Yep... sounds like Bama to me!

Come on BammaGirl PNM...finish your story. Thanks for writing and posting your first rounds so quickly...makes for a good read. And please, pretty please let us know the identy of your pref invitations. I would love the whole key but I know not to get greedy.....
The scale/size of the new houses already built and in the process of being built on this campus is mind-boggling!

PREF (Day 7): Well Pref is finally here! It’s been a long week so far and I can’t wait for Bid Day! When I open my list I am overjoyed to find out I am invited back to my top three. The Rho Chi’s are not allowing us to talk all day today or have our phones ( although I sneakily shot my anxious mother a text telling her I got back my top choices). This day was boring and so long. My final impressions of the sororities were:

Thanksgiving: This had been consistently one of my favorite houses. I found pref here to be a little awkward as a girl I had never talked to before read me a letter she wrote to me and how much she wanted me to be a Thanksgiving. I thought it was strange and I had a hard time being serious on “serious” night, but I think that just my personality.

Labor Day: Pref at this house was set up beautifully. I again felt a little awkward with the seriousness of the party. I also was a little uncomfortable with some Bible passages being read (I’m not particularly religious) but overall it was a nice event.

Valentine’s Day: This was my last pref party. I was relieved to see the girl who I had met on the first day again. A song was sung and they gave us letters girls had written to us. We read them in silence and a lot of other PNM’s cried. Once again I felt a little awkward, after all we had only known these girls a week so I couldn’t muster up any tears. It was nice to see how special their sisterhood was, but I just couldn’t connect at the level some girls were.

As most of you can probably tell, pref round was not really for me. I feel out of place being so serious with girls I barely know and I much preferred the previous rounds. However, I couldn’t wait for Bid day. At this point I would have been extremely excited to be a new member of any of the sororities I had left, but I had to make some choices. I turned in my final list ranking the sororities as follows:

1. Valentine’s Day
2. Thanksgiving
3. Labor Day

Not everyone is super sentimental. That's okay. It sounds like you had 3 great opportunities...please finish your story tonight!!

Although I loved the candlelight, pretty dresses and formality of pref, I never felt like crying, ever! And they would always tell us to get our rushees crying...ain't no way I would ever do that.

Sometimes I think the crying has less to do with the emotional bonds the PNMs have formed (as OP has wisely noted, it is a mere week!) than the sheer exhaustion and stress they have experienced through the week. By the time you get to prefs, you're drained!

The first time I went through recruitment as a sister, I was told to stay away from Susie Sister, because she would stomp on a non-crying sister's foot!

Looking back now, I'm pretty sure this was why I cried. Both parties were beautiful, but damn if I wanted to sleep!

Bid Day:
My friends from my Rho Chi group and all of the other PNM’s were all gathered in the stadium and forced to sit on our bids while the Rho Chi’s revealed what sororities they were in. Mine were Memorial Day, Fat Tuesday, and New Years; so I knew I wasn’t going to be sisters with any of them. As the minutes dragged on we were finally allowed to rip open our envelopes and see our bids. At that moment I couldn’t have been more excited to be a new member of…





























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ALPHA CHI OMEGA!!!

Congratulations! One of the girls I did a rec for last year is one of your pledge sisters!

Congratulations!! And thank you for a fun read.

I thought Valentine's day might be Alpha Chi Omega. My daughter is a member of that chapter. I hope you had a wonderful year. I understand the chapter had a great year as far as grades, awards, and recognitions, ...and of course a wonderful pledge class!

Do you mind to share your other preference choices with us?

Congratulations! Alpha Chi Omega is recolonizing at the University of Arizona this Fall and we are all really excited to welcome them back. I've got several great friends who are AXOs and you guys are wonderful (plus your lyre badge is exquisite, and yes that is a shameless plug for Badge Trends).

Hope you'll stick around GC. Really enjoyed your story and your writing style.

Congratulations!! Thanks for finishing your story quickly! It was a fun read.

Congratulations! You sound like you had a great recrutiment! You certainly had a great attitude. You are going to be asset to your chapter.

(And I didn't cry at pref, either. I'm just not a big crier.)