NPHC Members To Be Among Gamma Chis for Fall 2012 NPC Recruitment (Miss. State)

[AZ-AlphaXi]

^^^ FSUZeta ... that's the way I was reading it.

this resolution has been cited to me, when I've suggested that Alumnae (unaffiliated ones) act as counselors.

(and you're welcome :-) )

[DubaiSis]

Well, there's consolation, directing the girls to the physical meeting location (houses) and explaining the process/rules. There shouldn't ever be a time when a rush counselor says anything about a specific chapter. "you'd like XYZ. They're like you because..." would be a huge no no. A rush counselor should help a rushee make decisions by drawing out of her what she liked and didn't like about specific chapters, not doing the pointing out herself. "How did you feel about XYZ?" "What made you feel that XYZ is better than DEF? Could it be a specific girl you were talking to and not the chapter as a whole?" Those statements could be said by ANYONE and are the kind of open ended questions a rush counselor should say to draw out the feelings of the rushee. And if the rushee knows for sure that the rush counselor is not a DEF, she's going to feel a lot more comfortable being honest about her feelings, and thus getting to the truth quicker.

NPHC women are joiners, leaders, enthusiastic, and smart. There is no reason to think they couldn't handle this and I see very little down side. I think this is also true of non-affiliated alumnae, and grad students in psychology for that matter. The grad students would just have a larger learning curve but presumably they'd also end up in the same place.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

And if the rushee knows for sure that the rush counselor is not a DEF, she's going to feel a lot more comfortable being honest about her feelings, and thus getting to the truth quicker.

Or else she will think "this woman/man/elm tree has NEVER been through this experience. How in the world does she have the nerve to try to counsel/console me?"

Please keep in mind when we talk about these options that we're talking about 18 and 19 year old women.

[melindawarren]

I don't love this idea. I see that I'm late in responding, but still, I don't feel that this is beneficial to the PNMs. I feel like part of what made my recruitment successful was being able to go to both of my RCs and communicate my feelings to them. If I felt like they didn't really get the stress I was under, I would have been really frustrated. Of course, these girls may have rushed NPC. I think that's the key.

This is somewhat OT, but I also wish that there was more support for girls who get dropped. When I got the call from my RC, I just didn't feel like she completely understood it. And how could she? She'd never been through it! I think it's impossible to do it any other way, but I wish there were another way.

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by Jen

I personally feel anyone (male, female, Greek, non-Greek) could be a Gamma Chi if they had the interest and the ability to help a PNM through the process emotionally.

I disagree.

I think in an process like recruitment experience and prior exposure mean a lot. Its such an emotionally stressful time I would think that having someone who's been there would be more understanding and supportive to the PNM.

I'm sure the NPHC members are not doing a bad job, as this works for this campus.