Washington State University

[caylaashley]

Ooooh that sounds fun(: I'm an athletic training major!
Which dorm did you choose? I'm thinking either Gannon/Golds or Olympia but I'm not sure yet

[CougADPi]

Yay! A WSU thread! Please take everything I say with a grain of salt considering I'm an "old" person who hasn't been involved with recruitment for 10 years (though my cousin went through last year, so that helped).

AXOMom really covered most of it, and her experience is more recent than mine, so you should listen to her.

One thing I would recommend is that if you are on facebook, become a fan of WSU Panhellenic (http://www.facebook.com/#!/WSU.Sororities). They have a good amount of information as well as pictures from last year's recruitment.

Recs are not necessary, but helpful if you can get them. When my cousin went through she had 5, which is an unusually high number for WSU, but ended up joining a house she did not have one to. I remember that when I was active, probably 90% of the women we saw did not have letters to our chapter, and I would think the number would be similar to others.

It is very hot during recruitment. Very very hot. Wear comfortable, cool clothes, and comfrotable shoes.

Keep an open mind, which is good advice for anyone going through recruiment. A decade ago, the "tent talk" was rampant, so it is still good to keep in mind that second hand information is not always the most accurate.

From what I just said, you can probably guess that recruitment is fairly competitive. Expect some cuts, but I don't know anyone who did not get a bid if they kept an open mind. The people who went bidless were generally the ones who limited themselves in some way. Not to say it doesn't happen, I just don't know any examples personally.

As for the residence halls, G/G is great. I was an RA there and lived there as a freshman. The proximity to the Roto Dining Hall is the best location on campus. Just remember that you are on the opposite side of a large hill from the gyms, so as an athletic training major, you may be walking a bit more than you were expecting! Olympia is new since I was there, so I don't know anything about that one unfortunately.

I'm so excited for some WSU recruitment stories this fall! Good luck! GO COUGS!

[Coug2012]

Originally Posted by caylaashley

Ooooh that sounds fun(: I'm an athletic training major!
Which dorm did you choose? I'm thinking either Gannon/Golds or Olympia but I'm not sure yet

I put community/duncan-dunn (the one that is getting remodeled right now) first and olympia second!

[AXOmom]

On the dorm subject - daughter had to be in Bohler (sp?) a good part of her time (early and late), so she chose Regents because it was so close. She liked having that close by and having one of the cafterias in the building BUT she didn't end up liking the all-girls dorm thing (she was told they would be cleaner - in the end she just thought it was a little duller). If she had it to do over - she would have chosen Streit (sp?) where a lot of her friends ended up.

Olympia wasn't finished when she was there. I asked and she did say that you should pick a dorm where you have friends going, you like the room, and you are close to places you will be going BUT in terms of socializing it really didn't matter much. In her experience, largely due to when recruitment starts at WSU and how Greek life works, there wasn't much socializing done in the dorms with the exception of the Stephenson complex which is so far down the hill and away from everything that her impression was a little more went on there (she didn't wander down there much personally, but her best friend lived there the following year). For everyone else (other than unaffiliated boys) the dorms were so close to Greek Row and the live-outs that most people went there.

By the way, if you go to orientation (and you should), go with some friends if possible. It made the experience way more fun for her - three of the most fun days she had in college.

I'm sure you both know this, but WSU (like every other school these days) has a Facebook page for incoming freshman. Join it because its a good way to meet people, but don't of course say anything about specific chapters on it if you talk about going through recruitment.