Sorry for the long delay! I’ve been quite busy! Ok so on with my story…

After Bali, I went to Oahu! This is where the rain REALLY started to come down. All the girls were huddled underneath the side of the house trying to stay dry. It was not pleasant! Finally we were let inside the house and an Oahu girl took me and another girl into this room to talk to us. Within the first 10 seconds of talking I found out that the other girl was a legacy to this sorority (her sister is still an active in the chapter) so the Oahu focused all of her attention on this girl and all they talked about was her sister. I seriously think the Oahu forgot I was there, I was so turned off at this point by this girl and her sorority I just wanted to leave. She was making no effort to get to know me, not to mention her makeup looked like she went out and partied the night before and hadn’t done anything to fix it. I was so happy to get out of there when time was up. I talked to my friend Courtney about the Oahu’s later and my experience there and she told me she had a bad experience too. Apparently the girl she got asked her the same question (So where are you from?) 3 times over the 25 minute period. Needless to say these girls didn’t seem like the brightest.

The next house I went to was Nantucket! This sorority was quite small compared to the other ones so there was sometimes one girl talking to 3 rushees at the same time so it was hard to get personal one on one time. The girls I met here all seemed really awkward and sort of “disinterested” which turned me off. I also had to go to the bathroom really bad at this point so I spent 10 minutes of the time waiting in line for a stall to open up. I wasn’t too sure about the Nantuckets so I was eager to get to the next house.

My next house was St. Lucia! All the girls I met were VERY enthusiastic about being a St. Lucia, they all seemed to really like their sorority. This was a nice change from the Nantuckets. One girl I remember meeting was SO hyper and bubbly I don’t think I’ll forget her! I was starting to get tired though by this point so I was happy to move onto the next house even though I liked all the girls I had met at St. Lucia.

My next house (and second to last!) was Maui! The first girl I talked to was actually the president of Maui. She was very informative about everything Maui was involved in and our conversation flowed nicely. The rest of the girls I talked to were also very sweet and outgoing, which I liked. After the 25 minutes was up though, instead of moving onto our final house we had to wait inside Maui’s foyer for a good 15 minutes because apparently the weather was too horrible outside for us to leave! You could hear the rain pounding on the windows…I really hoped they didn’t make us leave until it stopped! Finally, it seemed to let up a little bit so our Rho Gammas all told us to make a mad dash for our last and final house, Bermuda! I remember sprinting all the way from Maui to Bermuda and it was still drizzling at this point and totally dark outside so you couldn’t see where any puddles were, so needless to say I was soaked by the time I got to Bermuda!

Instead of wasting time learning the chant for Bermuda they let us go in without the chanting and singing. I remember looking around the room and seeing all the girls’ hair and outfits messed up from the rain so I was glad I wasn’t the only one! The girl I talked to at Bermuda I really connected with and we had a lot in common. I remember having to almost scream though to talk to her because it was SO loud inside their house. I was glad I ended up having a good experience though at my last house despite everything the weather had caused!

After the 25 minutes was up, our Rho Gammas told us to list in order our top 10. They told us that the next day our list would be cut down to 7 so we had to put the 3 we liked the least on the bottom. My list looked like this at the end of the day:
1. Bali
2. Barbados
3. Capri
4. Bermuda
5. Kiawah
6. Maui
7. St. Lucia
8. Oahu
9. Sicily
10. Nantucket

The next day was supposed to be Philanthropy Day, but it ended up getting canceled because of the menacing Hurricane Fay! So they told us that rush would resume in two days and be a combined Philanthropy/Video Day. I couldn’t wait to return to rush and see what houses had asked me back…hopefully I got a full list of 7!

Anyways, hope you guys like my story so far, I’ll try not to slack on the updating!

enjoying this! :)

I love the story so far! Can't wait for moreeee!

It would be so horrible to wait so long to see who you go back to, I would have died. I love this story so far, what an interesting recruitment story.

Good thing you didn't rush at Indiana.:p

I am not familiar with Indiana's rush, does it run more than a week?

I love hearing a Florida recruitment story!!!! More please!!! :rolleyes:

They do round one toward the end of fall semester and then resume with invites for round two in early January.

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I can't imagine being soaking wet during recruitment!

so spring transfers can't rush?

But don't a lot of chapters participate in COB and informal for upperclassmen in the fall?

I sometimes can't keep the campuses straight and I might be confused.

Back to the story - I'm really enjoying it! I can't imagine how crazy it must have been. Can't wait to hear the next installment!

Can we get a teaser....like what houses you went back to?:D

Hey everyone thanks for being so patient! Now on with the story!

So after having to wait an extra day to see what houses I got asked back to I was very anxious for Philanthropy/Video Day to begin! I decided on wearing a casual and cute black dress. I met up with my Rho Gamma and she gave me my party list for the day, and I ended up getting a full list of 7!

The ones that asked me back were:
Capri
Bali
Barbados
Bermuda
St. Lucia
Maui
Kiawah

I was so happy I got asked back to all the houses that I wanted! My first house was Capri, so after we sang their chant again they let us into the house. The first girl I started talking to was hands down the sweetest girl I had met at rush so far! She was very informative about Capri’s philanthropy and everything they were involved in. She also took me on a house tour and everyone’s rooms were super cute. I also had a very good conversation with another Capri in one of the rooms and I could tell she really liked me and was genuinely interested in what I had to say. We then went back into Capri’s chapter room to watch their video, which was very well put together, and hilarious I might add! I had a very good feeling about Capri when I left and I could definitely see myself in this sorority.

