Rare fraternity live recruitment - Page 2

FSUZeta · #1 01-25-2010, 08:22 PM

[QUOTE=greek22;1889049]So there's a little back story to my recruitment. I go to a sec school and personally I was not interested in greek life at the beginning of the semester. However my father is really big on it. President of alumni in the area, goes to events and retreats etc. Plus I'm from Jackson ms, so going greek is a must if you're from there. At the beginning of fall semester I pretty much already knew which fraternity i was going to be in. Talked to them all summer, went ot a couple of their parties they already felt like brothers before school started. So i go through recruitment, I go to this house exclusively, i also bring my best friend who wasn't big on greek life but came out anyway. So to make a long story short bid day came around. I of course recieve a bid but my best friend doesn't. Literally right before i sign my bid, i casusally ask them why my friend didnt recieve one. One of the guys simply told me because he's arab and some of the alumni wouldn't like it, but he was a pretty cool guy. I was beyond furious. I end up getting into a big arguement with some of the brothers for this blatent racism. I call my dad, he and some other inluential alumini come to the house to discuss the matters. After about an hour and a half of talking to me they still won't change their minds because "thats just how things are, around here". My own father agreed with them. So i didn't sign my bid and was simply disgusted by the thought of greek life.... But throughout the semester I was actively recruited by 3 to 4 fraternities who all seem pretty cool. So i decided to give it one more shot. Also my dad offered to buy me a new car, if i gave his another chance, so of course i can't pass that up.... Side note after reading stories on here in my opinion fraternity recruitment is harder because your arent shuffled around to every house, you actually have to go out of your way and meet the guys. Anyway wish me luck here are my top 5 so far without going through recruitment, maybe more will be adeded later we will see.

when you've visited 16 houses wearing 3 inch heels, then we'll see! good luck to you.

TSteven · #2 01-25-2010, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

when you've visited 16 houses wearing 3 inch heels, then we'll see! good luck to you.

Touché!

MysticCat · #3 01-25-2010, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by greek22

Sorry I don't mean to get offensive but please don't make comments about my father. He grew up in a different time and this is a "traditionally southern fraternity".

About the "traditional southern fraternity," once again, discretion is your friend.

And about growing up in a different time, since you're college-aged, I'm going to guess your father and I are the same generation (Baby Boomers, latter half of the Boom). That growing-up-in-a-different-time excuse is the one my parents (depression-era Southerners) used about their parents (the grandchildren of Confederate soldiers). Sorry, but it's a lame excuse to make for anyone who's not closing in on at least 70 now. That's not a comment about your father; it's a comment about what you've said about your father.

DrPhil · #4 01-28-2010, 07:35 PM

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About the "traditional southern fraternity," once again, discretion is your friend.

And about growing up in a different time, since you're college-aged, I'm going to guess your father and I are the same generation (Baby Boomers, latter half of the Boom). That growing-up-in-a-different-time excuse is the one my parents (depression-era Southerners) used about their parents (the grandchildren of Confederate soldiers). Sorry, but it's a lame excuse to make for anyone who's not closing in on at least 70 now. That's not a comment about your father; it's a comment about what you've said about your father.

My parents are 70 and it's a lame excuse even for their cohort.

They have seen and experienced a great deal in their lifetime and only socially and mentally isolated people (educated or not) would keep using "the old way" as an excuse for what I think the OP is alluding to.

annabella · #5 01-25-2010, 11:15 PM

If you hadn't mentioned your father in the first place, people would not have commented.

HINT.

You should not be posting with regards to rush. It's not hard to put puzzle pieces like this together. I'm almost calling troll at this point.

greek22 · #6 01-26-2010, 11:34 AM

I think I'll heed some advice on here and wait until after bid day to write about what happens. You're right I've divulged too much information

kchaptergphib · #7 01-28-2010, 02:26 AM

I'm glad you may share some of your story with us eventually. You're right, fraternity recruitment stories are rare.
I agree that it will likely be best to wait until pledgeship is over. Best of luck to you.

Ghostwriter · #8 01-28-2010, 04:14 PM

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I think I'll heed some advice on here and wait until after bid day to write about what happens. You're right I've divulged too much information

Damn! I was hoping for a trainwreck! Good luck!

mittens · #9 01-28-2010, 06:33 PM

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Damn! I was hoping for a trainwreck! Good luck!

LOL! I thought I saw a trainwreck coming too... oh well, I actually want to hear this story

greek22 · #10 01-31-2010, 01:07 PM

So the first day of recruitment was on Monday. You go to a meeting and then meet all the fraternities at once in a room. I was advised by numerous fraternities not to show up because it was kind of lame. I showed up anyway and introduced myself to all five fraternities i was interested in. I also met a really cool guy and he introduced me to a newer fraternity and all the guys there were pretty cool and chill too. So add pink to the list. So a small overview
Red (Dad's fraternity)
Blue (Uncles's fraternity)
Green
Orange (My favorite so far, actively recruited me)
Black
Pink

greek22 · #11 01-31-2010, 01:32 PM

Tuesday i set out trying to narrow it down to four fraternities. The one thing people advise you is to go out to alot of fraternities, but spend the most time with your favorites after a while.
Blue-First fraternity I went to because they were the closest. I had a good time here. But, I felt like they were trying to impress me by talking about their parties and crazy times they had. I wanted to hear about their brotherhood and philanthropy and i think they may of talked about those two things a total of ten seconds. I got invited to their party that night though.
Green- A solid fraternity from what I heard from some of my friends. I don't really know what happened. I kind of just walked in, then walked out without talking to anybody. They didnt look horrible or anything, I just felt i was missing something as I walked in. I dont know what, it just didnt feel right.
Black-I met some of the funniest guys in this one. They were all hilarious and I had a great time. The only thing was they seemed like they didn't have as many brothers around like the others did. I got invited to their party that night too.
Pink-The newest fraternity around but they all seemed really cool. They talked about brotherhood and intramurals, which I was very interested in. The only problem here was that they got no sorority to be with that night. I asked them about it and they said their social chair waited too long or something, but I kind of got a feeling they weren't that popular with sororities. No party that night.
Red-When I walked in I was a little bit scared it may be a little awkward. But, I had a good time, the guys were all cool. I also noticed they were very nice to the sorority girls the whole night, and i was impressed by that. I got invited to their party that night.
Orange-I was met down the street by a brother and was walked to the house. This was probably the only time the whole night I had a one on one time with a brother. Anyways after a five minute talk, by the time we got to the house the guy was on the verge of tears, expressing his love for his fraternity. I guess its just me but i personally loved this. I felt like it was something they were proud of. I got invited to their party that night too.

I went to Orange, Red and Blue's parties. Blue was definitely the best, but overall i had a great time at all of them. The next day i just decided to cut Green

Leslie Anne · #12 01-31-2010, 01:53 PM

Love hearing a fraternity rush story. What happened to Black though? You said they had a party too.

Can't wait to hear more!

greek22 · #13 01-31-2010, 02:06 PM

I couldn't go to all the parties and theirs was the farthest away

mittens · #14 01-31-2010, 02:54 PM

Lovin the story so far.

Woof · #15 02-01-2010, 12:32 AM

In my opinion as long as getting a car doesn't require him to join his dad's fraternity, and just means he has to give them a chance, he would be stupid not to.

Who knows maybe things will change (unlikely).
And his dad already knows how he feels about his fraternity.
I have a feeling your dad's gonna pull a fast one on you.
Hope not.