Funny reasons you may have been cut

[OleMissGlitter]

Okay at one house at Ole Miss I was asked if I had a boyfriend yet...I politely told the girl that I had just gotten to Ole Miss and because rush was going on I hadn't ventured out to "get a boyfriend yet" (at this point in my life I had never had one yet) and I was more interested in getting my dorm all ready and rush stuff...(when I went through rush it was before school started). Anyway, I guess that wasn't the right answer because she pretty much ignored me the rest of the time. They were not on my card for pref parties so that must have been the wrong answer.

When I was on the other side, I had a PNM ask me what fraternity is the best at Ole Miss, since we are not suppose to name drop, I told her all of them were good and that IF I saw her on Bid Day I would tell her in person!

[ADPi Conniebama]

great thread I am going to make it manditory for some of the collegiates to read this thread - might help them put things into perspective. (with recruitment right around the corner again)

[PhoenixAzul]

Oh boy...I've shared this before but here we go again (and I'm still HORRIFIED that I did this).

There is this one house on campus that I absolutely KNEW I would not fit into. Not that theyre not an awesome house- au contrair, theyre one of the best on campus, just really not my type and I wasn't quite their type either. So went through house tour, and when we were sitting in their parlour, I noticed their taxidermied owls in the room. I was having a hard time making conversation, just striking out left and right, couldn't find anything to connect with...so finally I thought, "ok, let's try an interesting tid bit".

And I said, "you know, I come from a town with a lot of different ethnicities, and a lot of people believe that having owls or pictures of owls is a death omen".

Cue pin drop.

And I 100% didn't mean to insult them, and I KNEW the second it came out of my mouth that I had said something stupid. I was HONESTLY just trying to make conversation any way I could. Needless to say, I didn't get an invite from them. (my pledge sisters STILL won't forgive me for that).

[adpiucf]

This has nothing to do with being cut, but I'm not sure if I've shared this pre-recruitment story before.

Ok, so this happened about a decade ago. This was in the days before cell phones were in common use, before AIM, and before GC! (gasp!)

I walking through my on-campus apartment. You know-- dorm style living with a kitchenette, private room, living room and those fabulous cinder block walls (the walls are vital to the retelling of the story). Sorority Recruitment was starting the next day.

Now, I've never been especially graceful on my feet, but I managed to walk into a wall-- one of those fantastic cinderblock walls. I don't know what happened-- I just missed the door. I heard a crack-- it wasn't the wall, but the sound of my nose and a trickle of blood began to run down my face!!!

I grabbed my Zach Morris-sized cordless phone and dialed my friend, Andrew. "My nose is bleeding and sorority recruitment starts tomorrow! No one is going to want me to be their sister if I have a big bruised nose! I think my nose is broken!"

"Oh my gosh! Do you want me to come over and take you to the hospital? What happened?"

"I WALKED INTO A WALL!"

"No really! What happened?"

Thankfully, my nose wasn't broken, I got my first choice bid to ADPi and hooked Andrew up with one of my sorority sisters... They will celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary this spring.

All's well that ends well. I've still been known to trip over my own feet. And I'm a little wary when I'm in a dorm....

[TXMom]

My daughter would call after next day and she would tell me which ones she expected to be cut from......looking back some are pretty petty and silly!
1. She was sick and couldn't be outgoing enough.
2. The girl that talked to her hated her sorority sister that was from the same high school my daughter went to.....the active could only ask questions about her sorority sister. later we found out she lied about her to get her cut.
3. Weren't from the right zip code.
Of course there were those that were kind, gracious and compassionate too!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

This has nothing to do with being cut, but I'm not sure if I've shared this pre-recruitment story before.

Ok, so this happened about a decade ago. This was in the days before cell phones were in common use, before AIM, and before GC! (gasp!)

I walking through my on-campus apartment. You know-- dorm style living with a kitchenette, private room, living room and those fabulous cinder block walls (the walls are vital to the retelling of the story). Sorority Recruitment was starting the next day.

Now, I've never been especially graceful on my feet, but I managed to walk into a wall-- one of those fantastic cinderblock walls. I don't know what happened-- I just missed the door. I heard a crack-- it wasn't the wall, but the sound of my nose and a trickle of blood began to run down my face!!!

