pnm10's DANCING Her Way To Fall 2010 Recruitment!
 

Hey all! I've been lurking on this website for about two months and WOW, I am SO happy I found it! I have read so much wonderful information and I feel A LOT more prepared for rush!

So, I decided to do my own recruitment story for Fall 2010. I'm very excited, and I'm going to stay as anonymous as possible just to be sure! Because of that fact, this may be a live or delayed recruitment story, I haven't completely decided...it will also depend on how worn out I am!

A Little Background:
I'm the first person in my immediate family to even think about going greek! My mother went to an all girl's college, and my dad was not in a fraternity...however, one of my grandmothers was in a sorority and loved it! I'm going to be a sophomore and I'm transferring from another school, so I am excited about meeting lots of new people, and hopeful that being a sophomore won't hurt my chances! I have always been kind of a shy person my entire life, up until college. College has really made me come out of my shell because there is just SO MANY people you don't know! I feel so confident in what I'm about to do, and so glad I've decided to do it! My school's rush is not "competitive" per say, but I have gotten recs from all of the houses that I could to be safe.

My recruitment is going to be themed DANCE because dance is my LIFE! At my university, we have nine houses that I will call, in no particular order:

Arabesque
Ballet
Costume
Jazz
Jete
Pirouette
Pointe Shoes
Tap
Tutu

So now, we wait! As of today, my recruitment is a little bit more than a week away! I'm so excited, and I'm excited to share my story! If anyone has anything to add or any tips, it will be greatly appreciated! :)

Good Luck!

Thank you! :)

So excited to hear about your experience! Best wishes and have fun!

Love your theme. If you had a fouette in there, I would cheer for that group. But since you don't... I'm torn between an arabesque and a pirouette, haha! Good luck =)

Love the code names ;)

Best of luck to you!

OMG, I was just about to use fouette for arabesque, but I didn't since I already had pirouette in there, haha!

GOod luck! Cute theme :)

Thanks!

I love your dance theme, I'm a dancer too! I'll be rooting for pirouette :)

19 years of dance= an arabesque, ballet, and pointe shoe supporter right here! From one dancer to another, merde for your recruitment!!!!

Yay! Less than a week away! :)

I'm rooting for tap & pointe shoes because those were my favorites when I took classes. Oh! How I miss it!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your theme! Good luck with recruitment!

(To see who I'm rooting for, check my user name :D)

Recruitment begins very very soon...soooo excited! You guys should be getting an update soon:)

Reminds me of something I heard on the radio yesterday. Wife surprised hubby with tickets to the ballet for his birthday. (Whie he left "at half time to go listen to the baseball game in the parking lot")

Anyway, he staid that they needed to get taller dancers so the guys didn't have to stand on their toes.;)

Good luck and have fun!

DAY ONE: OPEN HOUSE!

So recruitment began quite recently! I was so excited standing outside the first house, but it was SO nerve wracking! I wasn't prepared for how loud it was and the chants, but it was so awesome to see how excited all of the chapters were about their sorority! As the day went on it got easier and easier to talk to the girls, and it was so hard to rank because I liked A LOT of them! Anyways...on with the show! (These are in alphabetical order)

ARABESQUE- These girls were very nice and welcoming, but I didn't really feel a connection with them. I talked to two girls who were both really sweet and excited about being an Arabesque, but one had very bad breath...which turned me off even more. I just didn't really feel like I belonged there, but I still had fun!

BALLET-This was a HUGE chapter. There were so many girls in the house, and it was SO HOT. I talked to one girl during the whole party, and she was nice. However, all she really seemed to love about her sorority was the mixers, and I want to be much more involved in not only the social aspect but the philanthropy and sisterhood. I still want to give this one another chance, though!

COSTUME-I really liked these girls! I talked to three or four and every single one was so sweet, and all seemed really interested in what I was saying! I also really love this organizations philanthropy, and they seemed to be really involved and really passionate about it!

JAZZ-This party went okay. I talked to one girl who was rushing girls for the very first time, and so she was kind of nervous...there were a lot of awkward pauses in our conversation and we both dug for things to talk about. I did not necessarily dislike this house, I just didn't really feel a connection with it.

JETE-These girls were really nice! I talked to one girl and was bumped to about 2 or 3 others. They had really nice display tables in the house for different aspects of their sorority. The conversation flowed naturally, and I even met a girl in my major. I still felt not so right with this one, and I don't really know why.

