As we preach here again and again, there are tons of great chapters that just don't shine during formal recruitment.

hooray for you! so glad that you are giving your sorority your all.

i understand your hesitance to reveal which sorority you are a member of. we are just glad that you came back and let us know what happened.

Good for you giving Bananas a chance! I'm so glad you have found a home and are happy with your sisters. :)

The longer I read GC, the more convinced I am that the process of women finding the right home works. Not perfectly, but it works. If only all PNMs would understand that you end up where you end up for a reason. Every chapter knows which PNMs would be a good fit for their chapter and which ones would be better suited elsewhere. It's always encouraging to read stories like this one. :)

I totally understand you not wanting to out your chapter.

On the other hand, the best resource a chapter has is its newest members. NOT NOW, but maybe next semester when your chapter is talking about rush - tell them (a little more gently) some of the things you told us. Like about the skit being sorta blah, etc. If a lot of the members joined through COB, they may not have gotten to see other chapters to compare and contrast.

I hope you have a wonderful time with your new sisters!!

This is excellent advice! The first year I was an advisor I was thrown in at the last minute, we had a pretty unsuccessful recruitment. The chapter didn't even come close to making quota, the other chapters made quota easily. I was from a campus that was totally different, so I didn't really know what to tell them. I ran into one of the women who went through recruitment that year but pledged a different chapter. I happened to know her outside of that context. I asked her if I could pick her brain about a few things and she was a wealth of information. I used the information she had told me about why she liked her chapter so much and why she chose them to help the chapter change their strategies for the better.

This sounds exactly how my recruitment ended last year. I'm really glad you could get past your devastation and eventually fall in love with your sorority. I honestly believe everyone would fall in love with the house that picked them if they at least gave it a chance.
Congrats to you, and whatever house you ended up in! :) I'm proud of you for sticking it out even though it wasn't your first choice. Not a lot of people do that, and they end up missing out.

Rushee, thank you for sharing your story with us. It sounds like you got over your initial disappointment and are having a great time. Good for you for giving the chapter a chance. I agree with 33girl- your experience can be valuable info for next year's recruitment. And,finally, congratulations! :)