<p>This is for all you parents who obsessively put dates on calendars far in advance:) USC is talking about moving rush back a week which would have students involved in sorority rush coming to campus earlier than the published move-in date. They are also looking at colonizing 2 new sororities.</p>
<p>This is just a heads up for planning your summer. Don't know when this will be finalized. I just know my kids are making summer plans now.</p>
<p>Thanks - do you have the actual dates?</p>
<p>Current freshmen move-in day is August 17. They haven’t finalized the change for sorority rush yet…just in terms of making summer plans realize that girls who want to rush may need to come earlier. I’m sure they’ll send out information, but again a heads up for those who have kids who planned on working until last minute.</p>
<p>I’m confused. Are they moving rush week back a week or moving move-in day earlier?</p>
<p>^^Sorry for confusion. August 17 is move-in day and this wouldn’t change for most kids. If they make the proposed changes, girls who want to rush would move in a week earlier and rush would begin earlier(according the Daily Gamecock), but they have not put out definite plans or dates. I think the goal is to not have rush spread out over so much time.</p>
<p>Would that be incoming freshman girls as well? And is it possible to rush in spring or is it only fall rush?</p>
<p>Even though upper classmen can rush, this would mostly affect freshmen girls.</p>
<p>From the Daily Gamecock article "With Fraternity and Sorority life expanding significantly over the past several years, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Sorority Council have made several executive changes for Fall 2013 sorority recruitment.</p>
<p>Recruitment will now take place the week before school starts, meaning dorms will have to open early for girls who register, and the majority of recruitment will be over before classes even begin.</p>
<p>“This change stems from many negative evaluations that we have received from numerous potential new members the last two years,” Sorority Council Vice President of Recruitment Alex Rodbell said. </p>
<p>Sorority members and potential new members are prohibited from socializing with fraternity members during formal recruitment. A football game during formal recruitment would compromise that rule and possibly make it difficult for members to follow and recruitment staff to enforce.</p>
<p>“This year, we also would encounter a home football game against UNC in this gap that would take place on Saturday during preference round, not allowing any members to attend,” Rodbell said. “[This would also] greatly affect the no-contact rules that are involved during the recruitment process.”</p>
<p>I’m sure there will be more specifics, but again just something to keep in mind when looking at August.</p>
<p>I don’t believe the new sororities are colonizing until fall 2014 and fall of 2016.</p>
<p>But if they change the process, this will definitely affect a LOT of girls. (Something like 25% of girls at USC are greek and it’s got to be higher for freshmen an girls going through rush who don’t plan on joining a sorority).</p>
<p>When would we find out if this happens? & that seems so weird to do. But I guess it makes sense.</p>
<p>Search the Daily Gamecock for the article. It has more explanation. AUgirl is right about timeline for new sororities.</p>
<p>@scmom12 Do you know when honors admitted visitation day is for freshman? I received a letter saying April 13th and was wondering if you could confirm it. I will not be able to attend due to senior class trip and was hoping the date was changed.</p>
<p>Sorry to go off on a tangent…but 25% of USC girls are greek? That’s really high! If you are a non-Greek girl, is it difficult to have a social life?</p>
<p>kearbear - We got notice that the honors admitted student day is April 13th also. Have not heard anything about a change. The other admitted student day is April 20th - maybe you can just go that weekend.</p>
<p>kearbear - have you visited before? There wasn’t a honors day when D came along (there was a day for all scholarship students but all the info was so general we didn’t bother) so I don’t know what that covers. If you are still trying to make a decision, then try to come another time and set up a meeting with someone in honors. If you’ve already decided to come to USC, then I’m not sure what you’ll really miss. Call honors college and talk to them about what day covers.</p>
<p>Wisdomseeker - that means 3/4 of the girls are not greek. I think that’s plenty of people who are not greek to socialize with. My D is not in sorority even though now her roommates are, and it doesn’t hamper her social life. Maybe 25 is high percentage for big school but other D goes to LAC with close to 90% greek, so 25% doesn’t seem bad!</p>
<p>Thanks for the information and words of assurance!</p>
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<p>Not at all. I’m not Greek and most of my friends aren’t. I do have a friend who is in a service sorority and a friend who is in an honor fraternity, but other than that, the majority of my friends aren’t.</p>
<p>There is a lot of pressure summer before freshman year to rush. On the Facebook group it will seem like every single girl is rushing and a lot of girls say that they’re going to rush to meet friends, but have absolutely no intentions of joining.</p>
<p>That being said, when I came to college, I originally went through the rush process but dropped out after a day or two because all of the girls that I had met on campus who I liked weren’t even rushing. I decided it wasn’t for me and haven’t looked back since.</p>
<p>It’s really great, because if a girl <em>wants</em> to be in a sorority, there is a huge variety, so she can definitely find her own place in a sorority that really fits her. At the same time, if someone doesn’t want to rush, 3/4 of girls aren’t in greek life, so it really isn’t a hindrance.</p>
<p>Is greek life expensive? And why can’t you talk to frat boys while rushing?</p>
<p>Thanks AUGirl–I really appreciate hearing a student’s perspective!</p>