Thanks for the tips about shoes in the bags lauradav...I will keep that in mind... my pref shoes have a 3ish inch heel! I am in Reiber and I love it. The top floor has a beautiful view of the hills past De Neve Drive. Just trees to stare out at...a very nice feel. I also have friends in Dykstra and DeNeve and they are really excited (most people move in on Sunday). Ooh how I cannot wait for recruitment to start! And since I have all of this free time I have been doing tons of research about all the different sororities so I will be able to keep them all apart from one another when the whirlwind of recruitment really starts!

I'm leaving in a couple of hours and I *know* that this will be the move-in from hell, as your parents put it. :eek:

Did not get any sleep tonight.... am driving out of here in about two hours!

Glad that you're settling in so well. I wish UCR would have let me move in early.

Hope you have a really nice roommate! So far my girlfriends have had very, erm, interesting roommates. Luckily, mine sounds like a great girl.... hope yours is also!

XOXO,
Annie.

Yay, Annie's moving in today! I'm sure you won't be able to read this for while bc. move-in can be so crazy! If you're feeling lonely or anything, talk to my friend Sarah (she's the RHA Vice President and she lives in Lothian Hall)... RHA (Residence Hall Association) will probably have some sort of presentation this weekend, so you'll probably see her or something- she's a sweetheart and I told her about you last night (we went out for my birthday- I'm finally 21!). She's a sophomore, going through recruitment this year, too, and she's from Sacramento.

Anyways, hope everything is going well and I'm so excited for recruitment now!

Carol:D

Update
 

I just got back from the welcome reception and I still have the orientation meeting later tonight. I really should have eaten more today because all I had was a granola bar and water…so part of the way through I had to sit down. I have to say that at first it was all a little over whelming. You get a name tag and then some girls escorted me and my roommate through a passageway of all the fraternities with tables set up, to a fenced in area by the side of the stadium. She escorted us to two girls and then she left. The area was small and loud and a little intimidating because all of these girls were there and no one knew whether you were supposed to walk over and talk to them yourself or if they were supposed to go over and talk to you.. Overall everyone that I met was totally sweet and I would love to learn more about the girls in the houses and the organizations themselves.

Then there was the orientation meeting in Moore 100. That was packed so it means like 300 to 400 max girls are going to rush. There are a lot of second and third years in my Rho Chi group. Everyone is gorgeous and interesting so I hope that I can stand out somehow. I am excited but nervous….I really hope everything works out!

Don't worry we'll eat tons of breakfast tomorrow morning!!!:)

Good luck with recruitment UCLAgirl! You know we're all breathing these threads like crazy! I have to throw in my shameless plug for Gamma Phi though- they helped start my chapter in 1975 and then they left UCLA... but they're back now and I know they're strong! Good luck!

hey uclagirl, there were a lot of 2nd and 3rd years in my group as well. good luck with everything, girlie! You can check out my thread to hear about what's gone on so far. I'll be checking yours out, too, throughout the week. I hope we both get the houses we love!!! This is so exciting!

I echo gphiangel624......
 

...even though you ARE at my alma mater (USC)'s crosstown rival, I simply MUST put in a plug for Gamma Phi Beta -- let the crescent moon shine on you during recruitment -- Go GFB !!!!!

:D :D :D :D

Shameless plug
 

... but I don't feel shameful!

Yea Chi Omega!

One of our rush advisors is rom the UCLA chapter and she is the greatest girl in the world.

-Michelle

Go UCLA!
 

UCLAgirl,
Of course you will stand out--you're extremely articulate and clearly excited for Rush, those qualities are absolutely noticed in a pnm!
Have a wonderful time, recruitment can be exhausting, nerve-wracking, and overwhelming, but it's also exciting, fun, and emotional. Keep notes each night on what you loved about each chapter, that will help you choose and be a wonderful memor to reflect upon.
Good luck, and keep writing, we love hearing every detail!
violets

And of course, I have to put in my plug for Delta Gamma!
WOO WOO!

Now, of course, I have to do my own shameless plug for Alpha Epsilon Phi :D

So, how did your first round go?

So many rushes and not yet a single Pi Phi...so I must add my "shameless plug"... with one of my favorite pref chants...

Come join
PI Beta Phi
We are
Pi Beta Phi
You'll love
Pi Beta Phi
Pi Phi sisters are we!

Good luck! Can wait to hear all about it!:D

Allow me also to add a shameless plug:

MollyUF liked it... CurlyGirly liked it... BrownEyedGirl41 liked it...

GO KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA!

:)
 

UCLAgirl,

I lived in Rieber Hall my second year...3 North...lousy view from my room :)

PiPhiERDoc: my roomate at UCLA freshman year joined Pi Phi. She later became the President, I think...but this was all in the 1990s :eek: :)

YAY KAPPA KITTY KAT!!!!! :D :D :D