I remember telling this story, but i'll tell it again :)

I went through rush because i wanted some of the all-girl bonding that i had in going to an all-female private high school...my orientation counselor was an AXO and she was SO NICE...didn't dirty-rush at all, just said that i would make a great greek and that i should come check out rush...so i did!

i went to all of the houses, got my choices down to my top 5, but when it came time to pref, it was AXO, XYZ and Gamma Phi Beta, in that order...as i was writing out my pref card, i was so torn between the three (max. number allowed to do a pref final for at my school) but i kept remembering AXO's pref night ceremony and it was the reading of our symphony that really clinched it...i knew that i had found a home with faith, hope and love of sisters...yet, i was still wary as if it might be too good to be true...

my rho chi delivered my bid that night and i opened it up and saw the AXO crest and just hit the ceiling and screamed "YES!!!!" the next day, i ran to my house and my orientation counselor just kept hugging me and saying how badly she wanted to say since the beginning of school that i would be the perfect AXO...she is now my big-big sister....looking back, i know that i would have probably made a good gamma phi because it's the house that i am closest too, second only to my own, but seeing how the XYZ sisters acted throughout the year, i know that i would have NEVER fit in there...i am so glad that fate took a hand in my selection process and i followed that voice that said "HEY! pref AXO!"

[SIZE=1.5]My story's a little long, but hopefully it will encourage some of you rushees to stick it out.

My older sister attended college at the same campus where I go now, she graduated about 8 yrs ago now. She is a Theta, and originally my thought on my legacy status was that I probably wouldn't be in the same house she had been in. Boy, did that change once recruitment rolled around!

After the first round of parties (16 houses in a day, oh my), I believe I ranked my top 5 as DG, Theta, Chi-O, SK, and Zeta. My sister (who I gave a daily report to) was surprised Theta was so high on my list, not that there's anything wrong with it, but she and I have different personalities so she wasn't sure I'd like her house as much. Turns out at that party the girl who rushed me went to my high school and although I didn't know her very well, we were friends with a lot of the same people, and we had a wonderful conversation about it. I also had a great convo at DG, an OK one at Chi-O (I stupidly ranked them so high due to their popularity, shame on me), was impressed by the down-to-earth girls at SK, and loved the convo and the energy with the Zeta girls. By the way, G-Phi was one of my houses I ranked in the middle, I think 6th or 7th after that day.

Day Two, I went back to DG, Theta, SK, Zeta, G-Phi, DZ, AXO, A-Phi, AGD, and Phi Mu. Chi-O's had released me (Lord knows why, but I know I wouldn't fit in there) and DZ was on my list instead of them, which I was OK with, and the rest of my top 10 was there. After this day, we ranked all the houses again, but we'd be going to 6 the next day. I don't remember my ranking exactly, but I know Zeta was #1 and Theta was #2, and a couple of the houses I had really liked moved down my list a little for various reasons, and a couple I hadn't liked all that much moved up a little. G-Phi was still about 6 or 7, I think.

Day Three, I went back to Zeta, Theta, Pi Phi, AOPi, SK, and G-Phi. Notice that 2 of those, Pi Phi and AOPi, were not houses that I attended on Day 2. While I did have a good time at Pi Phi on day three and ranked them higher after it, I knew I wouldn't pref there after not being there every single day. I knew from day one that I didn't want to be an AOPi, so I didn't really have a good time on day three there, not to mention feeling a little blue because I was there instead of any of the houses I had ranked higher. I was a good sport, though. After this round I realized SK was not for me, either. Again, I don't really remember my rankings, but I know that again, Zeta was #1 and Theta was #2.

Pref day. Oy. I got my list and started bawling. It was SK, AOPi, and G-Phi. I called my sister because at this point I was seriously considering dropping out of rush, I mean come on, my top 2 had released me. Her advice saved me. She said, "You know, all through rush even if you've really liked a house you've told me what reservations you have about it. Except Gamma Phi. That's the only one you haven't had anything remotely bad to say about. So I really think that's where you're supposed to be, but you have to go to the houses you don't like in order to get to the one that you do, those are the rules." She was right. I went to the other parties, knowing I didn't want to be there, and breathed a sigh of relief when I got to G-Phi. I started to really picture myself there and realized how completely genuine all the girls are, a quality that I highly value. When I ranked that day, I put G-Phi first, SK 2nd, and Zeta 3rd, because I knew I was probably going to get my first choice, but if it came down to it I'd still accept a bid from them, and I really did not want to rank AOPi.

