MaggieXi's Retro Elon Recruitment Story - Page 2

ISUKappa · #16 06-01-2007, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bluefish81

I'm so glad to have all these retro threads to feed my recruitment stories addiction. Makes me wish I still had my notes from rush.

I have my book somewhere, with the big crayons on it!

I don't think I took very good notes, though...

What's even better is I found my sister's from when she went through rush in 1993!

FSUZeta · #17 06-02-2007, 08:49 AM

well feed the need isukappa. how about one from you and one from your sisters recruitment???

maggie, can't wait to get started reading yours!

ISUKappa · #18 06-02-2007, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

well feed the need isukappa. how about one from you and one from your sisters recruitment???

maggie, can't wait to get started reading yours!

Um, that's a negatory ghost rider. The books are packed away somewhere at our parents'. I didn't have the greatest rush, anyway, so mine wouldn't be a fun story.

bluefish81 · #19 06-02-2007, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ISUKappa

I have my book somewhere, with the big crayons on it!

I don't think I took very good notes, though...

What's even better is I found my sister's from when she went through rush in 1993!

Wasn't the Formal Rush theme something like Capture your True Colors?

MaggieXi · #20 06-02-2007, 01:10 PM

So I call and tell my boyfriend Jon, who goes to another school in Indiana without greek life that I am going to go through sorority recruitment. He tells me that he really doesn't want me to and doesn't think that I would be happy in a sorority because I am not a sorority girl. So I tell him that just 'cuz I am going to go through recruitment, it doesn't mean I will end up being in a sorority. That its just a way to meet more people on my campus.

Sarah, Courtney's roomate, has already droppedout of recruitment because her boyfriend told her not to do it. He goes to a community college in Virginia. I can't believe she listened to him! Courtney yelled at her for it and told her that she wouldn't have any friends next year because everyone would be in a sorority and they would be too busy to hang out with her. Sarah got really upset and now they aren't speaking to each other. I tried to talk to Sarah about signing back up, because her Rho Chi said if she changed her mind she had until Monday. Sarah said she didn't know and she was really confused and ended up going home for the weekend.

On Saturday night, Karen -- a girl on my hall that I am sort of friends with invited a bunch of us to go to her (biological) sister's apartment. Her sister Katrina is a Om. So a bunch of went to her place in Oak Hill. Courtney said I wasn't dressed right even though I thought I looked cute. I was wearing my green j-crew v-neck sweater and jeans with my simple clogs. Courtney wore black pants and a button down -- I thought she was way too dressed up. Traci, in her usual fashion, wore too much make-up.

Anyway, we get to Katrina's and a bunch of Oms were there. We ended up going out to dinner and I sat with Traci and two Oms. I don't really remember their names. They kind of just kept talking to themselves. The one girl asked me a couple of questions like where I was from and if I was involved in anything on campus. I told her that I had tried out for 2 plays and was considering getting involved in that and that I had joined habitat. She and the other girl just kind of looked at each other. They asked Traci the same questions and Traci started acting weird and really kissing the girls butts. I don't know if the Oms knew she wasn't being herself, but they seemed to enjoy Traci's "act".

Later Traci told me that that was how recruitment was going to be and I was going to have to learn how to "fake it to make it" if I wanted to be in a sorority.

Yea, I'm not so sure about this now....

MaggieXi · #21 06-02-2007, 01:32 PM

Just to let you know how recruitment was set up at Elon then. It has changed considerably by the time I had graduated and probably since then as well!

Recruitment began on the First Monday of Second Semester, after classes (around 5ish) which for us was in February since Elon is on a 4-1-4 semester system. Classes officially started on the Wednesday before recruitment began.

First Round
Monday - 3 parties
Tuesday - 3 parties

Wends. off

Second Round
Thursday - 4 parties

Pref
Friday - 2 parties

Saturday
Bid Day @ noon

PinkRose1098 · #22 06-02-2007, 02:46 PM

It's so much fun reading this! I almost want to pull out my journal from when I went through rush - I was in the last group of girls to do this at Auburn.

FSUZeta · #23 06-02-2007, 05:57 PM

please do pinkrose. we love retro rush threads!!

maggie, was there no silence rules in effect at elon? it sounds like this "hanging out" at your dormmate's sisters apartment was designed specifically to check out the pnms. and it is definately a no-no on most campuses.

ps: you outfit sounded cute to me!!

violetpretty · #24 06-02-2007, 06:11 PM

I find it odd that the first round was 3 and 3. Seeing 6 in one day is nothing

SoCalGirl · #25 06-02-2007, 06:44 PM

I never understood the 4-1-4 system. Can you briefly explain that? Thanks!

