The horrors of rush season dawn on girls once a year to bestow a week of plastered smiles, shoes that hurt way too much and superficial conversations.
Yet someone in the high heavens sent down a present (read: curse) to sorority girls of the world: Spring Rush.
At the University of Florida, Greek houses have Fall Rush, which is comprised of a week of multiple rounds, lots of stress and tear-stained pink shirts that we’re all dying to cut up. For both rushers and rushees, the process can drone on and feel like a nightmare that should be labeled “hell week” instead of “love week.”
Emily McCraine, a spring-rush candidate of Delta Phi Epsilon, was incredibly thankful she didn’t have rush in the fall.
“Recruiting girls sucked so much that I’d rather go through as a spring PNM (Potential New Member) a thousand times over,” she said. “Week-long recruitment was so stressful.”
Spring Rush lifts the heavy weight off a rushee’s shoulders for so many reasons. First off, it gives you the chance to meet girls of various houses and be able to decide which one is right for you.
In Fall Rush, every girl has to see every house and typically relies on rumors and stereotypes to decide which ones to eliminate first round. With Spring Rush, girls can take a full semester to get to know girls from different houses, which allows them to understand what they do and don’t want out of the sorority experience.
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The lack of competition is also a major plus. Think about how competitive it is rivaling 1,500 girls. Now all you have to do is go up against 30 other girls in a casual environment where you’re relaxed and comfortable in your chosen sorority.
Chosen? But I thought we have to meet girls in every house?
Not in Spring Rush, you don’t. It’s similar to the way frat boys handle it. So instead of shaking 48 hands in a day, you can decide which houses to rush.
The casual nature of Spring Rush escapes no one, so you can safely store your Lily Pulitzer dress until next rush season. Not only does this make you more comfortable coming in, but we sorority girls can feel more relaxed in our skinny jeans then in our American Apparel pastel skirts.
“It was one day, so I didn’t have to go through the entire process, which was easier, cheaper and less of a hassle,” Emily said. “It was really casual, obviously dress to impress but super chill.”
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Spring recruitment is so low-key that a lot of girls don’t even know about it. Oftentimes a girl going through Spring Rush will know someone in their chosen sorority, or they have an idea of where they’d like to join. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get a bid if you don’t know anyone in a house.
A Spring Rush pledge class will only consist of about six to 15 girls, depending on how many a sorority needs to make its quota. Emily explained that while some people may see a small pledge class as a drawback, it actually provides a unique opportunity to get very close to everyone in your class.
Spring Rush has become more and more popular as young girls, who miss Fall Rush, see the potential of having a home away from home that cooks delicious meals for you. Oh, and a group of 200 sisters to love you isn’t half-bad either.
It has all the positives of rush with little to no downsides. So if you’re thinking of rushing next fall, think again because there’s no rush like Spring Rush.
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