On bid day, I opened up the card and saw the crescent moon and about fell on the floor, I was so relieved. I love my G-Phi!!

Let this be a lesson to you rushees...Stick it out, and go with your gut! The corny saying "You'll end up where you're meant to be" is very true in most cases, and where you end up is totally what you make of it.[/SIZE]

I rushed in 1960 at Bama. To say the least, it was extremely competitive!! I went into rush wanting to be a Delta Gamma because of one girl I knew and admired from high school. They dropped me the third day which was just as well because I really didn't like the rest of them. I had decided that I liked ADPi best and ZTA was my second choice -- those were the two whose prefs I attended. I was all ready to go ADPi until the president (who I knew from high school) took me aside and told me not to worry, I had a bid. I was smart enough to know that was "dirty rushing" and I didn't want to be a part of that. I put Zeta as my first choice and have never looked back. When my boyfriend (now my husband) picked me up at the dorm for "Squeal Night", he headed for the ADPi house and I had to tell him - "No, I'm pledging Zeta!" He couldn't believe it because at that time ADPi was the better house. Now all these years later, most of my close friends are Zetas from all over the country - I have been a Province President, chapter adviser, alumnae chapter president, etc. and received many honors from Zeta both at the local and national level. Would I have been happy as an ADPi? Probably! Would I have been as happy as I've been as a Zeta? Definitely not!

If we follow our heart, we usually end up where we belong.

1st Choice
 

Yes, I got my first choice, and I didn't put down anything else, nor would I have accepted a bid from any other sorority. Granted, my school is pretty small, but for me, there was something different about the place I was supposed to be as opposed to the places I could've ended up. Basically, what I went on was assuming that there could and would be things I liked about everyone, but that there had to be something more than just nice girls for me to ever pledge. I really liked D Phi E b/c they were so much fun and they partied like rockstars, but at the same time, they were really down to earth and they were involved in a lot of other things too. They also never acted entirely too fake, which btw is really easy to see right through.
I could not be happier to be a D Phi E, and to be surrounded by the girls that set themselves apart from the pack.


*~Lisa~* :)

D-Phi-E
Michigan Technological University

Yes.. and No, I guess. I had a bad rush experience, but it all worked out for the best!

During the first days of rush, I met a lot of great girls and had a great time at most of the houses. The next day, when most girls go back to 5 houses, I only went to 3. I was CRUSHED. AXO was one of them and I hadn't really bonded with the girls I had talked to during the first round, but I was more than willing to give them a second try! I was also going back to my number one choice and was really excited that while the other houses dropped me, they must've liked something about me.

I had an AMAZING time at AXO- the girl who toured me was so awesome and so much fun and I TOTALLY bonded with her. I walked out thinking "Wow! That was SO MUCH BETTER than I had imagined!" I was happy they were one of my options now.

I was trying so hard to impress the other house and I was super nervous and ended up being someone I'm not. I still feel that if I had gone that house, I would've been fake every single day. I felt like I constantly had to impress them, you know?

AXO was home. I loved the girls I had met since the first round and it really touched me that they REMEMBERED me. The girl who ended up being my big sis was the reason I joined. I was a little scared during my first year and never really got involved or anything. But, during rush last year I just blossomed and now I'm on our Exec Board and on the Rush Committee and I'm having the time of my life. I couldn't imagine myself ANYWHERE else. They say you should pick a house that you would feel comfortable walking downstairs for breakfast in your pajamas... SO true!

So, while AXO wasn't my number one choice after the first round, they definitely were for Pref. I really am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. I was cut from the other houses because AXO was where I belonged and I just hadn't seen it before. :)

Yes...but no
 

I rushed as a sophomore, and did a lot of homework the summer before. I checked out the national websites of the 5 NPC sororities we have on campus, checked out individual chapter webpages...didn't check out GC, only because I didn't know about it. But man, what an asset it would've been! :D

My first choice going into the actual week of recruitment was ADPi. I had envisioned myself as a member of each of the sororities in turn all summer, but ADPi was on the top of my list at that time.

