A Complete Rush Guide--A MUST READ!

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by FSUZeta
#2-as for the getting in shape a bit, i think that it is good advice.many campuses are large and spread out. the campus of florida state is very hilly (for florida!)and pnm's walk a good distance to get from one sorority house to the other. the scheduling of your parties often has you racing from one end of campus to the opposite end and back again.if you are a couch potato and not used to so much walking, especially in the bright florida sunshine, you will arrive wilted-sore feet, flushed face, and "glowing"(gentlemen perspire, horses sweat and ladies "glow"). not putting your best foot forward.

I agree, but in my own opinion, it seems like the author of the website made more of an emphasis on losing weight rather than getting in shape.

A skinnier person might be cute and skinny b/c her metabolism is awesome, but if she's not used to moving around (e.g. walking up hills) she will be just as tired as anyone else who is not used to that activity whatever their size is.

[Rollergirl2001]

I have to disagree with some of the things. First, the spagetti straps rule in the South. There are a lot of nice spagetti dresses that the girls model in my schools rush brochure. Next, about the cell phone, DO take your cell phone with you in case of emergencies, however, leave it on silent or quiet. However, I agree about the emergency kit.

[PM_Mama00]

I just want to say that if anyone from University of Michigan-Dearborn is looking at this, PLEASE do not go by these standards!!!!!

If you have any questions, please email our panhellenic president or recruitment director. Also ask questions to the recruitment counselors.

Believe it or not, we don't care if your eyebrows are waxed! Or if you're not wearing designer clothing! Or if you skinny, chubby, overweight, whatever!

[smiley21]

i know at UF, tasteful strapless dress are acceptable

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by FSUZeta

#1-pnm's....do not talk about your boyfriend. i have heard horror stories where a pnm was chatting away with ther sorority hostess about their boyfriends, only to find out they were talking about the SAME guy!!!! seems patty pnm's boyfriend graduated a year before her, and after pledging his undying love for her ,headed off to state u., he joined the fraternity scene and meet susie sorority whom he promptly pledged his undying love to(except when he went home to visit his parents and patty pnm), keeping both girls in the dark, until they met during recruitment. as you can imagine, both girls were devasted when they figured out what a heel they had for a boyfriend, and that party was a disaster from that moment on. patty pnm was promptly not invited back to susie's sorority, which had been her favorite. better to find this out After recruitment, when the two girls are bound in sisterhood and can both get even with the cad!!

Plus, it just sounds STUPID. The boyfriend has nothing to do with the sorority.

[StumpsGirl]

My favorite part is the mentioning of no white shoes after Labor Day...I know my grandmother worries about this but I didn't know it really mattered!!!!!!! What decade is she in??

[GammaPhiBabe]

I know my grandmother worries about this but I didn't know it really mattered!!!!!!!

If you're rushing in the south, it matters. "No white shoes after Labor Day" is still in our chapter rules. I guess it is considered a standards infraction.

[33girl]

The part about thongs was foul as was the emphasis on getting a tan.

[GammaPhiBabe]

What I didn't understand was the part about no hoop earrings. Do hoop earrings = trashy? I guess I am thinking of small silver or gold hoops.

[OtterXO]

Haha, Gammaphibabe, I think that she may have meant those gigantic hoop earrings that people wear. I agree that it is better to go for the less is more on the jewelry and makeup....although I think that people should apply that to every day life, not just rush!
As for the workout/tanning/clothing comments, I really think she was just being honest and conveying her experience at a competitive school. I don't want anyone to get upset at me for saying this, but as we all know...rush is a very superficial process-particularly at a competitive school. Just like a job interview or first date, first impressions are very important during rush. If you feel like you look your best, you are most likely to convey confidence to people...which is an attractive quality. A pnm should try to make a good first impression just as the chapters are trying to do the same thing. (We always had our rush outifts months before, had to go through dress check, etc.) So whatever it takes for you to feel like you look good, whether that is working out during the summer, wearing your nicest dress, mystic tanning (which is great by the way!), wearing your favorite necklace, whatever...do it and you will feel your best during rush!

[valkyrie]

LOL, I expected the site to piss me off after reading the comments here, but really it didn't. I don't think it's a bad thing, for example, to tell PNMs not to wear fake designer things. As a handbag freak myself, I can generally tell a fake in seconds, and I wouldn't think less of someone for carrying a fake, but I'd wonder whether she is so insecure that she feels she needs a Louis Vuitton when she can't afford one. She doesn't say that designer clothes or accessories are necessary, but I think her point to either wear designer or something cute and inexpensive but not fake is a good one.

I don't understand the tanning thing, though. I didn't even know people still tanned.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by valkyrie

I don't understand the tanning thing, though. I didn't even know people still tanned.

Your age is showing.

Tanning has surged in popularity in the last five-ish years . . . I remember looking through sorority formal pictures online and seeing maybe one girl in every house that wasn't fake-baked. It's ridiculous.

[CarolinaCutie]

Tracy, I am so glad that PNMs are not allowed to bring their handbags into the room with them during Recruitment. I just can't deal with the fake Vuittons.

[33girl]

The most disgusting thing about the tanning was her seeming to say "if you're too much of a wuss to tan the REAL way, you can fake-n-bake." I don't know, I may be wrong but that's how I took it. Although beds can cause damage same as the sun...I don't use self tanner because we need to stamp out the whole idea that a tan is desirable, period. If that's your normal skin color fine, but for most people it's not.

[blueGBI]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
Tracy, I am so glad that PNMs are not allowed to bring their handbags into the room with them during Recruitment. I just can't deal with the fake Vuittons.

hahaha!! i love that quote. seriously, 99% of the LV-patterns around are really Bouis Bouttons.

Seriously, some of the points in this would work at PSU which isn't as competitive as Indiana, Purdue, Illinois (PSU is a smaller rush than the other Big 10 schools with the exception of Minnesota) but if someone wants to get into the Big 12 sororities, they better be prepared to be as trendy as possible. However, the white after Labor Day rule doesn't count as much up north.