GreekChat.com Forums - A Stormy Recruitment: UCF Fall '08

So sorry for the long delay! My best friend was in town visiting so I haven’t gotten the chance to finish my story, but now I have a free minute! So the last day before Bid Day was Prefs Day! Where we would see the top 3 houses we got invited back to and would get to partake in some of their ritual. Prefs Day is considered to be the dressiest of the days. I decided to wear my white graduation dress with my white heels. I was so excited to see which 3 houses I would be getting asked back to, I was hoping for at least one if not all of my top 3 (which would be amazing!).

I met up with my Rho Gamma and she handed me my list, which looked like this:

1. Capri
2. St. Lucia
3. Maui

I was a little crushed when I got my Prefs list, I even checked to make sure it was really my name at the top. I was very happy that Capri was still on there, I was definitely feeling very good about this sorority. I understood why St. Lucia was probably on there too since I had a really good conversation with my girl there and I knew she really liked me. I didn’t understand why Maui was still on there though when I barely remember any of the girls or anything we had talked about over the past 2 days. I was confused as to why Kiawah or Bermuda, or any of the other sororities I had put before Maui weren’t on there, but I guess it’s all the luck of the draw when it comes to recruitment. So instead of wallowing over my Prefs list (which many girls were) I decided to have the best day I could and to really find which sorority fit me best. I remembered something my Rho Gamma said “you will end up where you are meant to be” So I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t meant to be in any of the sororities that had dropped me (which I later found out was DEFINETLY true). If any of you were wondering about my friend Courtney she ended up preffing at Barbados, Bali, and Maui. She too couldn’t figure out why Maui was still on her list, and definitely seemed more upset about it then I was!

Anyways, so I was excited to go to Capri first. Prefs day is much more subdued and personal than the other two days (there’s no chanting or loud music). We were led into the Capri house and I was so happy to be paired up again with the girl I had talked to the day before. She was even sweeter then I had remembered! She took me into her room and showed me all of her things that had to do with Capri and told me what the sorority meant to her. She then took me into the chapter room where the Capri’s did part of their ritual for us. I won’t go into detail since I feel these things should be kept somewhat private. It was a very beautiful ceremony though and its something I will always remember. After the ritual was over I was so excited, I wanted to be a Capri SO bad! When my girl was walking me out I even blurted out “I hope I see you tomorrow!” And she flashed a big smile and said “Definitely!” As I was walking to my next party at St. Lucia I was going back and forth wondering if I should have said “I hope I see you tomorrow!” I was hoping I didn’t come across sounding too desperate and hopeful and I hoped my girl was being fake back to me!

We were then lined up in front of St. Lucia and I was so happy this day would be much shorter than the last two! We were led into St. Lucia and I was expecting to be paired up with the same girl I had talked to yesterday, but I wasn’t so that was somewhat of a disappointment. I did end up seeing her at some point during the ceremony and she smiled and waved to me, which I thought was nice. I didn’t really like St. Lucia’s ritual that much, it didn’t seem as personal as Capri’s and it seemed too long and drawn out. After the ritual was over different girls kept switching and coming up to talk to me every two minutes which I didn’t really like either because I wasn’t able to make a good connection with any of them.

My last and final party of Prefs was Maui. I wasn’t sure who I was going to be paired up with since I didn’t really remember any of the girls from the day before. We were led in and I was paired up with a girl who I knew I hadn’t talked to before. The set up that the Maui’s had was definitely the most beautiful of the three. Their ritual was the longest though so it was hard to stay focused through all of it. My girl seemed nice enough but I knew we didn’t have the type of connection I had with my girl at Capri.

After Maui I met back up with my Rho Gamma and I made my final list, which looked like this:

1. Capri
2. Maui
3. St. Lucia

Some girls were suiciding a sorority (only putting one down on their final list), which our Rho Gamma highly discouraged us to do. I put all three down even though I knew deep down I was going to be totally crushed if I didn’t get Capri. I was so excited for bid day the next day though and I kept hoping and praying that Capri would be the one on my bid card!!