After the first day of parties, though, it was Phi Mu all the way. Not that the ADPi chapter on my campus isn't awesome--a lot of friends in my Rho Chi group went ADPi and have had a great experience--it just wasn't the right fit for me.

On the second day, I met an awesome girl at Sigma Sigma Sigma, which made me really like both them AND Phi Mu. It's kinda funny, actually, because those are the two groups that I just KNEW going into recruitment that I wouldn't like. Of course, that's where I ended up preffing...and while I would truly have loved to be a Sigma (their chapter is so strong right now, with some awesome girls!), I knew all along that Phi Mu was for me. I'm now a bridesmaid in two weddings (my big's and my Rho Chi's!) and wouldn't trade it for the world. :) :D :cool: :D

I definitely got my first choice. I had met a lot of girls in AZD before I decided to go through the fall informal rush and I knew that was the only place I wanted to go. I am very glad I got my bid and I love it where I am today! :)

Hey y'all ...

I got my first choice ... which was Alpha Xi Delta! I didn't really know which one I wanted until the last night then I knew for sure it was AXiD ... I actually was picking between two, one being AXiD and AGD ... but I love Alpha Xi Delta and I wouldn't change it for a thing!

Angie

From the first night of rush, I liked both DG and AOPi. I preffed both and ended up putting AOPi #1 and DG #2. Although I was a little upset getting my second choice, I am happy now and I know that I would have been happy with either. I am a DG girl and proud of it!

Tri-Sigma was the only informal I went to so.......YEAH :)

If I hadn't gotten a bid, I probably would've remained non-Greek.

I love our Pref ceremony...one of my favorite times in the fall!

Yes! I went into Rush with a pretty open mind and I really loved ALL of the sororities. I didn't know any sorority girls before rush anyway, so I didn't have a hard time keeping an open mind. I just LOVED the girls in Phi Mu!! Also, it was strange, there were several girls on my floor that wanted to be Phi Mus soooo bad...by the time Pref came these girls were rushing me for PHI MU!!! I thought it was so funny that they hadn't even gotten a bid yet and they were telling me I had to go Phi Mu. It didn't take much to convince me....I knew what I was going to do before I even went to the pref party. And I couldn't be happier with my decision!

I kinda felt bad though because there was another house that had been soo good to me during rush and I felt bad when I put them second. I loved them too, but it's just now where I wanted to be. I am friends with several girls in this house still.

YES! Most definitely! There are 4 NPC chapters on campus and going into recruitment I was completely open minded. I went to AB first and liked them, but thought they were a bunch of prissy girls I could never be myself with. Then I went to DEF second and really liked them and started to get excited. After I went to GHI and HATED it, horribly! Then I went to AOII and knew I was home. The whole week was just me waiting to get to AOII and praying that they loved me just as much as I loved them and it turns out they did! To this day, they talk about how they knew I was going AOII because you could definitely tell and couldn't believe how obvious it was!

I got my first choice! :) My second choice was also great and I'm sure I would have been happy there but I'm glad to be a ZTA!

I suicided Sigma K so I knew from the moment I woke up on bid day & didn't receive a call from my Rho Chi that I was going to get a bid!

Yes, I got my frist choice, but it took my a while to get there!

When I was a senior in high school, I was at a Hillsdale prospective student reception with my parents. We were talking to a current Hillsdale student who was wearing a little golden key on her sweater and we asked her what it meant. She told us that it was her sorority, Kappa, and if I was on campus soon she'd love to give me a tour of the house. So, when I went to Hillsdale in March, my admissions counselor took me over to the Kappa house (which is beautiful, by the way) and she and the girl I'd met at the reception gave me a tour. Thus, when I started school at Hillsdale in the Fall, I knew that I was going to rush, and I though that maybe Kappa would be a good place for me since they all seemed so nice when I was a prospective.

