how does rush work

nope! No house knows who they are taking yet which is a great thing because it allows girls who might not have met any active members to make their mark and have an awesome rush!!

^^ that’s false

Definitely not true lmao. Office of Greek Life has literally encouraged active members to go on lunch dates with PNMs in the fall. The rush chairs know exactly who you are (or, if they don’t, you’re out of luck if you don’t make a strong impression day 1). It’s not personal or trying to be mean - it’s just that if we have a cutoff and the choice is between someone I’ve met and someone I haven’t, I know who I’m advocating for.

at this point every chapter (I’m pretty sure) has some form of list. that doesn’t mean if you’re not on a list you’ll get dropped from recruitment or from that specific house. members meet a lot of pnms the fall semester and might like them and send in their name to their recruitment team so people will know about them before recruitment. for certain chapters there’s more of a set list before recruitment and for others it’s more of a list of girls they like and might want to take. it really depends because obviously every chapter could love a girl and have her on a list but she won’t go back everywhere so the list changes, but usually less so for the chapters that more ppl want. so a list for some places might mean “they’ll probably join our house” and for others “we may want her look out for her during recruitment”. either way formal recruitment does matter bc lists can always change and again - for most chapters there’s not already a set list of everyone they’re taking (and being on any form of list doesn’t mean that you’ll know about it).

Speaking as a member of a house that people here claim to have “a set list” that literally couldn’t be further from the truth and is pure conjecture / toxic rumor. Each house does recruitment differently, but I know for certain that most place the most emphasis on during formal recruitment. Meeting PNMs before then is a way to make freshmen feel more comfortable during the formal process so that they have familiar faces, and so that they can understand what the vibe of each house is before a superficial 15 minute round. Every year every house has girls people know from home that they hope join their sorority, but that is in no way a list. Additionally, every year every house takes girls in the PC that no one knew before formal rounds and who really stood out as a good fit. Any other sentiment is absolutely false and a way to demonize other houses / women. We go to Vanderbilt, I know you are all intelligent and empowered women, stop spreading rumors about each other and grow up.