Will virtual recruitment hurt top houses?
by: CuriousI am curious if top houses will suffer the most with a virtual recruitment? I am guilty of being one of those girls that fell into the buzz surrounding top houses last year. There is a different energy standing in line for a top house. Girls around you get nervous, much more chatter leaving the houses ect.. I also remember leaving certain top houses very surprised. I am not sure what I expected but average, normal girls was not it. I ended up in a top five house that I love but equally loved a much lower ranked house. Will virtual recruitment level the playing this year? Or will having no parties, football games ect... make the letters you wear on your shirt that much more important since that’s about all you will have?
#1 by: Goldie
Commentby: MeeeAug 14, 2020 5:14:03 PM
by: To hmmAug 14, 2020 7:11:51 PM
What the heck? Both zeta and tri delt are exclusive in that they are told to cut very heavy the first night. Do you even go here?
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by: PnmAug 15, 2020 9:25:08 AM
We myself and most of the girls I know around me (including my roommate ) were cut by zeta and tri delt and are devastated. So apparently your wrong😭
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by: HaAug 15, 2020 10:11:23 AM
Your wrong about both tri delt and zeta. Both cut huge so not sure why your think they are not exclusive.
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#2 by: Probably not
I have a very good friend who is an active member at Alabama right now in a “mid house” & just finished day 3 of Sisterhood. Hasn’t really affected top houses but she has some great stories about PNM’s Zooming from their beds (with bed head & PJs on), PNM’s eating while at a party or purposely turning off their video feeds from houses they “didn’t like”. LADIES PLEASE DON’T DO THIS!!
by: RudeAug 14, 2020 12:24:08 PM
That’s a really good way to be of the very few that don’t get a bid from any house. Would serve them right
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by: What??Aug 14, 2020 1:11:28 PM
by: PNMAug 14, 2020 1:28:09 PM
Does it look bad if we are in our bed? Not sure where else to do it with a roomate and our desks right by each other:/
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by: Hi!Aug 14, 2020 1:32:03 PM
No it doesn’t look bad to be in your bed. Just be dressed and be attentive and respectful to all houses:)
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#3 by: Hmm
I think it will be interesting especially with all the technology we have to use this year. It’s just not the same. Like you said, the energy is different. I can only imagine what it’s like to be a pnm this year. You don’t really get to “feel the energy” of the house or see all the members when you walk through. I do think chi o and kappa will get the girls they want, but it could be a toss up for the others. I think it’s just how they handle the switch from face to face to online this year.
by: UhhhAug 14, 2020 12:54:16 PM
#4 by: Chi O points
An alum of my chapter shared this. It’s a good point.
We are constantly focused on how to modernize the recruitment process and overall access to chapters. This year could be the greatest blessing we never saw coming.
The virtual aspect of this rush is going to be strange but also pivotal for the future of Greek life. This temporary recruitment style will almost certainly change at least a small portion of which girls get into which houses. Maybe girls that are shy will feel more at ease talking to a monitor and do better. Maybe a girl lacking confidence in big groups, that would have been overlooked in a typical recruitment, will have a shot in this setting.
It could level the playing field just enough to bring about necessary change. Next year when the current PNMs are running the show, they’ll bring in the girls that are like them, diversifying the pledge classes over time.
I look forward to seeing how these girls who graduated in a pandemic and started college in a mask will have changed things for all the girls coming behind them.
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by: HmmAug 14, 2020 12:39:24 PM
Zeta and tri Delt aren’t very exclusive but ok
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