I'm new and rushing soon!! - Page 15

SmartBlondeGPhB · #1 09-22-2003, 11:46 PM

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Originally posted by AllisonDG
I was wondering how this works. Did you have a dorm assignment before rush? What happens if a girl does not recieve a bid? I personally think that is awesome that you get to live in the house during pledging!

Housing is VERY tight at the UW so they have to move in right away (and I believe they live in all 4 years) because the dorms fill up fast. I'm not sure what happens with the girls who don't get bids.

The Gamma Phi house has an "annex" (house behind the main house connected by a skybridge) where the seniors live.

SmartBlondeGPhB · #2 09-22-2003, 11:48 PM

Kara,

You already know how excited I am for you and how glad I am that you got your first choice but I'll say it again!

YEAH!!!!!

ACW got a wonderful young woman!

FuzzieAlum · #3 09-22-2003, 11:54 PM

I know the AXD house has an annex that's primarily upperclassmen, too.

Staying in the halls during rush is totally different than staying in during the rest of the year. You have to pay $330 to live McMahon Hall that week (of course a lot of local women just stay with their parents), which is not necessarily where you'd be living if you don't join anywhere.

I'll just quote from their Panhel page:

"If you have signed up to live in a residence hall for the 2002-2003 academic year or are planning to do so, you should consider the following information.

It is up to you if you would like to sign up for residence hall housing for the 2003-04 school year. You will, however, have to pay the applicable cancellation fee if you decide to join a sorority. If you do not want to sign up for University housing at this time, you have the option of waiting until after recruitment week to do so. It is possible and likely that there will be a waiting list at this time.

Regular cancellation fees will be assessed upon receipt of written notice of cancellation and/or failure to move into assigned space, if no notification is received for students who have signed up for University housing."

So basically, you probably want to sign up for the halls, or be willing to look for an apartment fast! Since housing is tight, if you're not from the Seattle area and don't join, you'll be on the waiting list (that is, homeless) for too long to justify waiting for a room.

Dancingrl14 · #4 09-23-2003, 12:11 AM

Yeah the girls from out of state or far away stayed in the dorms for rush. A lot of people still signed up for a dorm for the school year just incase they did not get a bid, but if they did get one and cancel their bid they only got like $25 of their $300 deposit. I didn't sign up for one because they kinda made it sound like it was pretty easy to get into a house and I knew that I could always live at home and make the hour commute every day if worse came to worse.

polarpi · #5 09-23-2003, 12:23 AM

Kara,

Again, congratulations on your new membership in Alpha Chi Omega. We are all so excited for you and proud of how well you did throughout this week of recruitment. Welcome to the Panhellenic world!

In Greek Spirit,
Jennie

SparkliiQTMTSU · #6 09-23-2003, 09:20 PM

YAAAAAAYYYYY Congrats to you and your new ALPHA CHI OMEGA home!!! Im so happy for you! Im sure youre having an awesome time!

Nichole

Dancingrl14 · #7 09-24-2003, 06:10 PM

Here is a link to the pictures that were taken on bid day at A Chi O! The best one of me is Roll1 frame 136. I am the one with the black shirt on. If you look at the pictures on the earlier pages you can see the limos that took us back to our house. lots of fun!!

http://www.partypics.com/wc.dll?part...der~10048676~7

-Kara

Jill1228 · #8 09-24-2003, 06:16 PM

Ya look so happy!

I would love to see the other UW bid day photos

Dancingrl14 · #9 09-24-2003, 06:32 PM

you can see all the pictures if you go to gradphoto.com and then enter the password acouw, then it will give you a list of a few of the sororities that used this picture service and their password would just be their initials and the uw after. So for delta delta delta the password would be ddduw. I did this and could see all of them!

Jill1228 · #10 09-24-2003, 06:40 PM

Thanks darlin! You are da bomb

LeslieAGD · #11 09-24-2003, 07:08 PM

Aww, you look so cute!

4RunnerStar · #12 09-24-2003, 07:29 PM

yeah yall all look so happy and cute im so happy for you

SmartBlondeGPhB · #13 09-24-2003, 09:34 PM

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Originally posted by Dancingrl14
you can see all the pictures if you go to gradphoto.com and then enter the password acouw, then it will give you a list of a few of the sororities that used this picture service and their password would just be their initials and the uw after. So for delta delta delta the password would be ddduw. I did this and could see all of them!

The Alpha Phi's had a FIRE TRUCK.............

An old time one was used to pick the new members up and they have pictures of them on a real truck (with the firemen too)......

password's apuw

GeekyPenguin · #14 09-25-2003, 12:07 AM

Cute pics, Kara!

honeychile · #15 09-25-2003, 12:31 AM

Great photo, Kara - you look SO happy!!!