<p>Anyone else pumped for rush week? So much fun.</p>
<p>Dude…yep. Haha, I don’t know anything about Greek systems whatsoever though, so it’s all gonna be new to me. Depends on how things go when I first get there.</p>
<p>Question for anyone who knows, as a pledge, would I be required to front up all the dues as soon as rush week ends? I’m probably not going to have 1k+ of my own money to dish out (my parents don’t like the idea so pretty sure they wouldn’t help with that, especially since it’s my first Cornell semester and they’re paying for like…a lot. Ha.)</p>
<p>No, the dues will go on your bursar.</p>
<p>i saw what you posted about frats on your other thread. is it the same for sororities?</p>
<p>^ yes sorority dues go on your bursar bill</p>
<p>i meant the rush week process, like how events go and such</p>
<p>Not at all really from what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but girls get broken up into groups and tour each house with that group. Throughout the week houses eliminate girls and girls also eliminate houses also.</p>
<p>lucky for all of you, not only am i a cu ambassador, BUT this year im going to be a rho gamma, recruitment guide, for sorority spring formal recruitment! (meaning ask me any questions about it!)</p>
<p>potential new members (the women going through formal recruitment) are broken up into groups of 15-30 (depending on how many sign up), their “rho gamma” group. initially, in the first round, the group walks to the chapters together. because there are so many sororities (11 in total in the panhellenic council), it is impossible to see all 11 chapters in one day. thus, round 1, where you see the sorority for the first time and talk to the sisters, lasts for 2 days. after first round is over, the women go back to the rho gamma meeting place where they rank the houses in order of their preference. the next day, round 2, is house tours. the day begins at the rho gamma group meeting spot, where the women are given slips of paper which shows which chapters they will be visiting for the day. except for round 1, all of the potential new members will be going to the chapters by themselves without the accompaniment of the rest of her rho gamma group. again, after seeing up to 8 (i believe thats the right number, when i did recruitment it was 9) sororities, the women meet up again at the rho gamma spot to rank their chapter preferences. round 3 begins and ends the same way the next day. round 3 is the skit and philanthropy round, and the women can go to up to 5 sororities. this is the round where the chapters are able to display their personalities, as well as talk about the different philanthropies they are involved with and the various organizations they support. the fourth round, preference round, is the most important. potential new members see up to 3 chapters, and with this round, the women talk to one sister for about an hour and participate in a traditional ceremony. at the end of the round, the women preference the chapters in order of their choices.</p>
<p>hopefully that clarified everything! sorry about before, i thought she was asking about dues. oh and as the round progress, the attire gets fancier and fancier.</p>
<p>wowza. girls have it very structured. so guys just show up to places, bond, and potentially get a bid?</p>
<p>is it possible to find the costs of joining a fraternity? I heard they weren’t allowed to tell you unless they gave you a bid.</p>
<p>They are allowed to tell you whatever they want, some probably have a policy that they won’t talk about money until they give someone a bid, though if its a potential issue most would probably be willing to at least discuss the generalities of it.</p>
<p>Cost varies depending on fraternity. In general expect to pay for dues and a meal plan(though you can cut your current meal plan down to almost just brbs so its not like you’ll be paying for 2 whole meal plans). Dues will probably be anywhere from 500-1000, and meal plan will depend on the quality of the food.</p>
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<p>that depends entirely on when the fraternities treasurer submits it to the bursar, IIRC I didn’t get bursared for it till like a month or so after.</p>
<p>thanks cuambassador, that really helped :)</p>
<p>^yay! glad it did! PM me if you have any other questions</p>
<p>Question regarding the meal plan, how does it work? If I get a bid, are there plenty required meals at the house that I’ll have to attend, so in turn I’ll need the meal plan in addition to the one I’ll have for west campus?</p>
<p>a lot of my guy friends actually cancelled their meal plans for second semester (and just kept big red bucks) because they had to eat all of their dinners at the house anyway</p>
<p>Ditto to what CU Ambassador said. I dropped my meal plan second semester and only stayed with my BRBs.</p>
<p>It’s going to be my first semester at Cornell, though…hmm. Idk, am I allowed to not have a meal plan if living in a west building?</p>
<p>frats sound like more fun than sororities lol</p>
<p>sororities are a lot of fun. recruitment is just more structured (hence FORMAL recruitment) and can be stressful, but after that…SO MUCH FUN!</p>
<p>Our daughter just explained to her dad as to how rush works at her sorority tonight (after 2 years). Her dad said, “It is really a lot easier for guys. We just go up to a fraternity we like and tell them we want to join. Why do you girls need to have a computer to figure everything out for you? What if the computer makes a mistake?”</p>