Urban Legends About Recruitment

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

That's just middle tier. The top tier can tell just by looking if you're wearing designer shoes! LOL

snap!

[HannahXO]

If your major is anything other than X, Y, or Z, you will never be an ABC.

At schools with deferred recruitment, if you were seen out at fraternities AAA, BBB, or CCC, you will be cut. Also, if you hooked up with a certain guy or guy in a certain fraternity, you will be cut.

[ellebud]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

That's just middle tier. The top tier can tell just by looking if you're wearing designer shoes! LOL

.......unless of course the pnm BORROWED the shoes from someone. Which is (fake sotto voice) of course disgusting on so many levels.



.............oh wait, my girls share their shoes all the time.

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

At one school (NOT an AZ school) "if your father doesn't make $$$/your family doesn't own a private island" etc. (indicating massive wealth), you'll get dropped from EEE/RRR/ whatever".

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

One of my chapter sisters drove a very nice red sports car. One of the other chapters asked her about it at rush. It pissed her off so she cut them the next day (back when you could cut chapters.) Her parents were pharmacists and she was an only child who got everything she wanted...and what she wanted was to be wanted for her and not her car! LOL

[Leslie Anne]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

You have to wear very expensive designer clothes and shoes if you want to be invited back to a certain house. Part of the criteria for their membership selection is ranking your outfit and how expensive it is.

Yes, I remember this one.


A few years ago a PNM here on GC contacted me and asked if it was true that Maryland KDs cut you if you're not Irish. Is it the shamrocks?

[Lady Pi]

I think it's the shamrocks and the green and white! I have heard this before, actually from my mother who was telling me how much she liked KD during Rush because they were the "Irish girls, just like me!", haha!

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

A family friend told me that a chapter asked her what he dad did when she tried rushing. She was extremely turned off by it and said it was a reason that she dropped out.

Obviously I wasn't there so who knows for sure, but I don't think she would make it up, lol

[KD4Me]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

That's just middle tier. The top tier can tell just by looking if you're wearing designer shoes! LOL

Ha! That's awesome.

[DaffyKD]

Obviously, La Canada Flintridge has not changed at all in the 25 years since I lived in the area.

DaffyKD

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

They didn't happen to make that comment and name drop La Canada Flintridge did they? If you don't know what I am talking about, I am sure you daughter would.

Those rumors always crack me up. And those same rumors go for some fraternity chapters at SC too!

Granted some chapters may have a trend of girls from certain cities/schools in the SoCal area, but that can be expected with older siblings/parent legacies. But the pledge classes at SC in recent years have been much more diverse than ever before. As I am sure you know, from your own personal experience.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Fussing? Seriously?

Let's be honest, there are things that sorority alums and members can say that if rushees say, they come off sounding like a bitch. She's stated where she's rushing and once you do that, you should probably watch what you say on here, if not everywhere.

But then again, you are right and everyone else is wrong or prejudiced or Southern or a puppet of the patriarchy, so I guess we should all just shut the fuck up.

LOL, she said nothing wrong in this thread. But oh dear, how terrible of me to express that! Had she named names or something I'd have a different view.

Oh and how very black you are too, kettle.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I don't think this is necessarily an urban legend in every case.

I'm well aware of one chapter where the father's occupation, the car the rushee drove, and the high school attended were deciding factors. The chapter had no qualms about asking this directly during parties which shocked more than a few rushees.

Originally Posted by lovespink88

A family friend told me that a chapter asked her what he dad did when she tried rushing. She was extremely turned off by it and said it was a reason that she dropped out.

Obviously I wasn't there so who knows for sure, but I don't think she would make it up, lol

I was asked this.

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by 33girl

But then again, you are right and everyone else is wrong or prejudiced or Southern or a puppet of the patriarchy, so I guess we should all just shut the fuck up.

hahahahhaa

[GammaPhi88]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

if you don't do a good job on your philanthropy craft, you will be dropped.

This one was rampant on our campus! I had a girl start her craft and look at me with a miserable look on her face and go "Im not good at art. I'm so sorry and I really like this house!" It took all my strength to not burst out laughing since she seemed so pitiful over it, and set her straight. That one's not true! I don't want to think about what our Greek system would look like if we chose based on who made the best dreamcatcher or picture frame!

We did have some girl who put all her stickers on her frame where the picture would go...after her rusher told her twice that these are picture frames and the center cutout was where the photo went. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. There's people who lack art/decorating skills, and then there's some real nimrods. Honestly, we're not going to judge you because your styrofoam picture frame sucks, but we do weed out the really dumb ones.

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

I was asked this.

I got asked this as well, only once though so it might just be the one girl who deemed it important or a good topic for conversation.


A chapter (of another group) at another university took it way too far though. A friend of mine has a very distinguished (double) last name that suggests wealth. Every summer while in college, she would be contacted by said chapter and asked if she was rushing because she "seemed like sorority material" (she never rushed, Greek life wasn't for her). She was also contacted whenever the chapter did COB.

She got so sick of being invited just because of her name, come spring junior year, when they called she told them she wanted to go to an event, but coundn't attend since she had to work, as her parents couldn't afford to pay for school (wasn't true, her family is actually quite affluent but as she didn't like to show her wealth nobody really knew). They never called her back.

Obviously this case is very extreme. So I do get where the "you must be very affluent to join XYZ" comes from, but in 99,9 % of times, it's nowhere near the truth.