PIROUETTE-This was the first party of the day so I was REALLY nervous! However I shouldn't have been...these girls were all so nice! I talked to three different people and I loved all of them. They were all interesting and seemed interested! A few sisters gave a speech at the end of the party, and the other girls were tearing up, it was sooo sweet. When I was walked out, a sister told me she hoped to see me again!

POINTE-This house was...not for me. At all. From the moment I walked in I felt completely out of place. I dug for questions and conversation, but it was the last house of the day and my least favorite, so I had a hard time keeping the talking going! I did not like this house at all.

TAP-This house was one of my FAVORITES. The girl that rushed me was SO sweet and all of the girls were VERY excited. They had so many displays and pictures, and my rusher answered all of my questions and was really interested in what I had to say! She had even taken dance earlier in her life :) This was a fun party and a great group of girls!

TUTU-I liked this house, but I couldn't really see myself there. The girl that rushed me was really nice and she was REALLY funny, but I just didn't feel like I belonged there. They made me feel totally welcome though and I had fun! :)

And so, at the end of that day, we had to choose 6 and drop 3. My list ran as follows:
(Alphabetical Order)

KEEP:
Ballet
Costume
Jazz
Pirouette
Tap
Tutu

DROP:
Arabesque
Jete
Pointe

I love the dance theme, bummed about Pointe as that is my favorite form of dance LOL.
Wishing you a great week!

I'm kinda bummed about pointe too. It's so beautiful and such a rewarding form of dance.
But I am excited for tap!

go jazz!! (I love how I pick the code name that I love the most, then read the description after...oops!)

DAY TWO: PHILANTHROPY!

So I got up bright and early the next day to go to the philanthropy round! We could get invited back to a max of 6 chapters. I got:

Arabesque
Ballet
Jazz
Jete
Pirouette
Tap

I was cut by:
Costume
Pointe
Tutu

I wasn't too excited to see Jete or Arabesque back, but that's ok! I knew my opinion about them could change. I was kind of glad I didn't get to go back to Tutu, the more I thought about it, the more I didn't really like them. So, I headed to my first party!

Arabesque- This party was okay. Once again, I just didn't really feel like I really fit with these girls. We did a cute craft and I talked to about three girls, but I just don't really feel like I could see myself there. I felt bad because they were all super nice haha!

Ballet- At Open House, I was a little iffy about this one because I had talked to just one girl and we didn't really click. But today...I LOVED this house! The philanthropy REALLY hit home for me and it was something I could get involved with. The girls I talked to were SO nice, and the craft was cute! Love, love, love!

Jazz-I had fun at this party! I thought the craft was sooo sweet. The girls were all nice and we had great conversations, but I just didn't feel a connection. I couldn't see myself in this house at all.

Jete-I was pleasantly surprised with this house! I didn't really like it at open house, but this day changed my opinion! Every girl I talked to seemed really genuine, and I loved their charities! I definitely knew I wouldn't be dropping them this time around!

Pirouette-I really liked this house! We walked in and my girl led me to sit down at a table and I did a craft. We ended up mutually knowing a girl from my hometown, it was so weird! I had great conversation.

Tap-I was shocked at this party. I did nottt like this house as much as I did on day one. Every girl seemed to look exactly the same as I looked around the room, and even though they were all really nice it seemed a bit feigned. I still had fun and I loved the craft, but I did not see myself going back.

At the end of the day, we had to rank four and drop two. I kept:
Ballet
Jete
Pirouette
Tap

And dropped:
Arabesque
Jazz

Ballet!!! I'm glad that you clicked with them today!

Good luck!!! I can't wait to read more!!!

DAY THREE: SISTERHOOD!

So day three has come and gone, and even though it's sooo much fun, its sooooo exhausting. I think I'm more tired from recruitment than classes! Anyways...

So day three, I showed up to get my invites from my pi chi. I wasn't really expecting much at all, because I had heard they were making huge cuts after day two. We could get invited back to up to four, but I wasn't holding my breath. I got my invites and it read:

Ballet
Jete
Pirouette
Arabesque

I was glad that jazz and tap dropped me, because I didn't really like them...but I wasn't too thrilled to see Arabesque on there AGAIN. Off I went to my parties!

Arabesque-I disliked this house more than I had before. We watched a slideshow on their sisterhood and that was all fine and dandy, but when it came to talking to the girls it was downright awkward. I felt bad because they were all really reallyyyy nice, but I felt so extremely unconnected to them that I had no idea why they kept inviting me back.

