Night 4 Wrap Up
 

Ok, before I go into my rankings, I need to give you guys a bit of relevant information about Pref Night and getting bids at Small School.
1.) You can only Pref two houses.
2.) Any house you Pref is basically a guaranteed Bid (note, I said BASICALLY).
3.) You don't have to Pref a house to receive a Bid on Bid Day if you attended all the rounds.
4.) Snap Bidding and COB also occur after Bid Day with the standard regulations.

After the 4th night, I knew who I wanted. Or, at least, thought I did.
So, the setup looked like this:
Maybelline
Revlon

I was only invited to one Pref. Which one?

I think Revlon cut you due to the uncomfortable exchange about your feelings.:(

Keep it coming.

I'll say you go to Revlon, just for the sake of being different! And because maybe you mentioned the uncomfortable conversation to throw us off ;)

Also, and I'm sorry this is a little off-topic, I'm thinking from your username that you volunteer at a greyhound rescue kennel?! I have volunteered with Greyhound Pets of America since 2002, and my family currently has 2 adorable greys (we adopted my first for my 12th birthday, but she passed away summer 06)! They are such sweet, silly, and loyal dogs!

Sorry, not the BIG update...
 

I don't have time for a full update, but I did want to add that, yes, I work with a greyhound group. Funny, I've come across some other Greeks with greys recently. Very neat! I've had my pup for a little over a year now and she is so sweet.

Oh! I did want to leave a clue for everyone to chew on: All the information at Recruitment at Small School I gave in the last few posts is very important, but not necessarily for me...*evil laugh echoes*

Does Coco COB?? She must be relevant somehow because I don't think you would have mentioned her otherwise!

what happens! i wanna know! AH!!

Night 5:
 

Pref came around and I opened my mailbox to...1 invite. Was I sad? Maybe. Was I still surprised that I had gotten an invite at all? Definitely!

I remember wearing a very cute dress with a shrug and that it was COLD. Boarded the bus to take my group to the appointed destination and I stepped out, in heels of course, in front of a very nice home (an alumna's) with a limo out front. Yeah, you heard me right--there was a limo out front!

The girls of this GLO lined the porch (oh! wait, I might have just given away my locale), holding candles and singing a song I actually knew very well, despite word changes, because of my Girl Scouting days (I'm positive someone will have figured out what GLO I am talking about by that reference). We were led in and taken by the arm by the elegantly clad ladies lining the stairwell inside. I was paired with a girl I did not know, but who happened to be one of my friends in this organization's Big. We had a lovely conversation and the speeches were nice. Frankly, I was so nervous, I've blocked out much of the night! We were given a special item at the beginning of the night and we were asked to leave them behind for us to (hopefully) return to collect on Bid Day. I boarded the bus back to campus and spent the night fretting and freaking out. Would I get a bid? Would they want me? Was I good enough?

Night 5 Wrap Up
 

At the end of Pref, we of course had to do our rankings. At Small School, suiciding is (basically) not allowed, so my card listed both groups I went to for Skit Night.

Awww, man - you can't leave it like that! What happens?!?!

more more more!!

Bid Day & After
 

Bid Day dawned bright and early. My friends and I headed down to the oldest and dankest and, ugh, thank goodness it's been torn down, dorm to wait for our Bids. All of the girls (and me!) who had survived thus far, we crowded into one large room. We were called out in slow trickles. It felt like forever until I heard my name called.

I was led down the hall to another room where one of the RX's handed me an envelope. Hands shaking, I opened the envelope, pulled out the Bid, and started nodding and jumping up and down. Yes! Yes! Yes!

Two RX's ran me down the flights of stairs and outside into the waiting crowd of my new sisters! In this same group were L'Oreal, CoverGirl, and Burts Bees, as were countless other great girls! I was so excited when my Bid Day shirt was pulled on me and I was "lei'd" and showered with confetti. It was so exciting watching all the other girls run down the stairs and into this group and others. Avon ended up in the other of my two contenders, as did a few girls I knew from my honors classes.

After the festivities on the steps, one of my friends (an active) led me back to my dorm to pack a bag for an overnight. We raced to the designated spot and we all spent the night getting to know each other, singing, dancing, enjoying some ice cream, and having a great time.

That year none of the GLOs on campus reached quota. Well, one of them almost did; but, they were all looking to COB. During NM, we were asked to come up with a list of any girls we knew who were interested but didn't go through Recruitment. I knew just exactly who to put down, but I had to check with her first. That night, I went to my boyfriend's dorm with a mission. I hunted down Coco and said, "I know <boyfriend> doesn't want you pledging, but...Would you want to be one too?" She was ECSTATIC and the next night went to a COB party. Within days, Coco and several great girls nearly doubled the size of our class!







Now, what GLO did all these classy ladies decide to join?
















Have you figured it out yet?


















Are you sure?


















I, and my sisters, are





















Maybellines!!!!!!!!!! Also known as





















Delta Gammas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yayyy! A great, fun story!

Congrats! I must say I loved your story! It was simple (sometimes I just get so confused with the big schools) but fun to read! :)

Belated congratulations greyhoundrescue for joining Delta Gamma! I joined my GLO in Spring 04 as well.:) You totally threw me off when you said the opening chant was "scary"---I thought for sure that had to be Tri Sigma because I have heard they have a "scary" chant in other threads. But I knew Maybelline had to be DG when you said lei! Congrats again!

Thanks
 

Thanks for the congrats and props! I hope everyone is well-rested (or resting :-)) and gearing up for Recruitment '08! I can't wait to read the new stories!