sparklysmile's UCF rush story
 

i go to school at ucf and im a freshman. i always wanted to be involved in greek life in college so last year while i was still in highschool i decided to rush. This past week UCf held its formal recruitment and this is my story...

The first day was greek forum on tuesday night. There were hundreds of girls swarming all over the place. i wore a cute and comfy dress with heels. looking back i should have just worn jeans and flip flops. this day is super casual and all the women there are dissafiliated so theres really no point in getting too primped.

i met my rho gamma and my rho gamma group. my RG was so sweet. Through out the whole process she was so helpful. All the girls seamed anxious, excited and nervous. all the same things i was feeling. i felt like i new what to expect but at the same time completely confused. As we sat and talked to our Rho Gamma it was really funny. you could see alot of girls scoping the room and looking around. i guess at the time some people felt like it was a competition and the girls in the room were there adversaries. when in reality, the girls in the room were their future sisters and fellow greeks. At the time even i didnt realize that this isnt about getting into the sorority you wanted but about finding the place you could call home.

i went through rush with several friends. and the best advice i can give regarding that is to let each friend make their own decision. never try to influence someone. even if you have a tight-knit group of friends, chances are you are all very different and fit into different sororities. we all decided to try not to talk about rush so much when we were together. i mean, we talked about our outfits and how nervous we were. but that was it.

my school has 11 sororities but only 10 participated in formal recruitment. i chose to name them after fruits.
1. strawberry
2. grapes
3. rasberries
4. oranges
5. apples
6. bananas
7. blueberry
8. tangerines
9. peaches
10. plum

ill tell a little of my story each day and at the end ill let you know what i chose to do :)

YAY! Go... um... blueberries! :)


Good luck and have fun. As many on here have said, stick it out til the end no matter what happens because it only takes one! May you have a fantastic recruitment and meet some wonderful women!

Can't wait to hear your story!

I wore a sundress with heels on that first day too. :) A couple of the girls who were already in UCF sororities planned my outfits for the week. (dirty rushing at its finest!)

Where did you end up?! And who's you're Rho Gamma?! Keep us updated :p

I'm so glad you're posting your story!!! :)

Go Rasberries!

so the first day of recruitment at UCF is called "UCF DAY". you visit all the houses and spend 25 minutes in each one. The chapters that dont have houses use the fraternity houses for rush.

The first day is suppose to be really casual. i wore dressy shorts that went up to my knee's and a trendy top. I also wore heals. It was alot of walking and i really should have brought flip-flops but the shoes i had went perfect with the outfit.

Going into recruitment i thought i knew exactly were i would fit in and exactly were i wanted to go. i knew girls from this chapter and had hung out with them alot. Looking back i realize that just because you can be friends with a few girls doesnt mean that you can be their sister.

so after the first day this was my feeling on the chapters..

1. strawberry- these girls had a beautiful house and i knew alot of girls in this chapter. Oddly tho, i felt like the girls i met this day were really fake. it was almost uncomfortable.

2. grapes- alot of nice girls. all really pretty. They seamed to be very involved. GPA seamed to be very important at this chapter and i didnt exactly have a stellar gpa in high school so...

3. rasberries- i loved this house. the girl i had was amazing. we had alot in common and it was one of the few houses that we didnt just "rush talk" but actually had a real conversation. oh and they were all drop dead gorgeous.

4. oranges- i liked this house alot. the girls i met were all so fun and sweet. The girls i met were kept me laughing. and also there was alot of just good old talking. i felt very comfortable.

5. apples- I liked these girls. but there was really nothing spectacular.

6. bananas-the rusher at this house was just so nervous. she was very sweet tho.

7. blueberry-i met a really nice girl here. but nothing out of the ordinary.

8. tangerines- sweet nice girls.

9. peaches-once again nice girls but nothing out of the ordinary.

10. plum- this was the toughest house to visit. the girl i had really couldnt hold a conversation and i ended up talking most of the time to the pnm that was also supposed to be rushed by this girl.

ok so thats the best that i can remember. lol. overall i enjoyed my first day. when i got home thou i was so extremmly tired. Me and the girls who were all going through rush just got pizza and then we all passed out. the first day is very tiring.

Oh and btw coffee filters are the best things ever invented!! they helped me ever so much during this day. they work far better than those oil sheets.

well that was my day 1. i wont be saying where i went until my last posting. all i can say is that i made the best decision of my life!

I am excited to hear all of your story!!!

Good luck SparklySmile! Sounds like you're off to a good start. My daughter is going thru rush this week at FSU so I'll wish the best for both of you!

Have fun today & good-luck!

UCF Recruitment ended last week - she is posting a recap.

Got it, guess I need to stop skimming. Thanks!

Good luck. try some mole skin if you got blisters

Oops! Got too carried away with my skimming of the posts.

