Is Colony Recruitment Worth It?

[pinkandpearls]

I was going to come explain how it was going to work but WhiteDaisy128 did it for me, that is exactly what they said is going to happen (other than very slight time shifts). I am super involved on campus and have been through selections similar to this before for other things and I never really liked that selection method...I have always found it to be super stressful and upsetting if things didn't work out. There isn't much I can do to change it so I'll just have to go with the flow. And yes, no bid day for a week and a half. We won't really have a pref night which I am a little sad about...we had a party yesterday and we have another party next week (which is optional if you attended the one yesterday, I am still definitely going to go) but that is all.

[33girl]

Remember that 1) there is no limit on who can go to the colony recruitment (as far as I know there were no entry fees to rush, no pre-party sign ups, no grade checks) and 2) they do not have a full Panhellenic to help them make phone calls.

As far as logical ways to do it, this sounds a heck of a lot less cruel than "running" to groups or Bid Day held as spectacle for the entire campus to see and critique. Take the card, take a nice clearing walk to wherever your happy place is, and open it. Sounds fair to me.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by pinkandpearls

I was going to come explain how it was going to work but WhiteDaisy128 did it for me, that is exactly what they said is going to happen (other than very slight time shifts). I am super involved on campus and have been through selections similar to this before for other things and I never really liked that selection method...I have always found it to be super stressful and upsetting if things didn't work out. There isn't much I can do to change it so I'll just have to go with the flow. And yes, no bid day for a week and a half. We won't really have a pref night which I am a little sad about...we had a party yesterday and we have another party next week (which is optional if you attended the one yesterday, I am still definitely going to go) but that is all.

When we have a colony, we do hold a pref night. Not your typical pref party where girls are crying and the members write you letters, but it is a serious ceremony that they ask the PNMs to dress up. That way the PNMs get an idea of who might be one of their sisters.

[pinkandpearls]

There is definitely no preference night. The recruitment process is an online application, an interview, and then you must attend at least one of two recruitment events. Then on Bid Day you go to the Greek Life office and receive your envelope. Sorry if that was unclear! I didn't want to sound like I was complaining on how it was done, I definitely didn't mean to come across that way...I just think it would have been better had you got a phone call if you didn't receive a bid (as you do during formal recruitment, at least at my school) but it is totally fine if that is the way they wish to run things.