Sorority Recruitment Translations

[ellebud]

At first I didn't feel any connection, but after today I did!=I was far more interested in other chapters, so I wasn't listening before. They're the best of what i got.

And no, it isn't the withdrawal from bacon the pmn was having. Most Jewish house I know serve(d) bacon..and cheeseburgers....and tacos....

[AOII Angel]

LOL at the "I work so hard for my 3.4...I don't feel a connection bc they don't have mandatory study hours." Really? Just bc you need to be forced to study and others don't means you can't be sisters? I had quite a nice GPA and my chapter managed to be #1 on grades every year without study halls. Still a lame excuse.

[AGDAlum]

"I loved their philanthropy" looks very strange out of context, doesn't it?

[Drolefille]

I'll have to abstain for now as I avoid most of the recruitment threads like the plague for these very reasons. Thanks for the mention though SWTXBelle *doffs cap*

I'll be back if I see something particularly compelling out in the wilds of GC.

[KSUViolet06]

"These girls were SO nice but not for me."

or

"These girls were SO nice" then later *ranks them in bottom 3*

Means "these girls are so sweet but they're the unpopular sorority and I don't want to join them because I'm better than that."

I also find it funny when people are at these HUGE schools with 200+ women in a chapter and have decided that they "don't fit" with a chapter.

How exactly does one decide that they "don't fit in" in a group of 200 people?

[carnation]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

How exactly does one decide that they "don't fit in" in a group of 200 people?

It seems like that's an arguments that PNMs can use too..."How could they decide I don't fit in when they have 200 sisters who must all be different in some way?"

[*winter*]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

"These girls were SO nice but not for me."

or

"These girls were SO nice" then later *ranks them in bottom 3*

Means "these girls are so sweet but they're the unpopular sorority and I don't want to join them because I'm better than that."

Looks familiar!

[BraveMaroon]

"I really don't want to say anything unkind about this house, so...it just wasn't for me."

means

"I'm dying to trash this house and hoping you'll be curious enough about why I hated it that you'll ask me probing questions."

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

"These girls were SO nice but not for me."

or

"These girls were SO nice" then later *ranks them in bottom 3*

Means "these girls are so sweet but they're the unpopular sorority and I don't want to join them because I'm better than that."

It IS possible to actually really like every chapter and think they're all really nice, but still have to rank some of those really nice chapters in the bottom.

Now, this thread is about snark, and here I am wasting valuable snark-time...

"I couldn't be myself there." - The 3 girls I met didn't seem like good drinking or Bible study (depending on the PNM) pals, so I assume the whole chapter is this way.

"The house was so beautiful." - The house was more memorable than the people inside it.

"My friend in ABC said that I was supposed to get a bid, but I fell through the cracks." - Either your friend didn't really say this, or your friend was lying to you.

[SWTXBelle]

I don't think they necessarily say "that pnm doesn't fit" as much as they say "that pnm doesn't fit as WELL as some others" - and that's only if they haven't cut for grades, lack of recs, etc., etc. The whole membership selection process is such that we really can't comment other than on our own experience, and even then, there's stuff we don't put out there. The pnms (or their MOTHERS) can come here and spill their guts.

[DubaiSis]

Ooooh, here's one. I called and screamed at the rush advisor because they cut my super special snowflake, and they didn't recant their cut, means I'm an idiot who has forgotten every thing she ever learned about sorority life and need to go away forever. And no, nobody cares about the $100 you donate every year. Or never.

And I gotta say, I LOVE that there was a big ole snarky caveat at the top of this thread and STILL people are getting all defensive.

[Regina.George]

This is a ‘top’ house, but it just wasn’t a fit for Snowflake.

We know Snowflake doesn't have what it takes to make it into a top house, so we're saving face because we know she'll get cut after first round.

I was Greek but not at Snowflake's school.

I'm a perp. Will they figure that out if I write a legacy introduction form? Do they really check?

[AGDAlum]

Originally Posted by Regina.George

This is a ‘top’ house, but it just wasn’t a fit for Snowflake.
I was Greek but not at Snowflake's school.[/I]

I'm a perp. Will they figure that out if I write a legacy introduction form? Do they really check?

Wow. It never occurred to me that people might write falsified RIFs (that is, pretend to be alumnae when they're not). Though in this day and age of people doing who knows what to get an edge, I'm sure it's been tried. The UK Panhel website has links to RIFs on national websites. (I think it was UK.)

[carnation]

Originally Posted by AGDAlum

Wow. It never occurred to me that people might write falsified RIFs (that is, pretend to be alumnae when they're not). Though in this day and age of people doing who knows what to get an edge, I'm sure it's been tried. The UK Panhel website has links to RIFs on national websites. (I think it was UK.)

I was shocked a few years ago when I found out that people have done this but maybe perps are banking on the chance that the groups won't look up affiliation.

[arrowlady]

Originally Posted by carnation

I was shocked a few years ago when I found out that people have done this but maybe perps are banking on the chance that the groups won't look up affiliation.

In the computer age that just seems crazy to me... But we all know the world is full of crazies!