I grabbed my Zach Morris-sized cordless phone and dialed my friend, Andrew. "My nose is bleeding and sorority recruitment starts tomorrow! No one is going to want me to be their sister if I have a big bruised nose! I think my nose is broken!"

"Oh my gosh! Do you want me to come over and take you to the hospital? What happened?"

"I WALKED INTO A WALL!"

"No really! What happened?"

Thankfully, my nose wasn't broken, I got my first choice bid to ADPi and hooked Andrew up with one of my sorority sisters... They will celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary this spring.

All's well that ends well. I've still been known to trip over my own feet. And I'm a little wary when I'm in a dorm....

OMIGOSH! I'm so glad you didn't break your nose! [hijack] I was once staying in a hotel for work, and took cold medication before I went to bed. Which meant, of course, I had to use the bathroom several times that night. The last time, I was so drowsy, and not having my contacts in, walked into the wall, and fractured my orbital bone! I just packed my eyes in ice and went back to bed - I didn't find out about the actual break until my next eye appointment. It was the biggest reason I pushed so hard for LASIK!! [/hijack]

[oldrusheenowmom]

This is one of those "no-no's" that worked out right. My sister went to three pref nights at the Univ. of Iowa and was heavily leaning toward one sorority, but she wasn't entirely certain. As she was leaving one of the other two, she overheard one member say to another: I am so tired and ready for this all to be over. One of those things we were drilled not to ever let a PNM hear or even think that you are not enjoying recruitment-- However, the comment was exactly what my exhausted sister was feeling and it swayed her to choose that house!! The advice I wish I had listened to was remember to check out the other PNMs-- those returning to the same houses you do could potentially be your sisters-- if you feel uncomfortable with them ....

[DoubleTDG]

So this is my first post here but reading through this forum brought up so many fun recruitment memories. I went through informal so the worst I did was refuse to eat at one house and they made me feel like I was a horrible person for not eating.

One story we are told every year is about the girl who started her period and was sitting on the white couch. They tell us the story to try and prepare us for the worst but I can't help but laugh every time I hear it.

One of my littles had her first recruitment this year and was talking to this one girl. She seemed really upset and my little asked her what was wrong her response was priceless "My roommate is crazy, I got in a car wreck this morning, XYZ cut me and to top it all off I have to be in this house"

This year as well I picked up a girl who I kinda knew (she went to my high school and her sister was a grade older than me, she was a freshman when I was a senior). During talking to her I accidentally called her by her sister's name. Thankfully she loved us and is now my grand little.

[LainaIsPHIMU]

On theme night I was invited back to ZTA and Phi Mu, and the nesxt night was pref night. Now that I think about it I think I may have been cut from ZTA for one reason, their food. On this night all the chapters have a little snack to give to the people at their parties. I loved ZTA and all, but not their food. It was an awkward mix consisting of M&M's cheez-its and pretzels.. I picked out the m&ms and left the rest, then they offered us soda, but I saw a bunch of mini bottled waters they hadn't handed out yet, so when they asked if I wanted a soda I said "I don't drink soda, can I have a water please?" the girl rushing me looked almost offended by this.
But I found my home in Phi Mu, and still have good friends who are ZTA's

[elleyk5187]

well, on skit day i was at XYZ, which i liked, but wasn't in love with. i was happy to be there & i'm sure i would have been excited to be part of their house if that's what happened.

anyway, the girl i was talking to ended up being from evansville & went to the same high school as a lot of my friends from IU (i had transferred to butler). i was so excited (i actually talked to someone who knew my friends at another house as well...really weird), so i started asking her if she knew my friends. she shook her head yes, but didn't really smile or talk much about it. well i got cut. ha.

later, i remembered her name so i went on my friend's facebooks (totally creepy, i know) to see if they were friends on there. we all know people add whoever went to their high school even if they didn't know them too well. needless to say she wasn't on there. i suppose she didn't like my friends & assumed i was like them...so didn't like me.

then, at another house i was well aware a girl from my high school was part of that sorority. i knew of her, but didn't know her well since she wasn't involved in much, if anything, in high school. i remember going in there praying i didn't talk or run into her...thankfully i didn't. anyway, everyone there was sooo awkward & we played this game where we would answer questions in a group. these questions were terrible. one question was "if you had to lose one of your 5 senses which one would it be & why?" i said "taste! i like to eat wayyyyy too much & it would keep me from eating." how terrible did that sound? hahaha. i really hate those types of games because it's obvious their house has trouble thinking of things to talk about, so they have to have a cookie cutter of what to talk about. anyway, i got cut & definitely wasn't disappointed. (i later found out that during their initiation week, they got drunk every night, etc. our initiation week is "dry"...even for those over 21. & if anyone found out we drank, we would be sent to standards. it definitely defeats the purpose & meaning of initiation if you are drunk the whole week. maybe that's just my opinion.)

also, i'm pretty sure i got cut from a house because of my kappa legacy.

