Recruitment thread junkies...

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by susan314

Mayor Quimby is the one I'd most call a "favorite".

then i shall continue to root for mayor quimby and to await the fact that when i arrive home on wednesday after my three days of flying, you will have (hopefully) updated with what happens during the next rounds. can't wait!

[jennie3576]

i <3 this thread! what a fantastic idea. at seton hall, greek life isn't nearly as big as i wish it was, and i dropped out of formal rush before round one (we signed up before winter break and went to meet the greeks, after break parties started in round one) and went informally later instead. this is great because i get to "experience" formal rush!

[susan314]

Post Office

Today was post office, where we learn which chapters we've been invited back to for Phase C. You can attend a maximum of 6 parties for Phase C.

I've been invited back to the following chapters:

Sideshow Bob
Moe Szyslak
Disco Stu
Milhouse VanHouten
Artie Ziff
Ned Flanders

I'm very disappointed not to see Mayor Quimby on my list. I really liked this house, and I really felt like Debbie (the girl I talked with for all of Phase A, and a little at Phase B) and I would have made awesome sisters. She was my favorite individual person that I talked with at all the houses throughout all of rush.

My Rho Chis must be able to see my disappointment a little when I turn back in my paperwork - they're very encouraging and tell me that there are a lot of people who don't even have a full schedule of 6 parties to go back to for Phase C. I tell them that I'm just bummed about one specific house not being on my list - I do like all 6 houses that I still have left. (Guess I should feel lucky about that - seems like a lot of people in my rush group are having to go back to some houses that they really don't like at all. At least I have 6 options that I'd enjoy seeing again. And at least I got invited back to enough to have a full schedule of parties.)

Sigh...I'm still sad about Mayor Quimby, but I guess I'll just have to move on.

[jennie3576]

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[SWTXBelle]

Darn, I was hoping we were Sideshow Bob!

[susan314]

Actually, the groups were randomly assigned to keep some mystery going - I'll tell everyone who's who at the end, but unless someone who's familiar with MSU's Greek system picks up a clue from one of my posts, it would probably be hard to tell so far.

[efcheerBB]

Originally Posted by susan314

Actually, the groups were randomly assigned to keep some mystery going - I'll tell everyone who's who at the end, but unless someone who's familiar with MSU's Greek system picks up a clue from one of my posts, it would probably be hard to tell so far.

I kind of have an idea of who is who, but I am not going to post anything. It's more fun that way. Plus, I may not know for sure and I don't want to be wrong

[banditone]

DAMN! No Monty Burns....

[jennie3576]

i've deleted the post.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I hope you went Ned Flanders! He loves Jesus and so do I!

[susan314]

I just noticed something funny in my rush booklet that I never noticed before...

On a page about the Greek system as a whole, there is a photo of 3 sorority members. (Not wearing letters, but its obvious what chapter they are in if you pay attention to the rush booklet - the same 3 women in the same outfits appear on Pi Phi's individual chapter page. The photos must have all been from the same event.)

Anyhow, the girl in the middle of the photo is holding a can. Although you can only see the top inch or two of the can, it is quite obvious from the markings that its still a Bud Light can. Right next to the heading " Greek System Scholarship," we have sorority women on a charter bus holding a beer can. I got a chuckle out of that.

I'm sure that the photo made the rush booklet by mistake - Panhellenic Council never would have intentionally included a photo with visible alcohol in the rush booklet. I'm just now noticing it almost 15 years later, and I've looked in this booklet a million times. But, I was always paying attention to the girls' faces in the photo, not the top part of the can in the lower left corner. Oops.

Makes me wonder if anyone noticed way back then and if the Panhellenic person who designed the booklet got in trouble for including it by accident. Too funny.

[trojangal]

Update..update...update!

[susan314]

Bumped into Steph in the bathroom not too long after Post Office. (My dorm has community bathrooms.) She asked how post office went. I told her which houses I was going back to for Phase C. It was quite obvious she didn't approve. I'm starting not to care too much about her opinion though - she's starting to seem a little bitchy to me, and besides...if she knows so much about sororities, then why isn't she in one? Its pretty ridiculous, IMO, that she only "approves" of 4 or 5 houses out of 16. I guess it does make me wonder a little if everyone thinks that way about sororities. I went into this thinking it would be a good way to meet new people and make friends. But this whole idea of joining the "right" group seems so high school-ish to me. I purposely came from my small town to a huge college specifically to avoid that sort of typecasting. What have I gotten myself into?

The other thing I'm concerned about is that Phase C is tomorrow, and I have no clue what I'm going to wear to Phase C or to Preference. I didn't decide to rush until after I moved to campus, and I didn't really bring any dressy clothes from home. I had a hard enough time scrounging together something acceptable for 2 days of Phase B. Need to figure out what I'm going to do - its a long bus ride to the mall, and there really isn't anywhere within walking distance to buy clothes. (Other than MSU t-shirts and stuff like that at the campus bookstore.)

[susan314]

Okay ladies...I have an update for you.

Phase C started early this morning, and I didn't go. I got out of bed to get ready and thought to myself "do I really want to do this?" And the answer was no. A tentative no, but still a no. I just have so many doubts about the whole process - I went into rush knowing absolutely nothing about sororities, and I've been getting so much conflicting information. It has been hard for me to figure out what sorority life is really all about, and whether or not its something I truly want to be a part of.

My Rho Chi Jen called my dorm room to see if I was running late. I told her I wasn't running late - I just wasn't coming at all. She asked if I was sure, and I said yes. Truthfully, I wasn't 100% sure, but I had reached the point of no return in my decision...my rush group was leaving the dorm right then, and I had been so torn about whether to go or not that I hadn't gotten ready. I could tell that Rho Chi Jen was a little surprised and maybe wanted to talk through things a little with me, but there was no time for that - the rush group had to leave to make it to the morning's first party on time.

Sorry to disappoint everyone. Maybe sorority life just isn't for me.

[tld221]

aww, sorry susan314 - maybe it was for the best. you may find your fit during the spring or during COB?

(waiting to see where this story goes and excited for the next story!)