what are the rules about....

unregistered1 · #1 02-20-2001, 05:28 PM

hi! I was wondering what the rules are, if there are any, about rushing before rush actually starts. Example: Sororities contacting and getting together with girls who are still in high school, but that will be in college next fall. any information is greatly appreciated!!!

33girl · #2 02-20-2001, 11:05 PM

Usually if this is done, it is done by the alumnae panhellenic in your city, to avoid any appearance of dirty rushing. The individual sororities are not supposed to contact girls, even if they are legacies.

AOX81 · #3 02-21-2001, 06:47 AM

It depends on the school and the rules that are set up by their panhellenic. Different schools have different guidelines.

unregistered1 · #4 02-22-2001, 07:09 PM

Thanks for the info.! I will be attending a large southern university next fall and will be rushing then. I have been contacted by a few of the sororities at the school I will attend, and I wanted to know if I should keep my mouth shut!

If you think of anything else that may be helpful to me, please let me know! thanks again!!!

twinstars · #5 02-22-2001, 07:33 PM

that would be against the rules at my school, but maybe it's not at yours. it is considered dirty rushing if several girls in the same sorority host a party for incoming freshmen girls over the summer. i think you are allowed to go to lunch one-on-one and that sort of thing if a rushee is a friend of the family from your hometown.

33girl · #6 02-22-2001, 10:35 PM

If you have any questions - call the Panhellenic advisor at your school-to-be. If it's a university with a strong Greek system (which it sounds like it is) you should have no problem finding someone to give you the scoop! Good luck!

unregistered1 · #7 02-22-2001, 11:32 PM

thank you so much for the information! I know its still really early, but I am already nervous about rush! one more question- I am living in a dorm next year, and I already have a roommate. Has anybody ever lived with one other person who has not pledged the same sorority? If so, what is that like? Its coincidence (sp?), but all of my really good friends who are already in college, have pledged the same sorority.

unregistered1 · #8 02-22-2001, 11:34 PM

I dont mean that everybody i know has pledged the same thing, I meant that each person and their roommate did. sorry!

twinstars · #9 02-22-2001, 11:41 PM

my current roommate and i are in different sororities... i don't think it really matters. it's entirely possible that you won't even be good friends with your first college roommate. there's no reason to expect that you'll necessarily end up pledging the same house. you could be entirely different types of people. i'm assuming the school just sets you up at random.

plenty of times it happens that a girl pledges a different sorority from her friends (roommate or not)... it doesn't have to affect your friendship if you don't let it.

is your rush first thing in the fall, or after christmas break? if you rush right away, you'll make most of your girl friends through the sorority (outside of people you knew from high school). if rush is in the winter, you'll probably end up having friends who pledge a bunch of different houses, since you'll have made friends in the dorms and through other non-sorority activities.

KappaGirl2 · #10 02-28-2001, 08:11 PM

My roommate and I are in different sororities as well. Sometimes it was weird not going through the New Member period together, but in the end it worked out well, because we probably would have gotten sick of seeing eachother all the time if we were in the same sorority.

Either way, the only thing that matters is that both you and your roommate LOVE your own different sororities...and have fun!

Erin

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