However, one of the girls on our cheerleading team went through Fall informal and went Pi Phi, and always told us freshman WONDERFUL things about Pi Phi. Plus, I had a good friend who was also a freshman (now my roommate at the Pi Phi house!) whose sister was a Pi Phi and would always invite us to her apartment to hang out with her and her Pi Phi roommates, despite all the rules!

Well, when formal recruitment rolled around, it was me, three other freshman cheerleaders, and this friend of mine with the Pi Phi sister all going through together.... Like all good PNMs do, we got together and talked about everything when we were on silence, of course! ;) First day we all went to all four houses (Pi Phi, Kappa, Chi-O, and AXD) and the same on the second day. Third day was formal desserts - I got invited back to all four, but only went to Pi Phi, Kappa, and AXD. I knew I wouldn't fit in well at the Chi-O or AXD houses, but our dean insists that we attend all three desserts if possible, so I just went to AXD for good measure. I was the most laid-back PNM in the history of recruitment, I think - I was totally oblivious, and wasn't really thinking about the outcome at this point.

However, I got invited back to all three pref parties, and then I started to think. By this time my friends and I had decided that although we liked the Kappa house, we probably wouldn't be very happy there, and thus I preffed Pi Phi and AXD. I went to the Pi Phi pref party first, and when we left, we were all basically in tears - the pref party really made me realize how comfortable I was with the Pi Phis. I went to the AXD pref party and, although it was a really nice ceremony, I left knowing that Pi Phi was my true home. I walked out arm in arm with three other PNMs who are now my Pi Phi sisters. As we walked up the hill to rank our choices, we all looked at eachother and silently mouthed "Pi Phi", which we definitely were NOT supposed to be doing.

Back at the dorm, my friend with the Pi Phi sister was totally torn between Pi Phi and Chi-O, while I, totally disobeying all the niceties of rectuitment, had suicided Pi Phi. We got a knock on our door, ran up the hill, and gathered in the dean's office to receive our bid cards. When our envelopes had the same handwriting on them, I knew it was Pi Phi...... And the rest, as they say, is history!

I remember being so confident in my choice, because I knew I wanted to be a Pi Phi, but being soooo worried for my friend because I wanted her to be a Pi Phi with me and she was totally torn! But, it all worked out in the end.

This is such a fun thread!

I got my first choice! Of course, I have to tell my story...be forewarned, it's very long!

Freshman year I didn't join a sorority - I didn't want to be a part of that scene. Over the summer b/w fresh. & soph. year I lived on a floor with one of the girls in group A. She was awesome! Through her I met several other girls of A who were all wonderful. I knew right then and there that I was meant to be an A. I saw rush only as a formality; I knew this was the group I wanted and didn't care about any of the others.

Rush starts - boy does Rush mess with your head! After the first night I realized that A wasn't as great as I thought they were. The girls I knew from A were probably their best girls (and they were, really) as none of the other A girls were like them, so I started rethinking what I really wanted. I also knew that of the 6 groups, I didn't want B because the 3 or 4 girls I knew I hated (so I dropped them after the first night), and I didn't want C because the girls I knew from my classes were just plain mean (dropped them after the second night). I was very impressed with D and E and VERY IMPRESSED with Alpha Xi. I was confused because I really wanted to explore my options with D, E and Alpha Xi, but I felt obligated to A, so after Day 3 when I had to drop two (you can only have 2 choices going into Preference), I didn't know which ones I was going to drop. I agonized all night over the decision. The next day I preffed group A and Alpha Xi.

Went to Alpha Xi's preference first, and I was sold. I knew that this was where I belonged. I went to A's pref. next, and the whole time it was like I was sitting in someone else's body just going through the motions. I was miserable. When bid card signing came, I KNEW I was guaranteed a bid from A. I knew I would be miserable with A and it wasn't where I belonged and I wanted to be in Alpha Xi sooooo badly (at that point it was more a question of did they want me - they were the top group on campus and I was so afraid I wasn't good enough to be picked by them)! So, I listed Alpha Xi first, A second, then E and D and left off the other two. If I got a bid from B or C I wasn't joining a sorority. Period.

