UF Rush - Page 3

UFgatorgirl02 · #31 05-20-2002, 03:49 PM

Thanks for all the information UFKappa! It's nice to hear from someone that will be on the other side of recruitment.

kdonline · #32 05-20-2002, 10:01 PM

Correction to UFKappa's note - and I am speaking only for my sorority, Kappa Delta.

re: #2 on her list: PNM's cannot send an "official" rec for the sorority. Only initiated members of Kappa Delta can do this.

You can send a resume, but not a rec.

However, as UFKappa pointed out (and as we all have been saying before), you should contact your local Alumnae Panhellenic to write recommendations for you.

curlygirly · #33 07-30-2002, 08:03 PM

I just wanted to chime in and thank everyone for all this advice. I'm rushing as a sophomore at UF in a few weeks...and as the days get closer, I get more nervous. One part of me is really excited, but the other part of me is wondering if my expectations are too high.

I didn't rush my first semester at UF because I didn't really know what it was about. With so many things involved with the first year in college, I didn't want to bombard myself. I live in a dorm right next to sorority row, so all throughout rush week I would see the girls walking around in their groups...or I'd run into them in the elevator all dressed up! After meeting a few sorority girls, and hearing about sorority life firsthand (and not the MTV kind either!)...I'm getting curious!

With most of my friends, it's usually "ugh...sorority girls"

....so it's been interesting watching their reactions this summer as I tell them that I'm rushing!

I'm excited that this year, recruitment is the entire week before classes begin. That way I can go through the week with only one thing on my mind! Who knows....maybe in the end, I won't like greek life....but I just want to be able to make that decision for myself!

Now....I keep reading that rush at SEC schools is tough....

Any more "UF specific" advice??

Thanks!

curlygirly · #34 07-30-2002, 08:09 PM

Also....I heard that DZ is starting up at UF. How does that work? Do they have a house....who is going to rush the girls....

What is the role of a new chapter during recruitment? I just don't want to join a chapter that is just starting at my school....so what are they planning on doing in order to recruit girls if it's NEW?

I'm so confused...can someone explain?!

AGDthetaup · #35 07-30-2002, 08:14 PM

i've been hearing all this stuff about rush being so competitive in the south...in that case, i have a friend rushing at FSU this fall...anybody know if it's just as competitive there? and if so, should she have a rec?

ROWDYsister · #36 07-30-2002, 08:30 PM

Yeah DZ's starting up here at UF this year...they don't have a house yet but it's only a matter of time. You have to get through a lot of red tape to get a house. But it won't compromise their sisterhood, if that's a concern of yours Curlygirly. Ask anyone from an unhoused GLO here on GC and they'll probably say they wished they had a house but they're fine without one.

DZ isn't participating in formal rush the same way all the other sororities are...they're introducing themselves in the beginning and then sort of dropping out of sight til after recruitment is over. Then they'll have a bid process afterwards.

The thing about new chapters is that they are appealing to people who didn't click with the other chapters and hope to do great things with the clean slate. I mean, personally last year I didn't have the choice of going for an established chapter or a new one, but had they been there last year I probably would've been intrigued (but I loved Pi Phi and couldn't be happier, don't get me wrong.) Just imagine the chance to be a founding member and make the chapter what you want it to be, not something that simply IS because of past years. It's a great opportunity and I admire people who are strong enough to take on such a challenge.

And everyone has to start somewhere. The existing chapters didn't just come into being the way they are now.

Anyway, let's see...some UF recruitment advice...wear comfy shoes between the dressy rounds...bear in mind it's terribly hot in the Florida sunshine, even if you're under a white tent all day...don't buy in to whatever someone else thinks about a particular house...don't "tent talk," it'll hurt someone's feelings, either someone in your group or one of your Rho Chis...um, I'm sure there are more things I'm not thinking of but if I think of one I'll let you know ASAP.

Good luck Curlygirly! Only, what, less than 3 weeks left? So excited!

ps: I've heard recruitment at FSU is just as competitive. About recs, I really don't know.

curlygirly · #37 07-30-2002, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by ROWDYsister
Anyway, let's see...some UF recruitment advice...wear comfy shoes between the dressy rounds...bear in mind it's terribly hot in the Florida sunshine, even if you're under a white tent all day...don't buy in to whatever someone else thinks about a particular house...don't "tent talk," it'll hurt someone's feelings, either someone in your group or one of your Rho Chis...

What do you mean by "tent talking"?? (lack of greek vocab here!) Also.....isn't Pi Beta Phi's house NOT in sorority row? So we get to walk in the August heat all the way over there?! lol.....

