“Inside the Viral Dance Routine That’s Captivating Wisconsin’s Greek Life: How Alpha Phi’s ‘Jenny From The Block’ is Changing Recruitment Forever!”
Two girls start by performing perfect cartwheels in front of their fraternal house in Madison, Wisconsin, followed by an ensemble of 5 dancers who replicate J-Lo’s famous choreography while being cheered on by the rest of the sorority in the background.
“Only a few more sleeps until we meet you, PC ‘24!” the clip’s caption reads, inviting new members to become part of this year’s “pledge class.”
Wisconsin’s Alpha Phi sorority went viral on TikTok and X for perfectly replicating Jennifer López’s Jenny from the Block dance routine in a recruitment video
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The dancing routine was uploaded on August 29, 2024, just a few days before the registration phase for the recruitment process to become part of Alpha Phi and other similar fraternities closed on August 31.
The first stage of the recruitment process, known as “rush,” has every interested girl go through every organization, making each of them put their best foot forward to get ahead of other chapters.
A simple search on TikTok of the term “PC’24” will fill the feed with hundreds of elaborate videos of sororities dancing to their own versions of Jenny from the Block while dressing up in different thematic outfits.
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Tennessee’s Kappa Delta, for example, posted a clip of their members in bright pink skirts, and it has amassed more than 2.8 million views.
Another video, this time by the University of Georgia’s Kappa Epsilon chapter, also had their girls in pajamas, some even wearing hair rollers, dancing to J-Lo’s tune and garnering an impressive 10.4 million views.