Looking Back a Year - My Recruitment Story

[crosscaravan]

My school is a mid-sized campus with six NPC chapters. Recruitment begins about a week after classes do, both to give PNMs the chance to settle into their classes and see how busy they'll be, and to give Panhellenic the chance to get people to sign up. Compared to larger schools, we do not have a very competitive or a very dressy recruitment. The majority of PNMs coming through are not legacies, either because none of their family has been Greek or because none of their family has been to college - the legacies we do get are usually the younger sisters of current members, though we do occasionally get legacies from chapters in other states. Recs are not strictly required, but they do help to give a PNM an edge over the others. At the time that recruitment takes place, it's usually stupidly hot out but, thankfully, not terrifyingly humid. While Greek Life is not as prominent as it would be in, say, SEC schools, Greeks do have something of a "presence" on campus - I'm not really sure exactly how to describe it, but there you have it.

To preserve anonymity - since my recruitment happened during the 2010-2011 school year, and the chapters are still here on campus and only a handful of girls have graduated from each - the names of people appearing in this story have been changed, and I will be naming the chapters after places I hope to visit someday.

Andorra
Hong Kong
Malta
New Zealand
Seychelles
Sri Lanka

I don't plan on revealing the full code at the end, and I apologize in advance for that. If you think you know which campus I'm talking about, please just PM me and I'll be glad to confirm your suspicions privately.

Also, I don't have this written out in its entirety just yet - I'm writing it post-by-post and looking back on my recruitment booklet and emails I sent to my family while I was going through to refresh my memory. I'll try to get it all up ASAP and I hope to post once or twice a day, so you shouldn't be waiting too long. But, this school year is about to begin and I sometimes find myself getting carried away with work and last-minute class prep, so if I miss a day or two, I am very sorry in advance and I'll post as soon as I can.

And one more thing - if any of you with more experience notices things that I or other PNMs did that were either good or bad, please point them out so that anyone reading can learn from these experiences. Thank you very much!