Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Mu - Arkansas

[tpiazza]

I have a question about the colonization process.
I am not going through the colonization process, but I know many girls that are. During rush we were all told on pref night that if you sign a pref card, but do not accept your bid, that you could still go for Alpha Chi or Phi Mu. Some girls were unsure of the houses they preffed, but went ahead and signed a card because they thought it wouldn't hurt them. Those girls are now being told by Alpha Chi and Phi Mu that they are not allowed to colonize. Does anyone know exactly what is going on?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by tpiazza

During rush we were all told on pref night that if you sign a pref card, but do not accept your bid, that you could still go for Alpha Chi or Phi Mu.

Who exactly told you this?

[tpiazza]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Who exactly told you this?

The ladies who were in the pref card room at the signing tables. They said that if you signed a pref card, you could not go through recruitment for any other sororities unless it was Alpha Chi and Phi Mu. The problem is a lot of the girls that went ahead and signed a pref card are sophomores who will not want to rush as juniors. Maybe there was confusion? I'm not sure. I'm just so sad for some fantastic girls (AND some legacies to the colonizing sororities) who are now unable to join a sorority.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by tpiazza

The ladies who were in the pref card room at the signing tables. They said that if you signed a pref card, you could not go through recruitment for any other sororities unless it was Alpha Chi and Phi Mu. The problem is a lot of the girls that went ahead and signed a pref card are sophomores who will not want to rush as juniors. Maybe there was confusion? I'm not sure. I'm just so sad for some fantastic girls (AND some legacies to the colonizing sororities) who are now unable to join a sorority.

But WHO were they? Members of the AXO and Phi Mu colonizing teams? Rho Gammas or other women from Panhel? The Greek advisor? Alumnae?

As wcc and FSUalum have both said, once a rushee signed a pref card, she is bound to the sororities she wrote on that card if one of them gives her a bid - colonies or no colonies. If women were led to believe that they could reject what they got in favor of a colony, something went terribly wrong.

[tpiazza]

Originally Posted by 33girl

But WHO were they? Members of the AXO and Phi Mu colonizing teams? Rho Gammas or other women from Panhel? The Greek advisor? Alumnae?

I'm honestly not sure. It was most likely a Gamma Chi.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by tpiazza

I'm just so sad for some fantastic girls (AND some legacies to the colonizing sororities) who are now unable to join a sorority.

Well, they got bids, so they are able to join a sorority! Yay! Everyone gets what they want!

See how easy that was?

[DubaiSis]

Originally Posted by tpiazza

...Some girls were unsure of the houses they preffed,...

I'm sure this is what these girls are telling you now (I don't even know what houses I had on my list!), but think back. You attended 2 or 3 parties that lasted an hour each, were phenomenally emotional and personal. You went straight from those parties to the MRABA signing room. And you forgot which parties you were just at? Again, I know this isn't YOU speaking, but I call baloney. These girls were disappointed with what they got and are trying to let themselves off the hook. Or, they're seeing the girls go through colony recruitment and wished they'd held out.

If the Gamma Chis really did say this to any girls, there needs to be hell to pay, because being told something exactly 100% false will not change the outcome. I would press your friends to tell the Greek Life office of this MASSIVE infraction if and only if they can come up with real life girls who possibly ruined the Greek futures of scores of girls. They forgot who? Again, I call BS and you should stop listening to these girls.