Anyways, bid day came....I was nervous. One of my rho chis was one of the girls from group A whom I had met over the summer...of course I couldn't tell her I was no longer interested in her group so I was so nervous she would say something mean if I got a bid from Alpha Xi and not her sorority. The Panhel. rush secretary had already said something mean earlier in the week (she was another member of A with whom I had hung out over the summer) when I told her that I had gotten really confused. She was like, "I thought you knew what you wanted." Anyways, my rho chis came with my bid and I opened that envelope so slowly....

Well we all know I got a bid from Alpha Xi! I was ecstatic. Turns out...most of the girls that I knew in A desistered that semester, and the chapter eventually folded. Isn't it funny how the rush process really does put you with the group you're supposed to be with? :D

PiPhiGirl2005--One of my chapter sisters has 3 sisters who went to Hillsdale. 2 were Pi Phis and one was a Kappa!

When I first knew I was going to Akron, I knew that I would be going through recruitment eventually. At the time, I had been dating a guy that was a TKE there and he had told me that I would fit well into DG or AGD. I took that to heart but also knew that I had to make my own decisions. I ended up not even registering for recruitment until the night of orientation or what we call Sorority Forum (which I don't even remember now if it was called that at that time). I think I finally made up my mind about it because of DGs that I knew and that had gotten to know me during welcome week activities.

Anyways....after the second round of recruitment, we had to drop two houses (which ended up being AGD and KKG since I was invited back to every house).

I got my pref invites and was invited back to my top three (DG, ADPi, and APhi) but had to choose two. It was a tough decision because I loved DG, and liked ADPi and APhi, but I chose to drop APhi.

On the day of Preference, I dropped out before the parties began because of an arguement I had with my mom that morning. (She wasn't too thrilled that I wanted to join a sorority). So I called my Rho Chi and told her that I wasn't coming. Well, instead of my mom letting me be the stubborn person that I am and staying home, she pushed me out the door and told me to go. So, 45 minutes after I called my Rho Chi and 15 minutes before the parties began, I arrived on campus and jumped back into recruitment (the Rho Chi's had to go to DG and ADPi and tell them that I would be there cause they already told them that I wouldn't be).

So anyways....to finally get to the point of my story. I liked ADPi, but I didn't feel comfortable enough to put them as a second choice. I ended up suiciding DG and getting a bid from them later that day. I have never regretted it and am so proud that I am a DG.

*I guess my ex from way back then was right, huh?*

Yes.

I had kind of a bad rush. I was very naïve entering rush and did, said and wore just about all the wrong things. Even though I was a legacy, I went in with an open mind and thought I had clicked with a few houses. I was surprised to see I had been cut from all but 4 on 5-party day. That day was horrible. I was nervous, I was homesick, I didn't really like all the houses I was invited to and I couldn't make decent small talk for the life of me. The moment I walked into the Kappa house, I breathed a sigh of relief. I knew I could just be me and that would be fine. And considering I started crying while I was talking to one of the girls and she didn't freak out and made me feel 100% better I knew that was my home. (I then called my sister crying because I was sure I had blown my chances because I had cried at the house!)

Pref night I attended Kappa and ABC. I went to ABC first, and really don't remember much about their Pref. It was nice, but didn't strike a chord with me. Then I went to Kappa's and just loved it. I put Kappas first and ABC second and then walked home with the two other girls I had really bonded with in my Rush group.

I wasn't able to participate in Bid Day activities because I was in Marching Band, so I didn't even know I had been offered a bid until late that afternoon. I was ecstatic when I saw those words "The women of Kappa Kappa Gamma cordially invite you to become a member."

Even though times weren't always sunshine and roses at the house, I met some of the most important people of my life and still am very active in the Fraternity. I think I would have been okay at ABC, but I'm so happy that I am a Kappa Kappa Gamma! :D

* and Kappa was where I was a legacy

breathesgelatin, that's awesome. Not only is Hillsdale an amazing school, but Pi Phi and Kappa both have incredibly strong chapters here. :) Were these girls here recently that I might have known them?

I'm not sure how much older her sisters were--she graduated from W&L last year, class of 2003. I know her oldest sister was quite a bit older than her, but I think the others may have been closer in age. They would be the Kreiders from Cincinatti.