PhiMuNursie · #38 07-30-2002, 09:13 PM

tent talk is saying ANYTHING about chapters "under the tent" or on the way to the tent, etc. The Rho Chi's try to get everyone to have as fair/clean of slate as possible and you won't click with every girl you meet, but the girl two seat down may have loved the girl and house youjust visited. So tent talking is just bad bad bad. Even if it's something positive, maybe someone didn't like the chapter and decide to further consider it simply because it's the "talk of the tent".

It's been so long since I Rushed that I don't know how much good advice I can give you but definitely keep a compact, lipstick, etc. in your purse for before the round. Sitting under the tent is almost as brutal as walking in the heat, so I found if I touched up my make up when the Rho Chi's announced 1 min. till the party starts, then it looks fresh even though you have been outside for HOURS!!! Other than that, get recs, pamper yourself before and during rush, it's a brutal week, and have as much fun as you can!!! Since fraternities are going to dry rush, from what I understood, there may not be AS

many parties to attend, but definitely go out. How many times are you in G'ville for an entire week with nothing to do for school, etc.? That was advice from one of my favorite Rho Chi's so I figured I'd pass that along too.

And, no, they bus you over to Pi Phi, they don't make ya'll walk!

Best of Luck,
Tara
I have a Phi Mu castle..

curlygirly · #39 07-30-2002, 09:16 PM

Thanks Tara!

On a side note...I've talked to some people that ended up dropping rush, and they said that they're still friends with some of the people that were in their rush group.

ROWDYsister · #40 07-30-2002, 09:34 PM

Yeah I'm friends with one of the girls from my group. I LOVE seeing this girl around town. She kept me sane last year and I'll never forget her for it. And one of my best friends and sisters was in my group but we didn't meet til we got bids for Pi Phi.

Oh, lord, if Pi Phi made you walk all the way over there we would have NO sisters. lol. I hated just walking from one part of sorority row to the other part...you know, the circular part and the straighter part. Making you walk from sorority row to frat row would be cruel.

Dyan

kdonline · #41 07-30-2002, 10:57 PM

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Originally posted by PhiMuNursie
Other than that, get recs, pamper yourself before and during rush, it's a brutal week, and have as much fun as you can!!! Since fraternities are going to dry rush, from what I understood, there may not be AS many parties to attend, but definitely go out. How many times are you in G'ville for an entire week with nothing to do for school, etc.?

I don't think I ever went to fraternity rush parties, in my 4 years @ UF. I felt that those guys had a JOB to do - why bother going? There was ALWAYS gonna be a party!

During rush week, I SLEPT

, bought stuff to decorate my room, and met my new neighbors! (I lived in Broward Hall for my first 2 years.)

Why risk a late night out when you're already stressed about rush?

CarolinaDG · #42 07-30-2002, 11:54 PM

The whole tent-talk thing is a good point. As a sophomore you're bound to know more about reputations... and girls will ask you! Please don't tell them. I made the mistake of telling the girls some reputations, but it's not good for the whole rush process. Just go where your heart leads you, as cheesy as it sounds!

JMUduke · #43 07-31-2002, 01:05 PM

hey girls, I am so excited to hear about your rush stories to come!! I was just wondering, how does rush at UF work? You said you are there a week early, do you move into your dorms early or live in a rush dorm or what? And do you then move into the houses or?? I am so jealous, I was looking at some of the web-sites down there and the houses are huge and beautiful!! Anyway, keep us updated!! We are all as eager as you are.

curlygirly · #44 07-31-2002, 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by JMUduke
I was just wondering, how does rush at UF work? You said you are there a week early, do you move into your dorms early or live in a rush dorm or what? And do you then move into the houses or??

Well JMUduke, since this is my first time going through rush at UF...i don't know much but....

Dorms open Sunday the 18th....and at 4pm is the mandatory orientation session. Then bid day is the following Sunday, the 25th, and classes start Monday the 26th. So I'm excited that classes start after the whole rush week, because last year they started like mid-way through...and I remember hearing some of the people in my dorm complaining.

I'm looking forward to keeping everyone updated....and also bombarding them with questions!!!

curlygirly · #45 08-03-2002, 09:28 PM

Also.....for UF, the schedule says for Sat.Aug.25--9:20pm, Ranking Session. Can someone explain what that is? Is that done in front of all the girls??

Last year I remember seeing sorority girls going to my dorm hanging up signs with their letters on the doors of girls who had rushed. What exactly was that? (i'm sorry if it sounds vague)

Thanks