My Rush at U of A...finally!
 

Ok, hear it goes. Orientation is tonight at 6:30. I will be posting all my rush updates the morning after (since that's when I get to use a computer), so some of you addicts will hate me. I'm very nervous, and very excited, so send some good thoughts my way :p . Here are the names I (and UASoph02) will be using. Happy reading!!

Apple
Banana
Strawberry
Kiwi
Orange
Peach
Mango
Grape
Plum
Pear
Raspberry
Blueberry

With 12 to "choose" from, I'm leaning to the positive thought that I am bound to find a home somewhere. I guess we'll see! Bid day is Tuesday 8/26. Thank you to everyone who has helped me preparing for this! All your good wishes and advice have helped me feel a lot more confident.

yay for tina!!!!!!!!!!!!! could you post the sororities one more time?



post 1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i made it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

I sure will. They are (in no particular order)

A E Phi
A D Pi
A Chi O
Alpha Phi
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma
Tri Delt
Pi Phi
Sigma Kappa
KKG
K A Theta
Gamma Phi

Good luck, Tina! You've got great groups to choose from! Am I to understand that you and UASoph will be using the same names for the same groups? That's awesome! YEAH! Have fun!

aj

Have a good time, enjoy making new friends, and thank you SO MUCH for giving us a new rush thread!!

Good luck this week, girlie! Stay happy and wear comfy shoes! ;)

Woohoo!!!! Today's the big day!!!!

Yes, the two of us are both using the fruit names for the sororities on campus. It'll be less confusing for everyone else on here! :D

:D Sam :D

Hey have a blast today! My best friend since the 2nd grade goes to the U of A and is in a sorority there and she LOVES it and has nothing but awesome things to say about her experiences! I hope you enjoy rush and meet lots of great people and also find a home where you feel comfortable! Have a blast!!!!! :D

Good Luck AZpinkkittie. Relax and enjoy yourself.

Best of luck! :)

Have a wonderful time and Good Luck!

Will you let us know which house was which
after all is said and done?

Best Wishes!!!:)

Good luck girl! I hope you have an awesome week!

another story begins...i am so excited!

Best of luck! I can't wait to hear all your updates! I love recruitment time! My sisters are laughing at me cause I'm soo addicted, but I guess I need to hear about someone elses since I'm planning ours!! Its a stress reliever.......well maybe not! ;)

I can't wait to find out about today (even if it is just orientation)


Chris

Yay for recruitment!!!! We have worked sooooooooo hard all week and we are ready for all the PNM's! It's 9 and I am gonna hit the sack, but best wishes to all going through recruitment. And just to remind you, there is no contacting me until after bid day, otherwise my chapter gets in big trouble. Luck!

WOO HOO! Another one is ready to start :) I hope you have a wonderful week and good luck!


Nichole

Orientation
 

Ok, so last night was our orientation. We all got into our groups and met our Rho Chi's. I love my girls. They are very different girls, but both are very sweet and helpful. There were about 850 girls that first night (according to my Rho Chi's) and it was a bit overwhelming. The girls in my group are all very sweet, and I'm one of 2 sophmores in the group. We start again today at 8 am and will visit 6 of the chapters. We end about 3:30. Today I'm wearing a khaki, just-above-the-knee skirt, a green, short sleeved button up shirt, and beige flip flops. Yay, it's really happening!!!! Thanks for all your good wishes, they really help!

Good luck today!

Sam

Oh my gosh! I'm so excited for you AZpinkkittie! :D Good luck! Your outfit sounds adorable and your enthusiastic personality cannot be matched! Knock 'em dead! :D

Where's the update?!
I'm so excited!!!

Set 1-Day 1
 

Yesterday I visited six chapters. Here they are in order of how I'm ranking them so far:

Grape: I love these girls!! I talked to about 5 girls while my group was there. They were all really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. We talked about a lot of different things, and didn't even really get into sorority stuff until the party was almost over. I really hope i get to go back here and meet more girls.

Mango: This chapter was awesome. They were VERY enthusiastic, and the first girl I talked to was very un-sorority but she made me and the other rushee I was with feel really welcome. The second sister was a bit quieter than the first, but she answered all our questions and was very nice. Their songs were really cute and all the girls seemed really excited.

Raspberry: This was the last I visited so everyone was exhausted, but the sisters didn't let it show at all. I talked to about 5 girls here as well, and though they seemed to fit the mold of your "typical"sosrority girl a bit more than the other 2, they were all really nice and seemed really down to earth.

Blueberry: This house was beautiful, and so were the sisters. I can't even remember the names of all the girls I talked to! They were very nice, but the conversation seemed a little bit forced. Nice girls though, in general.

