KitKat's Fall Recruitment story - Page 5

violetpretty · #61 09-19-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ecupidelta

Me too!!! I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

I had the dance scene from The 40 Year-Old Virgin in my head when they sing it at the end.

Good luck KitKat! How many chapters can you visit tonight?

KitKatMac · #62 09-19-2006, 04:24 PM

Ok so I went and picked up my invites today. We are allowed to go to up to 3 houses. I was invited back to Aquarius, Libra and Pisces. I was cut from Gemini. I was suprised they cut me and almost dissapointed because so far they were my second choice. I am getting ready to go to prefs right now. I am going to ask my recruitment conselour is I can only put 2 houses on my preference card after tonight because I've wanted to cut Pisces throughout the whole recruitment and just haven't had a chance. I also haven't felt that I've really connected to anyone in Libra so, I know I'll prob get crap for this buut, I am gunna try to make not as good of an impression on them tonight. I dont plan to be mean but, i know that if they put me high up on there list and there my 2nd on my preference card I might get a bid from there and Im pretty sure I wouldn't want to accept it. So I'm still really hoping and praying for aquarius and I'm gunna try realllly hard there tonight.

Buttonz · #63 09-19-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by KitKatMac

Ok so I went and picked up my invites today. We are allowed to go to up to 3 houses. I was invited back to Aquarius, Libra and Pisces. I was cut from Gemini. I was suprised they cut me and almost dissapointed because so far they were my second choice. I am getting ready to go to prefs right now. I am going to ask my recruitment conselour is I can only put 2 houses on my preference card after tonight because I've wanted to cut Pisces throughout the whole recruitment and just haven't had a chance. I also haven't felt that I've really connected to anyone in Libra so, I know I'll prob get crap for this buut, I am gunna try to make not as good of an impression on them tonight. I dont plan to be mean but, i know that if they put me high up on there list and there my 2nd on my preference card I might get a bid from there and Im pretty sure I wouldn't want to accept it. So I'm still really hoping and praying for aquarius and I'm gunna try realllly hard there tonight.

Good luck tonight at Aquarius.

Be careful at Libra....tonight might just toatally change your mind. Pref night has a way to doing that sometimes

Have a good time tonight, I'm sooo excited for you!

GtownGirl98 · #64 09-19-2006, 04:47 PM

It may not matter how you act tonight... their lists might already beset. So be careful. Also it might be a great night and tonight might be the night that you fall love...

SoCalGirl · #65 09-19-2006, 04:48 PM

If you want to SIP (suicide) Aquarius because you know that you won't accept a bid from Pisces or Libra then you should. Your recruitment counselor will be trained to strongly discourage it though. If you've had the chance to read a lot of other threads you might know that she's likely under educated when it comes to bid matching and might mistakenly tell you that "you'll get kicked out of the computer" or something else. If you SIP you won't be eligible to be added as a quota addition. However, if you do SIP and don't bid match you'll still be eligible for COR through out the year. If you list Libra or Pisces, match one and then decline the bid, you won't be eligible till next fall.

Also, I would NOT "try to make not as good of an impression on them tonight". If you know with all your heart you don't want Pisces I would suggest politely and diplomaticaly telling the girl at Pref that you do not see yourself in their chapter and have your heart set elsewhere. No reason to drop names. If you do something that leaves them with a bad impression, it may get around to other chapters, including Aquarius. That decision may come back to bite you.

Good Luck and listen to your heart!

adpiucf · #66 09-19-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

If you know with all your heart you don't want Pisces I would suggest politely and diplomaticaly telling the girl at Pref that you don not see yourself in their chapter and have your heart set elsewhere.

What happened to the days of PNMs stringing sororities along until the last minute?

KitKat-- be yourself, keep and open mind and you'll know what you want when you come out of the chapters. If you honestly,truly can't see yourself as a sister at a particular chapter and would hate to wear their letters, be their friends, attend socials and represent them on campus and pay dues to them, then don't put them on your bid card. If you've connected to the members and can see them as your friends, give them a chance and take a chance on them.

Good luck. Keep your options open, but if you'd rather join Al Queda than be a member of XYZ, leave them off your bid card.

violetpretty · #67 09-19-2006, 05:06 PM

If after pref, the only place you would accept is Aquarius and you wouldn't even give the other two groups a chance on bid day, then I will be as bold to say that you SHOULD SIP Aquarius. Say you listed Aquarius first and Libra second. If you got a bid from Libra, you'd be taking up a spot from someone who may have wanted it but didn't get it, plus you'd be ineligible for COB in the spring and would have to wait again until next fall.