MaggieXi · #26 06-02-2007, 07:21 PM

Basically the 4-1-4 as I understand it is that first and second semester are 4 months. January -- the "1" month at Elon was called Winter Term and you would take a concentrated class, study abroad or do an internship for 3 weeks or so. Every Winter Term that I had was a blast! I took some really interesting classes and did volunteer work my senior year.

As for the silence thing, back then (and I KNOW its changed since then) you could "hang out" with sorority women up until the Monday morning that recruitment began. It was a very gray area at the time! Once Sigma Kappa colonized the following year, the whole process changed. By the time my senior year came around we had a new Greek Advisor and she was very very good and changed our whole recruitment!

BTW, because someone asked me, the sororites on Elon's campus at this time were:

Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Xi Delta
Phi Mu
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Zeta Tau Alpha

MaggieXi · #27 06-02-2007, 07:57 PM

So Sunday night I go and meet Heather my Rho Chi and meet with another group. Torey from my dormand from a bunch of my classes is in the other group and I am really happy that I know someone to go through first round with.

Our Rho Chis checked our name tags to make sure that they were ok looking. I think mine turned out really cute! It's kind of like a necklace and it has Maggie from the Simpsons on it since I am from Springfield too. Heather actually used mine as an example to the group because it was "memorable". We also got our schedules for Monday and Tuesday. I will be seeing: Down Dog, Shanti and Warrior on Monday and Tuesday I will be seeing: Om, Half Moon and Lotus.

When I got back to my room Traci was re-doing her name tag because she said that her Rho Chi told her it didn't say anything about her or make her stand out. Just to drive her nuts, I told her that my Rho Chi used mine as the example as what to do. She got a little mad at me, but maybe I know more about this rush stuff then she does! Elon was really big on name tags being about the PNM. Generally, it wasn't a good idea to make a nametag that was just your name.

Sarah came back tonight and she has definetly decided not to rush but she said that she would help me get ready and do my hair and stuff. Oh, and she is still not speaking to Courtney! But Courtney is really getting on my nerves too she keeps going to different girls rooms and telling them what she thinks about all the different sororities. This is what she says:

Om & Down Dog are the sororites to be in. They are for the really pretty and classy girls. Most of the girls in these sororites have lots of money too. So you have to be able to "aford" to be in their sororities. She is of course wants to be an Om or Down Dog.

Half Moon is third on her list already. They have a really good southern reputation and its generally they take only girls from the south so anyone from the north doesn't really have a chance with them. But generally, its more for the "regular" southern girls.

Lotus generally is full of party girls. The drink beer out of cans and through really good mixers with the fraternities, which, according to Courtney isn't a bad thing because that means frat guys want to hang out with the Lotus'. They also have a lot of girls who play sports.

Shanti is for really smart girls. They have the highest GPA and win everything. However, a lot of fraternity guys don't like to hang out with them because they are "know it alls" and "goody two shoes".

Warrior is absolutely the worst house to be in. Courtney said if you get a bid from them, you are better off declining it and re-rushing next spring.

It's amazing now to look back and see all the garbage girls like Courtney spout. They really make the whole process worse by putting all these thoughts in girls heads and make them doubt themselves!

I ran into Colleen from down the hall. She is a sophmore who didn't rush last year. She told me not to listen to Courtney's stereo-types and that she knows girls in each house and they aren't all like how Courtney has described them. Colleen is rushing this year and she told me that there are two sororities she would like to be in but won't tell me which ones because she said she doesn't want to jinx herself or listen to anything that other people have to say about it. I was so happy she told me that! Even though I wish she told me the two she likes the most!

I can't wait for tomorrow! Too bad I have to sit through classes all day first!

violetpretty · #28 06-02-2007, 08:54 PM

When I went through recruitment, my boyfriend was not thrilled about the idea, but he wasn't totally against it. He was younger than me, so therefore, still in high school, and he thought that I wouldn't have time to come home and be with him if I joined a sorority. He realized that denying me of a good time at college would just be selfish and he was ultimately supportive.

PinkRose1098 · #29 06-02-2007, 09:53 PM

It is so funny to me when I hear other people say that a boyfriend didn't want them to join a sorority. My boyfriend was much more supportive of my decision to go through rush and kept encouraging me when I had bad days during rush. Come to think of it, he was more supportive than my family ever was during that time.

trojangal · #30 06-02-2007, 11:55 PM

It definitely helps. While I was in college, the bf, who had a huge family of Greeks, actually offered to pay for my rush fees if I decided to do it at a later time. My parents never had a clue about Greek life on campus.

Hooray for the young woman who encouraged having an open mind and not to listen to the naysayers!