Recruitment Rules

[HQWest]

Law of Diminshed PR returns - there is a 50/50 chance that the Homecoming Queens letters are mentioned in the paper or that her lavalier or pin show up in photos - while there is a 100 percent chance that the girl who has to be taken to the hospital because she was drunk and hit her head on the toilet has her affiliation noted -(Not my group).

[carnation]

Originally Posted by psy

The Sweet Valley recruitment syndrome: The PNM has a special "thing" that impacts her recruitment greatly, either because of or in spite of her incredible beauty, wealth, and overall awesomeness. We, sadly, never learn what this "thing" is.

(That was the best recruitment story ever. I'm sort of disappointed that the OP of it went BSC and never finished it).

The OP had begun threatening GCers personally by PM, as I recall. I still think that the OP was a guy.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by psy

The Sweet Valley recruitment syndrome: The PNM has a special "thing" that impacts her recruitment greatly, either because of or in spite of her incredible beauty, wealth, and overall awesomeness. We, sadly, never learn what this "thing" is.

(That was the best recruitment story ever. I'm sort of disappointed that the OP of it went BSC and never finished it).

Originally Posted by carnation

The OP had begun threatening GCers personally by PM, as I recall. I still think that the OP was a guy.

I think Carnation's got it...maybe that special "thing" was that the OP WAS a guy. Maybe the sorority women figured out she was hiding the candy in the pink sequined tights! I couldn't resist, really.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

I think Carnation's got it...maybe that special "thing" was that the OP WAS a guy. Maybe the sorority women figured out she was hiding the candy in the pink sequined tights! I couldn't resist, really.

Hahaha transphobic cheap laugh hahahah

I am loving this thread otherwise.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Hahaha transphobic cheap laugh hahahah

Yup, that's me a total transphobe, you outted me. My friends in the drag show at Connections will be so surprised when they find out.

Guess only some people are allowed to make snarky comments, duly noted.

[33girl]

Theory of Impending Awesomeness - The girl who wants to bring ABC to her campus because "my best friend is an ABC at Booboo U and they are all so awesome and nothing like sorority girls here", not realizing that just bringing a new sorority will not change the complexion of the student body; rather, the opposite is true.

Companion theory: Theory of Impending Hotness - The same only it's a guy saying "We need to get ABC because they are sooooo hot at Booboo U and nothing like the busted chicks here."

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Theory of Impending Awesomeness - The girl who wants to bring ABC to her campus because "my best friend is an ABC at Booboo U and they are all so awesome and nothing like sorority girls here", not realizing that just bringing a new sorority will not change the complexion of the student body; rather, the opposite is true.

Companion theory: Theory of Impending Hotness - The same only it's a guy saying "We need to get ABC because they are sooooo hot at Booboo U and nothing like the busted chicks here."

THIS^^^^

A male campus Greek Life Adviser (who shall remain nameless; he belongs to an IFC group) once informed members of our chapter's alum advisory council he was working earnestly to attract three of the 'top' NPC groups onto our campus. His explained theory: those three groups would pledge attractive, classy female students who were rushing but refusing to pledge our current NPC sororities.

We already knew through the Panhellenic grapevine the groups he desired were not, for many reasons, willing to come to our campus. Many attractive women WERE already pledging and initiating into our campus groups; quota tripled in five years. But it was fun watching him 'work the NPC' to try and get his favorite groups onto campus.

[melindawarren]

Originally Posted by psy

The Sweet Valley recruitment syndrome: The PNM has a special "thing" that impacts her recruitment greatly, either because of or in spite of her incredible beauty, wealth, and overall awesomeness. We, sadly, never learn what this "thing" is.

(That was the best recruitment story ever. I'm sort of disappointed that the OP of it went BSC and never finished it).

I'm taking creative writing this semester, and you can bet your GC account that writing that story as a comedy story has crossed my mind at least once.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

The Lower Standards Theorem: Any woman who gets released from formal recruitment and/or drops out because she didn't like the options she had left will think she is the most desirable PNM in informal recruitment and have chapters clamoring for her that released her the first time.

Colony Corollary: Any woman who has an unfavorable formal recruitment will consider herself a shoe-in for a new colonization.

[WestcoastWonder]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

The Lower Standards Theorem: Any woman who gets released from formal recruitment and/or drops out because she didn't like the options she had left will think she is the most desirable PNM in informal recruitment and have chapters clamoring for her that released her the first time.

Colony Corollary: Any woman who has an unfavorable formal recruitment will consider herself a shoe-in for a new colonization.

My old roommate in a nutshell. She used her grades as an excuse for her awful attitude when they were just the icing on the cake, she ended up getting only 2 invites for informal and no bid from either house. She transferred after that semester.

[WestcoastWonder]

ALL OF THIS!! This post needs to be stickied!!

And BraveMarroon, I'm sad to say I'm guilty of The Glitch Corollary. I swore up and down for days, even weeks after rush that my number one house dropped me on philanthropy accidentally lol.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

The Indiana Effect: Moms and PNM's will flock to GC after IU recruitment as though we old biddies around here can do anything about it.

[KSUViolet06]

Murphy's Law of Taking Grade Risks states that Grade Risk Girl You Take Because OMG YOU LOVE HER will NOT have better grades after she gets a bid.

She typically does not meet the GPA to get initiated. If she does, she BARELY scrapes it, gets initiated, then ends up being sent to Honor Council/Standards for grades by the end of her first year. Then she drops out of school entirely. If she does not drop out of school, she spends her entire sophomore year on probation for grades and quits because she "can't like, go to socials and stuff."

[Lovethesand]

Let me take a crack at this.

The Old Biddy Corollary: The nicer, more well reasoned a post on THAT site the more likely the poster is an old biddy pretending to be a college student. The old biddy should mind her own old business, quit pretending to be a college student, and stay on GC where she belongs with all the other old biddies. On the other hand if an old biddy says something a PNM or mom doesn't agree with on GC then she's just mean.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

The Administrivial Effect: Any time GC'ers don't like the way a chapter or CPH does recruitment, someone will suggest writing to the president of the university.

Corrolary: That person doesn't give a ****.