The next house on my list was Bali! I was eager to go back to this sorority since I had such a good first day there. We did their chant and I walked into Bali and started talking to one of their girls. This Bali girl seemed nice enough at first, but our conversation seemed forced and awkward at times, nothing like the conversations I had with the other Bali’s on the first day. The Bali then took me and another girl on a tour of their house. The other girl and the Bali had more things in common so she dominated the conversation, which I wasn’t too pleased about. They then started talking about partying and the Bali said that her and her sisters all got into bars really easily and free drinks all the time. This comment really made me start to question Bali because I hadn’t heard anything about them having a “party” reputation. We then watched their video which wasn’t as memorable as Capri’s and I sadly left Bali wishing I had a better time there just because my first day made me fall in love with them, but I reminded myself that everything happens for a reason and I moved onto the next house.

My next house was Barbados! I really liked these girls from the first day so I was excited to go and talk with them again. The first thing I noticed though about the Barbados when I walked in was that their outfits seemed quite “skanky”. They were all wearing tube tops and short shorts, some with their stomachs showing which I thought was quite classless. I began to think that maybe the “rumors” I had heard on the first day about Barbados were true. The Barbados girl that I talked to seemed nice enough although she wasn’t that memorable to me compared to other girls I had talked to. I left Barbados feeling a little disheartened that my two top picks from the first day hadn’t turned out to be what I had expected.

My next house was Bermuda! I felt like I made a good impression on the girl that I had talked to on the first day despite being a soaking mess so I was eager to meet more Bermudas. While we were chanting and waiting to get let in I ended up meeting such a sweet girl, she had such an infectious smile and was full of positive things to say, I remember thinking that I would love to have this girl as my sister. We were then let into Bermuda and I talked to a girl who I ended up having a good connection with which was a nice change from the previous two houses. She took me on a house tour and I really liked the Bermuda’s rooms, they were so big! We then watched their video and all the girls seemed really fun and down to earth. I had a good feeling about Bermuda when I left.

My next house was St. Lucia! By this time it was dark out and it had begun to rain again! I remember it being SO windy and rainy at one point, it was definitely worse then any weather that we had got the previous day, which I thought was ironic since we had moved recruitment back a day to avoid weather like this! At St. Lucia the setup was a little different since they didn’t have a “house” to give a tour of. So instead of a house tour we sat down and made a craft for their philanthropy, which I liked. The girl who I talked really seemed to like me as well and we got along great. After the craft I remember sitting down and talking to their president and we had a really good conversation about study abroad and traveling. I had a good time at St. Lucia, but it was kind of a negative that they didn’t have a house yet.

My next house was Maui! The weather was really getting rocky at this point so I was happy to get inside! The Maui’s also didn’t have a house like the St. Lucia’s. I talked to many different girls at Maui, which I didn’t really like because I couldn’t make a memorable conversation with any of them. I was also quite tired at this point (it was 10 pm!) so I felt like I couldn’t give 100% focus to any of the girls I talked to. I was happy when time was up at Maui so I could move onto my last and final house.

My last house was Kiawah! I was kind of surprised to see them still on my list when I got it since I put them 5th on my list and they were considered a “top house”. I wasn’t going to complain though and I was hoping to have some memorable conversations with the Kiawah’s since I didn’t really have those on the first day. The first girl I talked to I really liked a lot, she was a lot more relatable then the other Kiawah’s I had met before, and we had a lot in common. We talked for probably 15 minutes and then I started to talk to some of the other sisters. All the girls I met were super nice and didn’t seem fake at all like the ones I had met the first day. They then took us into their chapter room so we could watch their video. I absolutely LOVED their video; it was definitely my favorite one of the day. They showed all the different activities the girls went out and did, which were all things I loved to do as well and they had a really cute sisterhood portion which even made me tear up! They then discussed their philanthropy, which I was really drawn to because it was something my aunt had just been diagnosed with 2 weeks prior. Leaving Kiawah I had a very good feeling about their sorority and the girls in it.

It was 12:30 in the morning by the time I met up with my Rho Gamma to give her my list for the day. Needless to say I was very exhausted and happy to be finished. I met up with my friend Courtney who was also told me that she loved the Kiawah’s and was going to put them as one of her top too. Our Rho Gamma’s told us that since a day was cut out of rush we would be going from 7 sororities to 3! I couldn’t believe I had to make such a big cut! So at the end of the night my list looked like this:
1. Kiawah
2. Capri
3. Bali (even though I had a less than perfect day there today I didn’t want to drop them quite yet because I loved them so much my first day)
4. Bermuda
5. Barbados
6. St. Lucia
7. Maui

I couldn’t wait for Prefs Day the next day! I hoped that I would get at least two of my top three, but I really would have been happy with any sorority on my list it wasn’t like I had god awful times at any of them there were just things that I disliked about some of them. I couldn’t believe that rush was almost over, it was going by so fast!