A Winter Olympics Recruitment!
 

I've been looking at recruitment stories on here for awhile, and finally decided to post mine! I go to a large school with a pretty competitive recruitment. We have 11 sororities on our campus.

I decided to name these sororities (in no particular order) after Winter Olympics events:
Hockey
Curling
Ski Jumping
Figure Skating
Alpine Skiing
Luge
Bobsled
Speed Skating
Snowboarding
Skeleton
Cross Country Skiing

On the first day of recruitment, we visited all eleven chapters. On day two, we could visit up to seven. Day three was pref and we could visit up to three chapters.

Hockey! Boom.

Speed Skating!

Short track is so much fun, so I'll root for Speed Skating, too.

I will root for figure skating.

This is a great theme, because the events could really align well with "tent talk" reputations: "I was intimidated by the members of Figure Skating; they were so beautiful and put together, and I didn't think I'd want to have to live up to that expectation every day! I just wasn't sure I'd fit in...but everyone at Curling was so nice and I felt I could be myself."

Indeed! With the debut of women's ski jumping, perhaps Ski Jumping is the newest chapter on campus. And bump ing takes on a new vibe at the Hockey house .... Skeleton and Luge attract and tend to recruit from a similar pool of PNMs. Alpine has been on campus from day one. It's a single letter chapter.

lol. It took me a few minutes to get that.... gee. why would you think HockeyGirl would end up at Hockey? ;)

LOL. Bobsled supposedly has a lot of cliques within the chapter. And Snowboarding is the laid-back, "chill" house.

Now I really want to hear the real story! Bring it on! :)

I also just really enjoy hockey. Perhaps her name is a red herring?

Or ... She is a Hockey legacy who found her home in another sport!

LOL Sciencewoman: Bobsled is a bit cliquey, and the fraternity they socialize most with tends to bust through bathroom doors.

I wonder if they are still trying to complete construction of all of the chapter houses before recruitment begins ...

OP, we are ready! : )

The women at Snowboarding are really fun and pretty and nice, but they have had some issues with partying and marijuana use in the past. They have a wild reputation.

The Curling house has the best GPA on campus, but the worst pants.

Yes -- Lily curling pants.

OP, we did not mean to scare you away. We are snowed in with cabin fever and need a recruitment story cure.

Please come back and write your story, HockeyGirl!

Yes please! Almost as good as the Norwegian men's curling team's pants:
http://m.elleuk.com/var/elleuk/stora...evine_BA_M.jpg

Oh my goodness! Those duds would certainly distract the opponent. Strategy perhaps?

This needs to happen!

These pants:

http://www.seasonloveshoes.com/image...-MULTIVIEW.jpg

In this print:
http://blog.lillypulitzer.com/wp-con...rackerMain.jpg

Also, could we get the folks at Lilly Pulitzer or Vera Bradley or Tory Burch or Betsey Johnson or Michael Kors to design our uniforms for the Open Ceremonies? Ralph Lauren consistently does a terrible job. The US has so many great designers. We should rotate.

I'm not posting the rest of this story quite yet, as it's not quite over... I AM, however going to tell you that it should have a happy ending :)

Good luck and best wishes if you're just finishing recruitment!

clemsongirl and KDCat - all I gotta say is AAAAAAAAH!!! MY EYES!!!!!

HockeyGirl, I look forward to reading your story.

Now you can say that:
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/a...ants-620xa.jpg

I like those. They're kind of Mondrian.

I am delighted that Hockeygirl not only has made it through qualifying rounds but will be a medalist!

Accurate photo posted by KDCat of the Lily curling pants worn with sandals given the Sochi weather reports.

The Norwegians look like they are wearing super fabulous letters (instead of uniforms).

I watched some curling today. There were some pretty hot guys, in spite of the pants.

Let's hope HockeyGirl gets gold/her first choice! Although I'm sure she'd be gracious if it's silver or bronze.

What is with some of the awful clothing?

HockeyGirl, we are distracting ourselves while awaiting your return!

I thought the same thing! Or kind of like the Partridge Family bus, but with less colors.

Agreed! The Norwegians were pretty easy on the eye!

How did it go, HockeyGirl?