A junior transfer recruitment story!!! - Page 3

#1 01-22-2008, 11:48 PM

^^^

Congratulations to you and DELTA DELTA DELTA!

Ya'll look so cute in your Bid Day Photo!

When BuckeyeTriDelta sees this, she'll be doing cartwheels, I'm sure.

richi · #2 01-22-2008, 11:58 PM

aww thanks to everyone for all of your kind words I truly found my home in Tri Delta and Ive never been happier!!! Everything IS better in 3D

Delta Love!!!

GeekyPenguin · #3 01-23-2008, 12:10 AM

Congratulations! Those bid day shirts are adorable!

violetpretty · #4 01-23-2008, 12:18 AM

Paging BuckeyeTriDelta!!!!!!!

Congratulations to you and Delta Delta Delta! Your new member class looks wonderful! Enjoy your new member period!

richi · #5 01-23-2008, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by violetpretty

Paging BuckeyeTriDelta!!!!!!!

Congratulations to you and Delta Delta Delta! Your new member class looks wonderful! Enjoy your new member period!

aww thank you so much

violetpretty · #6 01-23-2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by lindz0722

I'm cheering for Ralph Lauren (and of course DG!)

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Originally Posted by richi

Code name Reveal

Ralph Lauren- Delta Gamma

Did you do that just for lindz or was it a pure coincidence?

And I am psyched that you picked Anna Sui.

richi · #7 01-23-2008, 12:26 AM

Rho Gamma and Code name Reveal

I had three Rho Gams I gained one as a sister in Tri Delta, one was an Alpha Phi and the other Alpha Omicron Pi

Code Names

KKG-Kate Spade

KAT-Betsey Johnson

Pi Beta Phi-Gucci

Kappa Delta-Prada

Alpha Phi- FCUK

Delta Delta Delta-Anna Sui

Alpha Chi Omega-Charlotte Russe

House of Dereon-Delta Zeta (The two girls I was late to Bid Day with are NMs of DZ)

Ralph Lauren- Delta Gamma

Juicy- Alpha Xi Delta

Coach- Alpha Epsilon Phi

Vera Wang- Alpha Omicron Pi

Marc Jacobs- Chi Omega

Fendi- Alpha Gamma Delta

Benzgirl · #8 01-23-2008, 01:17 PM

BuckeyeTri Delta and I were trying not to say it, but once we read, "the best school in the Midwest" we knew it was our alma mater.

Richi, not only congrats to you and Tri-Delta, but for going through recruitment as a Junior. I did the same 25 years ago (was not a transfer student, but went to a regional campus), and I had a full schedule, as well. At the time there were 18 houses and a campus total of 105. I am extremely happy for you.

Do you have the results of all of the houses and do you know what quota was?

richi · #9 01-23-2008, 04:57 PM

honestly the code names were random I guess you guys are just too good at this stuff!!! thanks for all the GC love

IlliniMeg · #10 01-25-2008, 12:17 AM

I'm so happy to see AOII in your final three!!

Thank you for your story, and you are right it's important for people to read it. I think your attitude of not just finding a sorority to be in a sorority but to find a place you belong is fantastic!

The women of Tri Delta will always have a special place in my heart because when I was a senior in high school I went to with a friend to visit her sister in college. She is a Tri Delt and we stayed in their chapter house, and these women made me realize that loyalty and friendship is central to being a part of a sorority - they talked to me about going through recruitment and even though I didn't become a Tri Delt or go to that school, I never forgot their hospitality or their genuine character.

Congratulations to you and DELTA DELTA DELTA

nittanyalum · #11 01-25-2008, 12:19 AM

^^^So wait, someone might have listed 2 or 3 chapters and got their second or third choice in initial matching. But after all that is said and done, anyone who didn't match automatically gets their FIRST choice??? How do the chapters (and other rushees who get their 2nd or 3rd choice) not raise holy hell about that? What keeps everyone from just suiciding the "best" house?

ETA: This is for the post 2 above!

IlliniMeg · #12 01-25-2008, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

^^^So wait, someone might have listed 2 or 3 chapters and got their second or third choice in initial matching. But after all that is said and done, anyone who didn't match automatically gets their FIRST choice??? How do the chapters (and other rushees who get their 2nd or 3rd choice) not raise holy hell about that? What keeps everyone from just suiciding the "best" house?

ETA: This is for the post 2 above!

I'm not going to totally bash it all in public, but let's just say they have since actually hired a staff member to oversee Greek Life, whereas there wasn't someone then. And I was not matching a lot of women that night so you could imagine my frustration (in hindsight it was probably the best since you wouldn't want a ton of disgruntled women showing up (or not showing up) on bid day and then depledging later). But it was widely known how to play the game.

The theory was 'the less the parents called the better' so that was the way it worked. Now that they have someone who is working with Greek Life directly, the policies may have changed a little.

Feel free to PM me.

nittanyalum · #13 01-25-2008, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by IlliniMeg

I'm not going to totally bash it all in public, but let's just say they have since actually hired a staff member to oversee Greek Life, whereas there wasn't someone then. And I was not matching a lot of women that night so you could imagine my frustration (in hindsight it was probably the best since you wouldn't want a ton of disgruntled women showing up (or not showing up) on bid day and then depledging later). But it was widely known how to play the game.

The theory was 'the less the parents called the better' so that was the way it worked. Now that they have someone who is working with Greek Life directly, the policies may have changed a little.

Feel free to PM me.

Oh, I don't want to put you in a bad position and I really didn't mean to hijack the thread with this, I was just so taken aback when I read your post. I've never, ever heard of something like that. I would criticize "the system" for bowing to "the parents", but I assume that those in the greek system must somehow be at least a little complicit in the situation otherwise they'd take a stand against their parents (instead of soliciting them to fight on their behalf). I don't understand how real sisterhood can flourish under those conditions, though...

SthrnZeta · #14 01-25-2008, 12:50 AM

If everyone is guaranteed a bid, there doesn't seem to be much of a point to have mutual selection... it's not really mutual at all

lauralaylin · #15 01-25-2008, 03:41 PM

IlliniMeg, I'm thinking that you were involved with Tufts before I was. It's now done by a computer program (can't remember which one). If there are any issues about PNMs not matching up, it is figured out before those at bid matching see anything. Also, I don't recall anything about parents being involved at all. If there were calls or anything, it didn't make it back to us. I'd like to agree that things get screwy without a GA. They didn't replace the one that left in time for last year, and things were a HUGE mess. I was appalled. I am no longer up there, but I am in close contact with advisers from my chapter, and I haven't heard any horror stories from this year's recruitment. Hopefully they've fixed those problems.

To the OP, sorry to hijack!