Ballet-I liked ballet today a lot! I felt like I fit in with the girls and their slideshow of their pictures was so cute! However the girl that rushed me did nottt click with me, and then when another Ballet came up they started having their own conversation and I was just kind of standing and listening. I really liked them on the previous days, and I know I can't judge them on just one girl, so I still like them but I was just a tinyyyy bit dissapointed.

Jete-Today it was two PNMs to one sister here. It was a lot of fun, and every girl we talked to was nice and welcoming. I liked their slideshow, and I could see myself with them but there was something about them that I still wasn't sure about. I feel like they will cut me.

Pirouette-I really liked this house once again! They are fairly new to campus, and I can't figure out if this is good, bad, or neither? The girls are all so different and diverse, and they all cried during their slideshow which I thought was awesome how connected they were even though they were new!

At the end of the day, I ranked:

Ballet
Pirouette

And dropped:
Jete
Arabesque

I really would be happy with any combination of the first three. I have no idea at this point and I hope pref will help me decide! I'm soososo confused!!!!

Good luck! :)

Wishing you well, and while you are confused I know that you will find what is right for you! Usually either of your pref houses will make a good home.

Sounds like you have a good set to choose from! There's always upsides and downsides to each group, but it seems like within each you can definitely find a place to belong. Still rooting for Pirouette, but I'm sure pref will help your decision greatly. Best of luck!

I'm so ready for pref! The suspense of who I'm going back to is killing me, and I'm just ready to see a little more of the houses, so I can set my decisions in stone! Ahhhhhh!

EEE!!! Excited for you!!

Cant wait to hear the end!!

I'm so excited for you! Good luck!

PREFERENCE!

Sorry it's been a little while since my last update guys, school has me veryyyy busy! Anyways, without further ado....pref!

So I got all dressed up and met my pi chi group so we could get our invitations. I really wanted to go back to Ballet and Pirouette. I was hopeful, but trying not to get too excited in case I got dissapointed haha!

My invites were:
Ballet

Just ballet?! I was happy to see ballet back, but kind of shocked...I had gone the whole week on a full schedule, but had been cut from three houses. And I guess what really surprised me was that pirouette cut me...every single day had been WONDERFUL with them, and every girl and I had great conversation. I felt kind of blah. Also you see, I'm a legacy to Ballet so I started to wonder if that was the only reason they asked me back! I got ahold of myself and put all these thoughts away...it wasn't meant to be with pirouette, and ballet wouldn't have let me make it this far if they didn't like me even if I am a legacy, I told myself. I went on to my last party of rush to get my last glimpse of ballet.

Ballet: The party was great! They served us little desserts and it was delicious. I had the same rusher that I talked to for sisterhood, and several other girls came and talked to me. Everyone was really nice, but at the same time they were all reallyyy different girls...which I liked! Two girls sang a song and they had beautiful voices. My girl told me why she chose Ballet. We ended up mostly talking about sunburns and Lilly Pullitzer! As I looked around the room at all the sisters, they all seemed different but the same at the same time. They were all smiling and laughing together, and even though it was a big chapter, they all seemed at home with each other.

When it came time to rank, the decision was easy. (Well..obviously:D)

I ranked:
Ballet

Well I'm sorry you didn't get Pirouette back as I know you liked them. But trust me, if Ballet didn't like you and want you for a sister, legacy or not, they wouldn't have invited you. It sounds like Preference was wonderful. I look forward to hearing about Bid DAy!!!!
congratulations ( I know it's a bit premature but I wanted to be the first!!)

bring on bid day!!!

BID DAY!

So I got up early Sunday morning and got ready for bid day. The pi chis were supposed to go door to door and deliver you your bid, and they could come between 9:30-10:30, and bid day festivities started at 11. I anxiously awaited my pi chi when suddenly...I heard a knock at the door. My pi chi gave me my bid and bid day tshirt, and said to meet on campus at 11 for bid day and congrats! I am a BALLET!




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KAPPA DELTA!

Congratulations to you and to Kappa Delta!!

Welcome to the sisterhood!

Have a wonderful time during your new member period.

DaffyKD

Congrats and welcome to Kappa Delta!

Welcome to our sisterhood!!! So happy to hear you are a Kappa Delta!!
Loyalty forever to the green and white!

hooray!! and i second what merrygphib said-if your legacy chapter had not wanted you as a sister, you would not have made it to bid day!