An Indiana University Rush Story 2008-09

[Hoosierxgirl]

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by tangelo212

Slight hijack... speaking of Fruit Loops, I am in a foreign country and their Fruit Loops are weird colors. Like not bright and fun colors at all... More like washed out/ugly pastel/mix all the paint colors together drab and faded. Like grayish purple, faded pea soup green, an ugly harvest gold yellow--they all look kinda grey?? Oh, and they also don't taste like Fruit Loops. They are like Corn Pops, as in "Gotta have my Pops..."

Anyway, sorry for the tangent, I am excited for you and I can't wait for the "official" story to start in December!

to answer the hijack- I think the difference is color is because some of the artificial colors that are allowed in food here in the US are banned in some European countries. So they have to use other food coloring- hence the washed out colors. I have not idea why they would taste different though!

Back on track- GOOD LUCK!

[mh*e]

Originally Posted by I<3Starbucks!

One of the first things she had us do was write down all the sterotypes that we had heard about the chapters and then she read them loud.

Read them out loud... really?

Just on a general basis, or... calling out specific houses?

[I<3Starbucks!]

Yeah, she read out them out loud. Some were general like, sorority girls are fake, slutty, like in legally blonde, etc. But then others were the sayings/ rhymes, like DZs are easy, etc, I don't really remember the others. It wasn't really that bad, it was almost cathartic, like getting rid of all the bad stereotypes before going into a rush experience. Some where so crazy, they were funny.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by Hoosierxgirl

Yeah I think I'm over-looking the December part of all this. lol The sad thing is, I dont have Uggs yet (christmas present)... But I'll find something! I didn't really know if they would be too casual. But I'm glad we have you since you have experience!! Thanks for the advice. Also about GPA, let's say you have a really high GPA. Is that a "stand-out" factor for the average person. So say someone has a 3.3 and someone else has a 3.7...will that at all help or is it just about making the cut-off?

Every chapter will have their own memership criteria and method of membership selection. Different chapters will have to cut different numbers of PNMs each round. These things will affect how much of a factor GPA plays.

What I can speculate, is that, across the board, a good GPA doesn't compensate for a bad personality/fit with the chapter. A good GPA can't hurt...but other things can. Some chapters might look at GPA as a threshold, considering PNMs equally based on other qualities after weeding out ones below a certain level. Others might consider higher better as one of many important factors when choosing members. It all depends.

[Hoosierxgirl]

Yeah. That's what I expected. I guess it's just an individual chapter basis but I wasn't sure how big a factor it was. Thanks for your response!

[Blue Skies]

Good luck, Hoosierxgirl, and you, too, I<3Starbucks! I can't even begin to imagine what it's like to rush on a nineteen chapter campus. The thought is both thrilling and (forgive me) appalling, LOL!

Here are two ideas for keeping feet warm: (Battery) heated socks or thermal sock liners. Both are used by skiiers and mountaineers. Neither are very pretty, so you would have to have shoes that cover your socks. They work like a charm, though. I used to ski just wearing ultra-thin thermal sock liners.

[Hoosierxgirl]

Well my lovelies...Today is the day...19 party! I just wanted to make a quick update. I'm so excited and nervous! To top it off, they say it might snow...Very Cold!!! I'll keep you updated! Good luck I<3Starbucks and Hoosiergirl89 and to everyone else! This will be so much fun!

[Cutie_Hootie]

Originally Posted by Hoosierxgirl

Well my lovelies...Today is the day...19 party! I just wanted to make a quick update. I'm so excited and nervous! To top it off, they say it might snow...Very Cold!!! I'll keep you updated! Good luck I<3Starbucks and Hoosiergirl89 and to everyone else! This will be so much fun!

Good luck ladies!! Enjoy a lovely 19 party in the snow!! It is snowing hard here (hour away), so I know Bloomington is getting it too--Brrrr!

[AZ-AlphaXi]

My mom lives about 45 minutes north of Bloomington and she said this morning that
it was snowing hard there (So. Indy) and that it was probably snowing in Bloomington as well.

Can't imagine standing around in the snow waiting to go into a house for a recruitment party..

keep warm and have fun!!

[I<3Starbucks!]

Hey Everyone!! So, I have updates coming, I crashed last night right when I got back. But just checked in to let everyone know that today before our first house, the wind chill is supposed to make it feel 7 degrees!!! That's right, we're in single digits!!! Ahh, I so do NOT want to go out in the cold, but can't wait for the parties to start today!

[FSUZeta]

well, bundle up and carry chapstick! good luck to you.

[SWTXBelle]

It's like rush meets "Survivor - Arctic"! Stay warm . . .good luck!

[Hoosierxgirl]

Hello again! Yes--it is severely cold but the good news--no snow today. At least the snow was gorgeous yesterday... perfect snow flakes! The only bad part of the day was waiting outside the houses for 15 minutes but other than that, I had a blast and met so many amazing women! Updates to come later tonight after our last 9 houses. Could be late tonight, however, because I've got one last report to write.
Thanks for all your support and I can't wait for the second day to begin!!!

[BetteDavisEyes]

Well, good luck and stay warm! Think warm thoughts.