I may need moleskin, I'm already addicted. I see now how little I knew entering this process with my daughter. This is a great thing to do while I wait for those updates, it's all I can seem to think about!

sparkly, you don't actually have to wait to do one post per day, since ucf recruitment is over. how about speed it up a bit??? ;)

ok ok ok.. heres the rest of it...

so the second day at UCF is phylanthropy day. Some chapters use it to talk about financial obligations, others wait until the next day.

When i got my invite list that morning i was so nervous. The second day you can attend 7 partys and i had a full list.

so on phylanthropy day i said bye bye to..

1.grapes
2.apples
3.strawberries

the Chapter i adored the first day (rasberries!) were even more amazing the second day. They showed a video on their phylanthropy and it was something i was very interested in. I talked to the girl i had talked to on the first day but also to many many many other girls.

On phylanthropy day i also had a very good time with the Oranges. I met a few new girls and also talked to one of the girls i had my first day. They all seam so sweet and down to earth.

At this point i was really set on these two houses.

Since i have already gone through recruitment ill speed up the story a bit...

On video day we got to go back to 5 house. i went to..
1.Rasberries
2.oranges
3.tangerines
4.bananas
5.peaches

At rasberries i talked to the same girl as i had the 1st and 2nd day. we had so much in common and got along so well. i also met her best friend and she was a sweetheart too.

At oranges i talked to the same girl i had the 1st and second day too. we didnt have as much in common but she was so nice and the conversation flowed really well.

I enjoyed the Tangerines. more than the bananas and peaches. but nothing had really stood out to me yet. I wanted the "im home" feeling and i just wasnt getting it.

That night i decided to pref.
1.rasberries
2.oranges
3.tangerines

the next morning when i got my invite list back i was invited back to all three. Pref night is so different than all the other day. It is so much more serious. That day every house does something unique and special. i wont really elaborate what the houses did bc 1. i dont think i really should and 2.every girl should experience it first hand not knowing whats going to happen.

The tangerines did something really beautiful but i just didnt really get the reaction i was looking for. I liked the girls and could totally see myself as their friend but not their sister.

At the oranges i got a little teary eyed and really enjoyed what they did. At the rasberries, i cried. it was just so beautiful and you could really tell that what they had was a true sisterhood. They really cared about eachother, were eachothers best friends, bridesmaids, and sisters. The girl who prefed me was the same girl i had been talking to all week. i told her exactly how much i loved her chapter. i felt really comfortable talking to her. I told her about the other houses and how i liked the oranges too. But that i felt most at home at her chapter.

that night when i was ranking chapters i put..
1.rasberries
2.oranges
3.tangerines

that was a few days in one.. ill be back to tell you where i ended up!

Don't wait too long! I want to know! :)

Tell me more, tell me more...

I know even I REALLY want to know who it is:) I know I really enjoyed pref night...

Hurry back and finish your story! I can't resist a UCF rush thread.

Was it love at first sight?
Tell me more, tell me more...

sparkly smile, you are going to be grounded if you don't get right back here and tell me right now where you found your home....

(btw, i am just kidding. i was hoping that when i got home tonight, we would know how things turned out!)

It's a happy ending-- she'd better wrap it up soon! ;)

so come sunday im with my rho gamma group and we are all sitting on our bid cards. and we wait and wait and wait and wait...

alas i open my bid card and.. the house i wanted all along..


*Rasberries*

a happy ending :)


oh in case you are wondering what house rasberries was. well just like i had to wait and wait to open my bid card, well my lovelys yall can wait a bit too;)

patience is a virtue :D

omg this is killing me..lol j/k but yes I really do wanna know!

OMG...WE ARE BEING HAZED. THIS IS NOT **FAIR**!!

I KNEW it was raspberries. Congratulations!!!!!

You're killing me smalls.

You little tease! Shame...shame...:p

okay, so we are going to send you a huge bill for all the free advice here on gc that you scarfed up before your recruitment-and we expect to be paid in FRUIT SALAD!!!!

tell us, please?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!

ok ok just bc yall have been so wonderful ill let you kno.

i am so proud and honored to have joined...


ZETA TAU ALPHA

they are such an amazing chapter at our school. i fell in love with them the first day and i couldnt be happier. i love my girls and soon to be sisters :)

So you get to wear the crown! Congratulations for a successful rush and a wonderful home!

Awww congratulations to you and the lovely ZTAs :)

Congrats!!! Is it just me or does Zeta seem to have a monopoly over this year's GC PNMs??? Either way, I'm very happy for you!

congratulations on getting a bid from the raspberries! i am so glad to finally know!!


i was thinking the same thing. lol

I knew it! Well, adpiucf told me but I also would've guessed because you said you watched a video at raspberries on philanthropy day. Plus, you wore a dress with heels on greek forum day and that screams UCF ZTA. ;)

Anyway, congratulations! Us UCF ZTAs are awesome! PM me if you have any questions or need any advice or just want to talk. It hasn't been that long since I graduated so I still know a lot about what's going on with the chapter. Enjoy getting spoiled as a new member. It goes by quick so reap the benefits while you can!

oh and do we get spoiled! its like christmas every day :)

Yay for sparkly and ZTA! :) I'm so happy for you!