Part II of the discussion on Enna's thread, discussing Rush in general

[Angels&Arrows]

I moved this because I felt that Enna deserved this discussion not to be on her thread. Which others must be thinking since, we keep apologizing to her. I am hoping we will pick up from here:

In any given rush:

You have 1/2 of the PNMs above 3.3; members of the cheerleader or dance team, tennis, basketball, volleyball player; served on SG in some capacity from school President to class rep.; (for those in the south) campus beauty, homecoming queen, probably in at least one pageant. If this is a southern school the chances are that at least half are legacies to at least one chapter and legs or not have a min.. of one rec per group.

1/4 of the PNMs have 2.8 – 3.25 GPA, they are members of several student clubs, etc.

and 1/4, just barely meet the requirements set by the school PHC to participate in rush, but maybe not to meet the requirements for pledging.

Now who are you going to look at first? There is not one person on this board that would look at the girl with the 2.25 GPA and no activities, before they looked at the PNM with the 3.6GPA, student body secretary, tennis captain.

Depending on your chapter, you most likely have to automatically drop anyone below a 2.75… Some chapters drop you under a 3.0. (When I was in school we took two grade risks… but now I do not think they take any, it’s just too risky).

If you are at LSU, Ole Miss, MS State, Texas, Auburn, etc. you are dropped if you do not have a rec by the second/third day. Now I know NPCs policy is that it is the chapter’s responsibility to find you a rec… I am here to tell you FIND your own recs!!! I am not saying that recs are not found, but if you are going to school at Ole Miss and you are from Sunnyside, NV; good resume or not, chances are there will be several chapters that will not take the time to call NV (there is not time to check on every PNM without a rec). There are many schools that do not require recs, there are also many schools that ***say they do not***… But I promise they look at them if they are received.

We have seen many girls on this board go through recruitment. We must remember that some of us have taken the time to get to know them. This is something that actives/members have little time to do during rush. Your resume and I hate to say it picture sell you. Once you get your foot in the door, your personality does the rest. However, even the not so nice girls can be on their best behavior during rush. You also have those great, sweet, outgoing etc. girls that can get run down, become sick; or just do not do well in large groups trying to speak over others and do not come across well.

Another problem lately seems to be GLOs cutting to many up front. Some schools are now using certain release figures, they might not have used in the past. Causing chapters to miss quota for the first time in xx years. We have all seen this in the last two years.

I am sure all of us GC alums have are not so old that we have forgotten what rush/recruitment is like. It is the policies and procedures that have kept our organizations going, in some cases for over 150 years. I agree that p/p’s should be updated on occasion to better fit the generations. However, in a lot of cases until the PNMs all go through rush with an open mind and the idea that I would like to be a member of the greek system, not just do or die (insert your GLO). Things are going to stay somewhat the same. I do not think that the chapters are going to stop going for the same xxx PNMs, because those are the ones with a proven track record, GPA, leadership, teamwork, etc. I know we all have friends that are dear to us, but that did not contribute much in school, except help us with our boyfriend issues and were fun to shop with... There is no way that I would ever want my chapter to lower it’s standards, etc. and let in the PNM with a 2.25 GPA, who showed not an ounce of leadership or team work/involvement in High School. Who would carry the chapter on through the next 150 years?