living in a freshman women's dorm, is emotionally challenging.

But keep it in perspective: if you still want to be Greek you can get involved, meet all kinds of people, and re-rush. I think the "once cut, always cut" rule is a myth at a lot of chapters, particularly in the era of RFM when chapters have to release girls they actually liked a lot.

And you know what? You don't even have to be Greek. The majority of students aren't, and they still love the Tide and the Capstone. Dust yourself off and move forward rather than looking back at recruitment.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

And you know what? You don't even have to be Greek. The majority of students aren't, and they still love the Tide and the Capstone. Dust yourself off and move forward rather than looking back at recruitment.

THIS.

I get that at these schools, rush is before school starts and it pretty much IS your life for a week and it comsumes you. So if things don't go your way, it's tough.

What I think people forget is that these are HUGE universities and once school starts, here comes the 80% of the population who could care less about recruitment and won't bat an eyelash at you getting cut (because they probably don't care).