I knew before rush that ADPi was the only place for me. But I did try to have an open mind during recrutiment. In the end I was torn between Adpi and AlphaXi, But I went with my gut and am glad i didn't change my mind at the last minute.

when I went through I knew girls in a particular house (XYZ) and I knew that they really wanted me to go XYZ. Going through I realized that I really felt like I fit in at Chi-O so they were the only house I wanted. I preffed XYZ, ABC and Chi-O and I placed Chi-O as number one on my card. The next day I was elated to see a bid from my #1 choice! I wouldn't have wanted it any other way!

I wont post who I preffed, but I suicided my bid card for Theta. Luckily it didnt backfire on me and I got a bid from them. It's been one of the best decisions and experiences of my life. I dont regret it at all :)

I definitely got my first choice! I was torn between two of the three sororities on campus. It wasn't until pref night that I realized I didn't want to be anywhere else. I was so thrilled to open up the envelope and see Phi Sigma Sigma's crest on the bid card. :D I made the call IMMEDIATELY to accept! ;)

Yes I did.

I was completely cluess when I went through rush. I basically decided to give it a shot because my sister's college boyfriend (at a different school) had been Greek, and he'd always spoken well of it, I thought it might be worth a try. I had no idea about anything.
During summer orientation, it seemed every where I went, another girl (who was also going thru orientation) was there. We randomly ended up sitting next to each other during a general orientation session, then went we broke into majors, we had the same one. I went to the meeting about recruitment and to tour a house, and there she was again. (I realize this doesn't tie in right now but it'll make sense)
A lot of the first day (fifteen parties) was such a blur, I remember starting out a Chi O's but that's about it, but I still remember going to Theta, I can even remember the songs that they sang on the way in and out. The first girl I meant I immediately clicked with, she actually became one of my twinstars on bid day.
The second day I remember getting back to the house and just feeling a complete sense of relief and just a genuine sense of happness, and it pretty much reinforced my feeling of wanting to be there.
The third day, I meant a sister who later on became my pledge mom, she was awesome and I just hoped that they'd invite me back for pref.
Pref night came and I went to Theta and XYZ. I went to XYZ first, the girls there were nice, but it just didn't feel right. Then I went to Theta and everything just seemed to click into place and I knew it's where I wanted to be.
Bid day came and I got my first choice, and when we got back to the chapter house and I was meeting all the other new members, there was the girl from orientation. She was a double Theta legacy, and she became one of my best friends. We always thought it was funny that we met at Orientation.

I got my first choice as well. I filled in both chapters, but I new I was going to end up at Chi Omega :-)

Just some clarification
 

Just lil' ole me with a question. If you didn't get your first choice would you admit it?? Although it seems from the majority of the posts I've read that every got their first choice.

I'd probably admit if I didn't get my first choice... I'd have felt that if I wasn't accepted in my first choice, then it was probably not the right choice in the first place... It is a mutual decision.

I went through informal fraternity rush at Univ of Missouri-Columbia... I know the girls informal rush is very competitive and I'm thankful I didn't have to go through that...

Basically since I live in Columbia and went to high school here, I was able to check out fraternities (theres 27ish) at the beginning of my senior year... I was able to hang out with about 8 of them, some big some smaller, by contacting rush chairs... I knew I couldn't do all 27, so I went by word of mouth by opinion, reputation and achievements.. Finally I came along one which I fit in almost perfectly... Everything semed right, plus I knew a couple of the guys... It is a very strong house on MU's campus and was definately my first choice...

Sooo, I focused on hanging out with them more than any others more and more until finally I was offered a bid...

Got my first choice, and I'll see how it goes when I start school Fall of 2004... No doubts or worries though. Just pure excitement! :D

-Matt

Re: Just some clarification
 

Yes....there are quite a few people on here who've readily admitted they didn't get their first choice.