Apple: I only talked to 3 girls at this house. They were all pretty nice but the conversation seemed to drag a bit. These girls seemed to be the most laid back and down to earth of all of the chapters so far, but I didn't really feel a connection.

Strawberry: This is the chapter I thought I was going to love, but it was the exact opposite. The girls were all really nice, but they seemed pretty conservative and quiet. I think I would probably scare these girls with my outgoing, somewhat boistrous nature. Their pres also made some comments I wasn't totally comfortable with.

So far I'm having a great time. I thought I was prepared for how the whole process would be, but I wasn't at all. The cheering is sooo loud, and its weird to be in the middle of a conversation with someone and then all of a sudden have to start over with the next girl. I'm meeting the greatest girls though and I'm so glad I decided to go through.

Today I will be visiting the other 6 chapters. I'm wearing a knee length dark denim skirt, white v-neck t-shirt, and white sandals. Wish me luck!!

Have a great time today!:D

I'm so glad you had a good time. Today should be just as exciting. Can't wait to hear how it went.

Good luck!

I LOVE that you and UASoph are using the same names for the groups! It'll be so neat to see what each of you thought about them! I hope you find the right house for you during the remainder of rush! Enjoy it!!

good luck today!!!

I'm loving it too -- because it really shows that you shouldn't listen to anyone else's opinions about another house. They've only had one house in common and they both have very different feelings about it.

So kudos to BOTH of you ladies for being secure enough about your own feelings to place them next to one another's. It's a great display of how individualized choosing a house can be, and it's a GREAT read!

Any word?

I think AZpinkkittie & UASoph02 are sipping on some fruit smoothies & laughing at our addictions...!!! ;)

Set 1-Day 2
 

Ok, here's how it went today. I'm having a GREAT time and can't wait to see who I go back to tomorrow! Again in the order of how I liked them:

Plum: This is chapter is amazing!! I totally felt at home with all 4 of the girls I talked to. I had so much in common with all of them and I loved how each of them knew so much about their sisters, and were telling me how I had stuff in common with them. They were super nice and I really want to go back

Pear: This was the last house I went to, so I was really tired, but they totally perked me up! It turns out 2 girls I went to high school with (but didn't hang out with) are in this chapter. Everyone was really enthusiastic, and made me feel right at home.

Kiwi: I had some preconceived notions bout this house, but they didn't really match up with who I met. All these girls were so gorgeous and so friendly. The first girl that rushed me was super down to earth and nice. A couple of the other girls spent more time talking to each other than me, but they were talking about something I had brought up, and it didn't last long. I would be happy going back here and talking to more girls.

Peach: Again, I knew a little about this chapters reputation around campus, but 2 of the 3 girls didn't fit that at all. One of them lives off campus down the street from me! They were really nice.

Orange: This houses door song/routine was really original. I really didn't click with any of the girls that talked to me, and one asked another rushee I was with where she was from twice in, like, 5 minutes. The conversation kind of draged, but they were really friendly, and you could tell they were really trying to move the convo along.

Banana: this is the house I've liked the least so far. They are a really small chapter and I only got to talk to one girl the whole time. She was really nice and the conversation moved along quite well, but I couldn't really see myself there.

So that 's it! Tomorrow I go back to a max of 8 chapters. I'll find out tomorrow morning who they are. I'm really excited to talk to several of the chapters again, especially Plum, Grape, and Pear. Tomorrow is Philanthropy day and I will be wearing khaki capris with a lace flower cutout on the back, lower, right leg with a black v-neck t-shit and beige sandals. Alright time to go to sleep now.

Wait, was your Apple supposed to be Banana during the second day?

let's hear it for the fruit salad. with any luck at all, it will be perfect.

You're right I've fixed it! Thanks for noticing!
I had some crazy dreams lasst night! I'm really nervous to see who I get to go back to. Arrrgg, I just want to know now!!

I see you here, pinkkittie! What time are you supposed to find out your invites? We're all crossing our fingers that the favored fruit falls into your basket!

aj

In one hour. So I gotta go!

GOOD LUCK!!

I cant wait to see who invited you back today :) good luck!


Nichole

It's sad how people get the complete wrong impression of all the chapters during recruitment! To hear my chapter called "conservative and quiet" is so ironic. That's totally not us!! Anyone that knows us at all knows that we know how to have a good time and that some of us are the loudest chicks. You just have to live here to know how freakin' loud the AZ AXO's are!

Tina's on the board ... hurry up girl .... we need our fix...

:-)

edited ... now she's gone .... where'd ya' go???