[bevinpiphi]

I'm a part of the Medieval Combat Club at my school (if you don't know what I'm talking about, check out www.belegarth.com). I joined that my freshman year, and I have a lot of friends in it. My boyfriend is also a member. So I went into rush figuring that the houses should know I'm involved in that, since it's not like it's going to stop anytime soon. I could tell exactly which houses would not invite me back after the, "So, what other RSO's are you in?" I started with my leadership position in the Association of Residence Halls every time, and then went into the "You know the people who dress funny and hit each other with foam sticks on the quad? Yeah, I'm one of those" explanation. The only house that reacted positively was Pi Phi, and that's where I'm at.

[FSUZeta]

bevinpiphi, i am so glad that i was in the middle of steeping another cup of tea when i read you post, because i would surely be wiping down my computer screen right now. i could just see the expressions on the faces of the sisters who found out what you do in your spare time.

it sounds like fun to me and what a great way to work out stress and agression!!

[icelandelf]

Originally Posted by bevinpiphi

I'm a part of the Medieval Combat Club at my school (if you don't know what I'm talking about, check out www.belegarth.com). I joined that my freshman year, and I have a lot of friends in it. My boyfriend is also a member. So I went into rush figuring that the houses should know I'm involved in that, since it's not like it's going to stop anytime soon. I could tell exactly which houses would not invite me back after the, "So, what other RSO's are you in?" I started with my leadership position in the Association of Residence Halls every time, and then went into the "You know the people who dress funny and hit each other with foam sticks on the quad? Yeah, I'm one of those" explanation. The only house that reacted positively was Pi Phi, and that's where I'm at.

This made me smile

[Lightning Bug!]

Stories about cutting and being cut...

First day of rush, I got invited back everywhere, so I had to make three cuts for my next party list. There were two houses on campus that were just not "together" at all...so I cut them, and for the third cut I picked a house that just hadn't made much of an impression on me at all. My rush counselor kept asking, "Are you sure about that?" Clueless me just kept nodding yes. Turns out she was in that house, and it was one of the top houses on campus...she must have been mortified that I cut her house along with two houses that weren't doing so well. Worse than that, we were in a class together for the whole semester! She never spoke to me again.

At one particular house, I was asked, "Where do you vacation in the summers?" I knew exactly what they were asking...how much money does your family have? Fortunately, I had just been to France on a class trip the summer before, so when I said "France", their eyes lit up. I got an invite back. The next day, however, I wore a pair of shoes that I should have road tested first...flats with a little strap on the back to hold them around your heels/ankles. I could NOT keep that strap on my heel, so I ended up shuffling around all day in those flats, walking on the straps...it looked AWFUL, kind of like I just couldn't bother to get fully dressed. I will never know if that's why I got cut from the "where do you vacation" house after that day, but I later found out that this house got in trouble for secretly videotaping PNMs walking up their walk so they could review the tapes later!

When I was on the sisters' side of rush, I made sure three particular girls got cut:

1) I asked a sophomore what campus activities she was involved with...she said, "Boys, drinking, and parties." And she didn't then laugh and then list her actual activities...she just left it at that.
2) A freshman asked me, "What frat houses is it safe to pass out in?"
3) I was sitting on our porch talking to a PNM when she saw someone she knew walking up the street, waved at her, and proceeded to have a 5-minute conversation with the girl, completely ignoring me until she had finished talking to her. When she was finished, she looked at me and said, "I haven't seen her in a really long time." All I could figure is that she really didn't want to be at our house and didn't mind getting cut.

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by Lightning Bug!

I will never know if that's why I got cut from the "where do you vacation" house after that day, but I later found out that this house got in trouble for secretly videotaping PNMs walking up their walk so they could review the tapes later!

Creeeepppyyyy!!!!!!