Re: Just some clarification
 

I didn't get mine, and I'm probably better off because of it. Not that my first choice was bad, but it just isn't the place for me. And if we're going off of first impressions, well then I did get my first choice. =)

When I was a freshman and sophomore, I really didn't think about rushing at all. Best Friend #1 goes to USC, and she got a pamphlet about rushing before she started school, and Best Friend #2 gave her a hard time for thinking about rushing (even though she wasn't really thinking about it much). Then Best Friend #2 rushed at Chapman University and became a Phi Sig and absolutely loved it (we tease her about being hypocritical, but she's so happy there, and we still love her). All summer after my sophomore year I was getting farther and farther away from my school friends and was really looking for a sisterhood that would mirror what I had with my best friends from home. My Phi Sig best friend was so in love with her sisterhood, and I was thinking about rushing here, but we only had 2 sororities (Alpha Phi and DG) and they were incapable of housing all the girls that wanted to go Greek, so I didn't think I had a chance with them as a junior if even the freshmen and sophomores were being turned away because of capacity issues. Then a DG friend of mine told me about Theta colonizing here, but I didn't really think about it too much. Best Friend #1 at USC joined a Christian sorority (Phi Beta Chi) last semester and it got me thinking again about what I would get out of a sisterhood that I wasn't getting elsewhere on campus. When a few of my friends became charter members of Theta, I decided that it might be a good fit for me, so I went to one of their pre-rush events (our formal rush is in January). I stayed the whole time and just loved the girls, they were so friendly. I thought I would have to go through formal recruitment, because I was overwhelmed and was afraid they would all cut me b/c I was too old, but then my friend Mel told me about some COB for upperclassmen before formal rush and I went to that. I got a bid and the rest is history! I'm so lucky to be a Theta---it really is where I belong!

When I went through rush I didnt know anything about the sororities or anyone in them. I narrowed it down to two though, DG and AB and AB dirty rushed me real bad, they told me they wanted me and to see me in their letters and so on. So i put them first and really wanted them, cause I thought they wanted me. But I got DG and now I know that if i wouldve gotten my first choice I wouldve most likely dropped out. I learned so much about them later that I didnt know. So I guess in a way I did get my first choice, cause I am SOOOO happy being a DG and wouldnt want anything else!!!!!
Kayla

Well it was a choice between SAI and the other music GLO on campus, and I didn't click with the other group. SAI was the most fun, sweet, awesome group to me so I knew I had found my home. :cool:

I did. out of three sororities at my school, i dropped one, one dropped me and i 'suicided' sort of, Delta Zeta. I had no doubts it was the place for me and i still don't!

To answer the question
 

While I was very close with members of sororities on my campus, I came to college knowing that I would be a Zeta. And YES I had the attitude of "I bleed blue and cry white"!

I went to my first informational in a Blue shirt with a white collar and cuff!!! I know that is a major faux pas but I think I was just delirious and didn't care, LOL.

"It's Every Woman's Delight to Wear Royal Blue and Pure White!":D

Like some other people have said: Yes and No.

I went into rush (16 sororities) thinking I'd like to be in ChiO, where my best friend's older sister was pledging. Had never heard of ASA, but I could tell from the 1st round that I belonged there - it was a perfect fit.

So when ChiO cut me 3rd rounds, I was fine with it, because I knew ASA was a better fit. I suicided there - I'm sure I could have been happy elsewhere eventually, but ASA was too perfect match to my personality.

My best friends from freshman year went to Kappa, ChiO, TriDelt and 2 others went to ASA with me. The nice thing about sorority housing in the dorms is that I ended up eating meals with Kappas, ChiOs, and TriDelts as often as I did with the ASAs, and was able to stay close with my friends in these other groups.

I guess you could say I got my first choice. I was unable to go through formal rush b/c of work and a heavy class schedule.
I finally was able to free up some time but by then only two sororities were offering COB. Sigma Kappa and Alpha Omicron Pi. My original choices were actually SK, Tri-Delt, and DZ.
The girls of Sigma Kappa contacted me right away and invited me to spend an evening with them watching Friends and eating pizza. I felt right at home b/c the girls kept coming up to me and were so friendly and wonderful, I knew then that nowhere else would I have found this kind of welcome.
Everything worked out for the best for me. As it turns out, while we did have a smaller pledge class than most other NPC sororities on my campus, (we have 7 NPC sororities) all of our girls are still there. The other sororities ended up with MANY of their new members dropping.

I'm not saying anything bad about the other sororities b/c they are all great and unique, but I found a place I can actually call home.


At Sigma Kappa, quality counts!!!