A Live Recruitment Story!

[Gusteau]

I think its an appropriate time to quote Senusret and say: "Bitches need to maximize their options, even I know that"

[knight_shadow]

I only came here because iChuckled at the OP's username. I'm glad I did, though:

Originally Posted by Gusteau

I think its an appropriate time to quote Senusret and say: "Bitches need to maximize their options, even I know that"

*DEAD*

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

*DEAD*

That's a good thing, right?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

That's a good thing, right?

LOL

You know me and my jive-talking self.

[twinkle555]

Goneskating, good luck with recruitment! Please try to go into each house with an open mind and remind the other PNMs to do the same, unless they all want to end up crying and dropping out (thus never getting the sorority experience). I know it is tempting to rank the chapters but doing so is only hurting yourself!! Dont believe reps and rumors, go into those houses, talk to the women and form your own opinions..you will be surprised!

@Gusteau--LOL!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

I think it's pretty hard not to have a ranking in your head for deferred recruitment. Because you've gotten to know girls, it's hard not to think that you want to be an ABC because you're friends with so many of them. Also, you've been listening to tent talk for 4 months.

I know when I went into recruitment I thought I knew where I wanted to be (as did all my friends). Whether or not we ended up there is a different story

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

That's a pretty common issue with deferred recruitment.

I mean, my school had recruitment in mid-Sept and there were plenty of PNMs who "knew where they wanted to be" after a month or so of school and hearing tent talk.

When recruitment is a full semester later, it's pretty much a guarantee that PNMs will have developed their own ideas/rankings/etc. of chapters.

My own public service announcement: just as women planning to go through recruitment need to keep their noses especially clean when there's deferred recruitment, current sisters need to realize that they also are under scrutiny during that crucial first semester.

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by honeychile

My own public service announcement: just as women planning to go through recruitment need to keep their noses especially clean when there's deferred recruitment, current sisters need to realize that they also are under scrutiny during that crucial firrst semester.

Agreed on all accounts. First term/semester of freshman year is often the most "experimental" so it's easy to get a reputation- for better or for worse. And especially with the advent of Facebook, anyone can see what you've been up to. If you have a single thing on your page- photo, friend's comment, status update, group you've joined- that you wouldn't want someone to know during recruitment, update your privacy settings or clean up your page. It's good practice for being out in the "real world" and doing job interviews.

It can be tough NOT to pre-judge the groups during deferred. The great thing about it is that it gave you extra time to start getting to know the women, and for them to get to know you. This means you can ask great questions and have deeper conversations during recruitment. But just because a chapter has a reputation doesn't mean they live up to it... you'll have to find that out for yourself Good luck, can't wait to hear how the first day goes!