Of course, this all assumes that you would only take a bid from Aquarius, even after experiencing the preference ceremonies.

AlphaFrog · #68 09-19-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by adpiucf

Good luck. Keep your options open, but if you'd rather join Al Queda than be a member of XYZ, leave them off your bid card.

Dude, you're just full of them today.

Ditto to what she said.

adpiucf · #69 09-19-2006, 05:14 PM

I'm very quoteable. Maybe that should be my new screen name!

ADPi Conniebama · #70 09-19-2006, 06:58 PM

AMEN about SIP - If you would not "run" to your "second choice" then don't put them down. Know, however, that if you SIP their could be a chance that you would end up without a bid at all.

ALSO, I, more then likely, would not tell the chapter that you are not interested in a bid from them, BUT on the other hand I WOULD TELL AQUARIUS that you ARE TOTALLY INTERESTED IN THEM. (not crazy interested but interested)

If you are invited to a sororities pref party you are somewhere on their bid list. You could be the last person on the second list, but you are there none the less. So, whether you are nice or not so nice to your second choice you are on their bid list somewhere.

ALSO (and this happens to every sorority every now and then) the worst thing you could do to a sorority is put them on your bid card then when they offer you a bid you decline. Because, when you write Aquarius 1st then Libra 2nd that means you would accept a bid from either sorority in that order of preference. So, I would rather not see the pnm on our bids matched list and know they SIP'd then to see them on our list and them not "run."

THAT IS MY TWO CENTS - oh yea have fun

UGAalum94 · #71 09-19-2006, 07:01 PM

Seriously, this is the funniest thing I've read on Greek Chat, AND it's good advice:

If you'd rather join Al Queda than be a member of XYZ, leave them off your bid card.

adpiucf · #72 09-19-2006, 07:04 PM

hmmm, should I add a disclaimer to that statement?

"While ADPiUCF recognizes the right of all PNMs to SIP, she in no way advocates the spread of terorrism or in the joining of terrorist cells."

KitKatMac · #73 09-19-2006, 10:40 PM

Well tonight was pref night. First of all it turned out I just couldn't get myself to be "not as nice" or whatever to Libra or Pisces. I did tell Libra that I'm worried about how far away there house is from campus, but thats as much as I could do. And when at Pisces they asked me if I was comfortable at the house, I of course said yes because i felt like it was just mean to say no. I'll start off by telling you about my night then I'll tell you about my pref card. O and let me just add it started raining as soon as pref night started so that sucked lol
My first house tonight was...
Libra- They were very nice to me there but I still didn't really feel a connection. The girl I was with told me she thought I'd really fit in to there sorority and things like that, but a majority of the people I talked to in my group were told the exact same thing. There ceremony was nice.
Next was..
Aquarius- I was of course very happy to be here. The person that was with me had actually never met me before but she asked a few people about me and wrote me a really nice letter and read it to me. When she asked me about who I'd met in the sorority and stuff I made sure to mention that I had loved everyone I had met. It was also the only house where i felt i was involved in the conversation instead of being talked at. I loved there ceremony and almost cried during it. I would love to be a sister here and this confirmed it for me.
Last was...
Pisces- When i went there I talked to the same girl i had had the night before. She was very friendly and nice. There ceremony to be honest...really did nothing for me. And that kind of confirmed for me that it really wasn't the right place for me. Although the people were nice, nothing really moved me.

So after my 3 houses I went to fill out my preference card. I talked to a recruitment conselour and she said if I wanted I could only put one house down. But I knew that if I did that and did not receive a bid I still could not rush for a year. So i decided to put Aquarius as my number one and Libra as my number 2 because I decided that if I got a bid from them I'd probably really have to think about it, but I could maybe give them a chance. I did not put Pisces on my card because I knew i would not accept a bid from them. I am defintley hoping and praying that I end up at Aquarius but I know I've done all I can do and I'll have to just wait and see what happens tomorrow.

Also..a girl I was talking to said she was in a local sorority at her school last year and that is why she is able to go through rush here this year..I was just wondering what people thought of that.

NutBrnHair · #74 09-19-2006, 10:52 PM

When will you find out tomorrow?

We all wish you the best!

(Oh, and in answer to your last question about the girl who was in a local going through...That's fine -- it's accepted, welcomed -- it's fine.)

adpiucf · #75 09-19-2006, 10:57 PM

Whether Aqaurius or Libra, I hope you'll see what's in the "stars" is meant for you! Good luck tomorrow! Remember that all of the ladies who attended a pref party are very much wanted by the sororities who have invited them and while bid matching allows them to take only a certain number remember that regardless of tomorrow's outcome three sororities were really wowed by you!