<p>Hello to all. I am glad to find this post. I have been searching for as much info I can find about sorority rush at UVa. My D is a 2nd year transfer beginning rush today(and good luck to you too powderpuff and would love to hear your rush story as it progresses this week). D is hoping to find a connection bc it seems that as a transfer this is hard to do at UVa. I am very nervous for her and desperately want her to find what she is searching for…a sense of belonging, friendship and bonding. A great deal of rejection is the last thing D needs. chrislong=cool(and chis long is very cool).. thanks for writing such a wise post concerning tenniscraze. I have seen his posts here and they are disturbing. And I agree he makes himself look bad. Hope your post gets thru to him…by the way you seem like a very smart level headed young man…can I fix you up with D?(haha) Anyway any and all advise concerning rush and specific sororities would be very much appreciated. I need to know for myself how to comfort and advise as this week progresses. D is a legacy, but it seems that has little merit these days. And when I rushed it was at a small college with only three sororities. Nothing compared to this craziness of rush at UVa. Thanks to all for your wisdom and knowledge.</p>
<p>proud2bahoo: You probably give me too much credit but thank you haha. To be honest, sorority rush is a fairly awkward experience for all involved, my youngest sister is also rushing right now and completely dreading it, even after having two sisters do it, so if your daughter is worried she should know everybody is in the same boat. I was just driving around and obviously saw the long lines of girls outside the houses, and nobody looks like they’re having a good time, it’s just kind of strange to walk from place to place and be forced into conversation even if you’re not remotely interested in the sorority, I prefer fraternity rush. However, the pain only lasts two days, so just make sure she hangs in there. The nice thing about UVA sorority rush is that invites are based on mutual preferences, as in you write down your preferences and sororities write down theirs so you never end up at a place that doesn’t want you after round robins. The key to rush is expectations, don’t get obsessed with being in a specific sorority and you will probably not be disappointed. Legacy can matter very much or very little depending on the sorority. I have to run to the gym right now but I’ll do a little write up of the sororities who I have fairly good knowledge of when I come back. Oh and I also transferred, fortunately I already knew a lot of kids, but if you don’t, UVA can be quite daunting as a transfer. Don’t worry, she’ll be fine, and I think that often sororities are great for transfers who just need to break in and as I said, as long as she stays open minded during rush, odds are she’ll end up being happy.</p>
<p>chrislong=cool: Thanks! D texted me awhile ago. She had 12 houses today. She said she was cold, tired, hungry and her feet are killing her but she had fun. Said she didn’t know how she was going to remember all of it. Its cool hearing you say you saw all the lines and have a sis doing it too. Kinda like I have my own eyes and ears there without D knowing…haha..bad parent. But thanks again for the info. Hope your sis does well. And hope D has too. She is pretty open minded bc she doesn’t really know much about any of them. She did say she liked the house of the sorority I belonged to. Maybe D will be my sister..haha. I would love to read a write up. Hopefully I will get more details from D soon. Sorry..guess you can tell I am excited for her.</p>
<p>I had a ball today!! Cold, yes; fun-definitely!! I’m tired too, but am looking forward to tomorrow! Everyone was so kind.</p>
<p>Glad things went well for everyone. Here’s a little mini write up of how different sororities will probably factor in during rush, based purely on having two older sisters and from my perspective as a guy (so obviously my knowledge of the inner workings is not extensive) I’m also going to avoid writing about sororities I don’t know anything about/ don’t know any girls at. Also, these are generalizations so please don’t assume they are all encompassing or representative of every girl, however these generalizations are based a lot on facts so, take if for what it is. </p>
<p>Kappa and Theta are going to be the two most competitive, year after year. These are also the two sororities where legacy is biggest and where a large percentage of the pledge class will have letters of recommendation, although as noted above, not required, but in reality many will have them for these two sororities. Kappa and Theta compete for the prettiest pledge class and cross-rush a lot of girls. Theta is considered slightly smarter while Kappa is slightly blonder, not implying the two are mutually exclusive haha. In general, both have girls that are blonde and wealthy, which I don’t consider a negative 
but some people do. Kappa mixes mostly with Zete and sometimes DKE/ the Hall/Kappa Sig. Theta mostly mixes with Zete/DKE/Elmo. Both party. </p>
<p>Tri-Delt is less competitive than Theta and Kappa but another great sorority. Parties probably a little harder than Theta or Kappa. Lot of very nice and pretty girls, but doesn’t quite have the consistency of the above two. Mix almost exclusively with Elmo.</p>
<p>Pi Phi is an interesting mix. They have some very nice pretty girls and they also have a very religious group of about 10 girls. I think they mix a lot with SAE but I"m not positive.
(I’ll now mention some that I don’t know quite as much about, hence less info)</p>
<p>Alpha Phi is a slightly less competitive Tri-Delt, very nice girls.</p>
<p>DZ- Very VA beach/norfolk/newport news. mix exclusively with SPE.</p>
<p>That’s a general run down, if I didn’t mention a sorority it doesn’t mean they suck, I just don’t know anybody that is a sister, it’s a big school. Keep an open mind and you’ll probably end up where you belong/feel the most comfortable. And yes I know that my descriptions mentioned appearance several times, but hey, it was a slightly superficial run down and I’m a guy, however, to avoid that criticism, I will say that there are nice girls in all of the sororities, which is true.</p>
<p>Thanks for the rundown. It is some help. When you say Kappa do you mean KKG? I am assuming you are associated with a frat? Do you live in the house and if so can you say which frat it is? Thanks again!</p>
<p>Thank you Dean J, wink/nod! You are the best!</p>
<p>Okay so I understand that you all are not pleased with tenniscraze’s opinions but you can’t ban him for expressing his opinion, it’s called free speech and he didn’t harrass anyone on this board. This is total B.S. This is so 1984.</p>
<p>I’m having so much fun with the whole rush experience. I’m very pleased with my invitations back for the next phase. I don’t want to write too much, so as to remain anonymous. I think it is soooo wonderful that UVA does rush at the end of winter break. These past 2 days have been pure fun with no worries about classes and homework. Well classes for Spring semester have already started today, so a bit of the party element has just ended, but this week will still be a lot of fun.</p>
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Actually, we’re permitted to post here by the folks behind College Confidential and they can dismiss any of us for any reason or for no reason at all.</p>
<p>The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights says that government cannot limit your expression. There is no law that says a person or company can’t limit your speech on message board for which they pay. This is probably why there are so many message boards out there. If someone doesn’t agree with the moderation of a board, he/she can go start a board and moderate it in whatever manner they choose.</p>
<p>powderpuff- wise move on not revealing too much personal information, glad rush went well for you.
proud2bahoo- Yes I am in a fraternity but for reasons of anonymity I would rather not reveal which one as it is a fairly prominent frat. I don’t live in the house, mostly fourth years live in our house, although it varies from frat to frat, and in fact some frats have to force third years to live there in order to fill the house and get enough rent money. Yes, when I say say Kappa I mean kappa kappa gamma. Hope rush has gone well for your daughter.</p>