Retro Rush Story: My sorority membership changed my life

[TriDeltaSallie]

Hi kchaptergphib -

I received your PM. No, it wasn't Minnesota. It was Michigan State. But we Big Ten girls definitely have to stick together around here!

Since I already outed myself on the Auburn thread, I thought I might as well just respond here that this was my story.

I don't know how informal recruitment is done now. As I mentioned on another thread about MSU, almost all of the chapters now do informal recruitment in the winter which was absolutely, positively unthinkable while I was there. But times have apparently changed.

Originally Posted by kchaptergphib

changedmylife, I PM'd ya, but if you usually post under a different name, send me a note. I HAVE to know what school this is!

Also, that's kinda an interesting way for them to run informal recruitment. At least they make sure to tell the PNM's ("rushees" at that time?) that they may be offered a bid from more than one org! We had issues with that a couple of years back at Northwestern.

[DubaiSis]

[QUOTE=TriDeltaSallie;1969039]Hi kchaptergphib -

I received your PM. No, it wasn't Minnesota. It was Michigan State. But we Big Ten girls definitely have to stick together around here!

Funny. It sounded an awful lot like Iowa to me. The Big 10 must be more similar than we even thought!

It sounds like Michigan State is having recruitment issues like Iowa is. Numbers are way down, they're having trouble adjusting to RFM, and massive numbers are dropping out. (or so it appears to me... half way across the world I can't exactly participate daily) If you could only explain to the girls that if they'd consider pledging the small house, it would be LESS SMALL. And then the whole panhellenic there would benefit. I think this year is #3 of RFM, so hopefully some girls will come in more prepared to stick with it. My house, being one of the small ones, certainly hopes so! I hate to hear them struggling for numbers, especially after hearing about the crazy insane recruitment the SEC schools go through.

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Funny. It sounded an awful lot like Iowa to me. The Big 10 must be more similar than we even thought!

It is. I had a moment where I thought it was Sconnie.

One of our chapters does the China thing too. I think it's the sweetest tradition.

[NutBrnHair]

Loved the story and enjoyed everyone's comments.