My Advice to Sorority Rushees.....

[SissyC0109]

Originally posted by OTW
Oh Jesus H. Christ, she's back.

Oh no, she's still here

I guess I really struck a nerve commenting on your ugly tattoo.

[kddani]

Originally posted by SissyC0109
Oh no, she's still here

I guess I really struck a nerve commenting on your ugly tattoo.

Wait, are you the girl with a prison tattoo of her letters?

[Rudey]

Originally posted by kddani
Wait, are you the girl with a prison tattoo of her letters?

Stop harassing her.

-Rudey

[PenguinTrax]

Please keep things on topic.

Back to your regularly scheduled forum.

[GeorgiaGirl]

BE YOURSELF. Don't let the opinions of the other PNMs influence your decision. There will probably be TONS of rumors flying about the different houses. No, XYZ will NOT make you stand in the quad naked and circle your fat. Just don't believe what you hear. Think for yourself.

Don't be afraid to ask questions.

If you like something, tell them. These women have worked so hard preparing recruitment for YOU, so if their house/hall looks nice, tell them. If you thought their skit was funny, tell them. They will definitely appreciate it. Don't be overly enthusiastic (OMG I love you and I love your house and I love everything!!!) and always be sincere.

[LoyalCapricorn]

Omg that is great advice now i know what to do and what not to do.thanx

[AGDLynn]

The most predictable thing about recruitment is that it is not predictable. Things happen....planned or not. So be prepared.

[trideltadarling]

One extremely important piece of advice: listen to your Rho Chi when she tells you to turn off your cell phone!!!
My school does deferred recruitment and at our pref day in January we had a PNM texting on her cell phone during our pref ceremony, complete with the sound on. That definitely left us with a feeling that she didn't care about our ceremony and that she didn't want to be a member of our organization. Unfortunately that night while my chapter was outside waiting for girls to get their bids she came up to ask us where she was supposed to go and implied that she was expecting a bid from our chapter and that is why she had come up to ask us where she needed to be. No matter how impressed we had been with her before, she ruined her impression at the very last minute. So just keep your phone away and off...it sends the impression that you are uninterested and just don't care about what's going on!

[gagirl224]

Hey ya'll,
Thanks for all of your advice, its been really helpful! I'll be staring rush in less than a month and I'm SO excited! I have one question though- if a sister asks you which sorority you like the best and you really like their sorority should you tell them theyre your favorite? I've heard that that's really bad and makes you seem over-eager about everything. I've also heard that you should definitley tell them you like them at Pref. Night, but what if they ask you on the first couple of days? I've been wondering about this for awhile so any advice would be appreciated! Thanks again girls, hope youre having a wonderful summer!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by gagirl224

Hey ya'll,
Thanks for all of your advice, its been really helpful! I'll be staring rush in less than a month and I'm SO excited! I have one question though- if a sister asks you which sorority you like the best and you really like their sorority should you tell them theyre your favorite? I've heard that that's really bad and makes you seem over-eager about everything. I've also heard that you should definitley tell them you like them at Pref. Night, but what if they ask you on the first couple of days? I've been wondering about this for awhile so any advice would be appreciated! Thanks again girls, hope youre having a wonderful summer!

Don't ever tell a sorority that they're your favorite on the first day or two. It will make you look creepy and stalker-y.

Aside from that, no sorority members should be asking you questions like that - it's a rush infraction. If there's a group that persistently asks things like this, let your rush counselor know.

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Don't ever tell a sorority that they're your favorite on the first day or two. It will make you look creepy and stalker-y.

BUT if you feel really strongly about a house during round three or prefs, make sure you let them know how much you like them! Sometimes it can be hard to tell for sure where a house stands with a rushee and during prefs a simple "I'm so glad to be here" or "I really love it here at XYZ" can let the rusher know that they're a favorite of yours without giving off a stalker vibe.

[UGAalum94]

This may have been said before, and if so I apologize.

Some aspects of recruitment might seem weird. No social event or organizational interest meeting that I had gone to up until rush or have gone to since involved door stacking, singing, chants, clapping, yelling, etc, as prospective members came to show interest.

Don't be weirded out if that's not your thing. Try to enjoy it and share the enthusiasm of the girls rushing you, but know that it really has almost nothing to do with day to day life in any of the chapters.

This warning never would have occurred to me except that one of the girls I know who dropped out of recruitment last last mentioned it to me after she dropped out. She is the kind of girl who would have made a great member, but I think she thought that if this kind of zany activity was typical, it wasn't for her.

[GammaPhi88]

No, it was someone else. She ended up dropping after the second round. It was more the attitude than hair anyway

[ComradesTrue]

Bump for upcoming Recruitment Season.

I know that some of the original advice that Southern Theta gives is more specific to larger or Southern chapters, but as the thread progresses, the advice is universal.