I am sure you are more than willing to trade Pref. for one football game! Just think, if all goes the way we are hoping for it to go for you, you will be attending the next one with your sisters!! Keep us informed. Pack your parka, thermal underwear and umbrella for Pref. if this weather keeps up!!

Guess you'll have to root for Iris since Lily is out of the running! ;)

I realize that some sororities don't name their chapters in order of the greek alphabet but I realize that many of the do. I am very very impressed at the amount of UW sororities with one letter chapter names (kappa; epsilon etc) which in my mind means they have been on campus for many many years and that it was one of the sororities first chapters installed. I know that may be an incorrect assumption on my part but I'm still impressed by that.

And realizing by the pictures I have seen on the greek web site that washington state is absolutely gorgeous.

Some sororities start a new greek alphabet chapter for each state, so they may have 4 Alpha chapters. I'm sure someone can say which do which. Delta Gamma doesn't do it this way; each chapter goes in order regardless of location.

Nice chapter houses at UW...

I gotta say it:
the photos of the houses do NOT do them justice. I drove through Greek Row a couple of months ago and they are really gorgeous

Yes, many of the UW chapters are some of the oldest in their organizations. I know our chapter there was established in I think 1903 or 1905.

What impresses me about UW's Greek houses is that not only the sororities have beautiful homes - most of the fraternities do, too! On a lot of campuses in the West, the sororities are nice but the fraternities leave a lot to be desired.

Day 2 of House Tours!
 

Today wasn't as fun as yesterday because at this point I was exhausted... but it was still fun. :) Last night I had to write a paper and study and this morning was my last class of Early Fall Start!!! Yay! I get to sleep in now. :)

I started out visiting the Daffodil house. I'm not sure about this house. I liked the two people who gave me the tour okay. The house is beautiful. I just don't think this is the house for me. I would not mind going back tomorrow, however, just to make sure.

Next I went to the Tulip house. The girls here are really really sweet. The physical house is soooo cool. One of my favorites. I could really see myself hanging out at this house. It's not one of my favorites but I still like this house. I got to talk to someone I talked to yesterday. She is someone I could see myself hanging out with, but I'm not sure about how good of friends we could be. The girls are almost too sweet. I can't explain it. I just don't click as well here as some of the others.

Next I went to the Lilac house! I am sooo glad I got to go back here, even though I didn't originally rank them in my top ten. Last time I was really turned off because I wasn't one-on-one with the women. Today I had a great time.

Next I went to the Holly house. This was one of my absolute favorites from the open houses. It is a favorite of a lot of people, though, and I am afraid I am going to get cut. :( It's sad, but you can really tell how selective the houses are by who is invited back. I feel like most of the girls that got invited back were prettier than me. I have really loved the girls I have met in this house though... I just hope they feel the same way!

Finally I went to the Primrose house. I got to meet actual women from the sorority this time! Unfortunately, I still don't feel like I fit in here. I don't click with the girls and it's just not what I'm looking for. It's a little too small for my liking. I know that this can mean that the girls are closer, but many of the girls live in their annex and it just doesn't sound like an appealing set-up. The main reason that I don't want to go back, however, is that I couldn't see myself being sisters with the girls. They aren't mean or rude or anything... I just don't feel like I fit in.

Today we ranked our top 6 as #1, then the 7th as #2, the 8th as #3, etc. I ranked the chapters in the following way:

#1

Holly
Sunflower
Iris
Violet
Lilac
Orchid

#2 Carnation
#3 Tulip
#4 Daffodil
#5 Primrose

My goal again is to get a full schedule! However, it would be nice to go back to six of my top 8.

I'm really nervous. I'm afraid I will only get invited back to a few. I don't know why I suddenly feel like this. I wasn't this scared for the first invites! I guess I have just talked to people and know which houses are considered "top houses"... some of these are my favorites and I am worried they will cut me severely.

Good luck Miss SuzieQ. I'm anxious for your next update! :D

Hi suzieq
Just wanted you to know that you're pseudo-names have been decode by some of the houses. Please be careful in your future posts

So what if they've been decoded?

Let her be honest and leave her alone.

I get the feeling that the above post was left just to start shit in what was otherwise a great rush thread.

Ditto. So what if someone has "supposedly" figured it out?

The best rush thread ever posted on greekchat used real names the entire time:
CurlyGirly's UF Rush.

"Not clicking" with a house is a typical feeling we've all had when rushing. So what? Besides, if she's invited back to the "not clicking" houses, she might get a totally different opinion & actually CLICK!

suzieQ, thanks for continuing to post your story!! Keep up the great work!! :)

suzie has said nothing that should offend any sorority-keep going suzieq and keep posting. don't worry about psuedo-elle wood. good luck getting all your faves on your invitation list today!!