Did you get your first choice sorority?
 

I just wondered what the breakdown would be -

Thanks, this should be fun!

Yes and no. Probably more yes than no. (Yes as in, I got my first choice)

I say this because "first choice" doesn't necessarily mean first choice on your preference card. Many PNMs get cut from a chapter that they considered their first choice before preference.

When I went through, I was enamored with one chapter and they cut me before preference. I did cry, I was upset, but I also got over it pretty quickly. After going to all of my preference parties, I knew I could find my home in any of the chapters that invited me back. I ranked Sigma Kappa first, so yes I did get my first choice and I was psyched to be there on bid day.

ETA my recruitment story

I was thinking "first choice from among your pref. parties" - sorry for any confusion. But I guess it works either way - however you wish to interpret it.

I answered yes because at the time of filling out our pref cards, I wasn't stuck on trying to get another chance with the chapter that had cut me.

Sure - the more the merrier. If you want to explain a bit, do. I thought it would be interesting for pnms to see the range of experiences we've had.

eta - As of now, it's 50/50 between first choice and non-first choice but it worked out GREAT.

Option number 2 here. If you want more details, read my recruitment story here.

Smile Awhile I love you're recruitment story. Its one of my favorites :)

I'm excited to see how this turns out!

Ditto here - I was in love with with a chapter (and only slightly less enamored with another) before pref, but neither invited me back for pref. So while I did get my first choice at pref, it wasn't necessarily my first choice overall. Though of course now I'm enamored with choice :)

And I voted same as you VP

My first and only choice! :) Hooray COB!

I did get my first choice, but in retrospect - and as much as I bleed azure blue & white! - I think I would have also been content with my second choice. My Retro Recruitment thread is here. Also, had I gotten my second choice, I would have transferred to the school where I had a major scholarship, and hoped I could have affiliated there.

No complaints, though! :D

Where's the "it's a long story" option? :)

Long story short, I went through NPC sorority rush, dropped out before prefs, and rushed and pledged a local sorority. A couple of years later, my local became a chapter of AEPhi.

I did not get my first choice.
I liked another sorority on my campus (ADPi) because I felt that the girls there matched with me more academically and goals-wise, and I felt I fit in socially at Pi Phi. Looking back, I think I made the wrong choice, and am incredibly happy that my second choice got me!
It was really close when I was deciding, and I almost flipped a coin to decide.

I preffed AXO and Sigma Kappa, I wanted SK all the way thorugh. Come pref night I met a snobby girl that was a friendemy of a friend outside SK and thought I don't want to be with her for the next 4 years. I ranked AXO, SK. Didn't get my first choice. I was sad at first, but got over that quick and loved my maroon and lavender ribbons! I love my 4 years and now advise for a chapter. And that girl, well she decided that greek life wasn't for her a few weeks in.

ETA: That was a bad reason obviously not to choose a sorority I wanted all the way. There was more to the story, but it all worked out in the end. I loved AXO pref so that played a part. :-) I was 17 at that time, maybe a little shallow.

I got my first choice. It was my first choice going in and my first choice the whole way through. I had heavy cuts, but it didn't matter because the girls I wanted wanted me!

I got my first choice, but I would have loved my second-which was the smallest chapter on campus. We preffed 3 houses on my campus. I looked at everything when I was rushing-both locally and nationally. My choice to rank came down to the mascot because both chapters were tied. I am in the right place though-no doubt about it 17 years later.

Couldn't have said it any better myself!

Ha! Yes...but it was my only choice by the end. It worked out for me very well, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

COB, but it was definitely a choice by me. I was approached by one org on campus, but I had an off feeling about them. Of course I knew nothing at the time about how informal recruitment was supposed to go or I might have done things differently. I researched all the sororities on campus, decided which one was right for me on a national level, and arranged to meet some of the members to see if the chapter would be a good fit. I had lunch with TPA85 and the woman who would later be my big. They were fabulous! I had a couple great meetings with the chapter as a whole before they voted me in--after they had already done the initial ceremony, but they held another one just for me. Which, by the way, was terrifying. :rolleyes: Thank God I didn't have to do any other rituals alone. I thought I was going to faint in front of the president.

it was DDD all the way for me. :D

Of course, this is a completely unscientific survey - I would assume that most members of GreekChat would have had a successful recruitment, be it formal or COB. Still, I find it interesting - 70% got their first choice, roughly 25% thought their results worked out GREAT, and aprox. 5% thought it worked out okay.

I voted yes.

I got my first choice, which had been my first choice for like 3 months. I never really considered anything else. Of course, I had NO IDEA what I was doing during rush, and it ended up being my ONLY choice, but I didn't really care. Someday (after all the fake retro stories have died down a bit) I may tell the story, as it is, like so many, a great story about how not to do rush. I was an idiot when I was a freshman.

They were my first choice from Day 1. I could have enjoyed being in my #2, but on Pref Card Night, I suicided. I just didn't want to risk it. Looking back, that was probably stupid of me because I could have ended up in NO sorority, but at the time I did not care.

My story's kind of embarrassing now, because my school had a fraternity-esque rush at the time, so some girls from my dorm floor and I went to a couple of parties for free food--the parties were advertised as "make your own salad" and "make your own sundae." I hadn't really thought about sororities beforehand, being completely clueless, but I had such a great time with the sundae girls that I kept coming back.

Nothing against the salad ladies, though, or the third sorority I never even visited.

After Round 1 and 2, Alpha Gam was my number 2 choice out of 18 and 10 chapters. I was cut from my number 1 after the second round. After 3 and 4, they were my first choice, but I would have been happy with my second choice at Pref. I definitely never would have fit in at my third choice.

Another COB here! I was in love with one sorority, and am very happy with my bid :)
I enjoy reading recruitment stories, though. Formal recruitment sounds very stressful!

Alpha Phi was the only house I wanted to join from the first day of rush and I'm glad they liked me as much as I liked them!

As far as my pref houses, yes, I did get my number 1, and I was totally thrilled on bid day. I KNOW I could have been happy in my number 2 though, they HAD been my #1 until skit round (which was the round immediately before pref)

Yes :)

I guess I am technically in my second choice. I was a COB girl but had been told if I went through formal I would get a bid to my first choice. I decided to look at COB just to see what the sorority girls were like, and found I loved and still love DG.

Alpha Phi was my first choice from day one, so I was thrilled to open my bid day card to find them on there. I also preffed DG, I think I would've been happy there but they had some 'reputation issues' throughout my 4 years at school.

Can anyone tell me how the recruitment process goes? Do you write down your choices then they pick? This is my first time going through recruitment and I want to make sure I know what I am doing when I first go in there.

I knew I wanted Sigma Kappa from day one, and I was so glad when I opened my bid card and saw their name!

I absolutely got my first choice and never regretted it for a moment!
I think I would have been okay with my second choice but later on when I was a senior I looked at that other house and their membership was no longer so swell.

Mine's another long story. (And I don't know how to add a link to it.) But I voted Yes since the question was based on who you Preffed. :)