Recruitment
 

Recruitment is getting close for my daughter. The outfits are selected and pictures taken for her to use. We move into the dorm in just a few days. She is very excited to find out where her new home will be. She is a legacy to one house and has recs to all others, even thought we are told that they are not needed at her school. I will post her story once she has begun. Good luck to all who are on pins and needles as I type.

Can't wait to read it! Good luck to you both. :)

Orientation is coming up. She is very nervous. Already hearing gossip about top houses in the dorms

Good luck to you both.

Orientation and the first day of parties went well. Very hard to choose when the time came to vote. I am keeping notes and will write her story when recruitment is over.

By the way... After I spent a lot of time explaining that she is not "dropping" groups, but ranking them in the order that she liked them and would like to return (after the top group), her RC told the group that they could drop 2. Frustrating.

Arrrgh!!! How can the PNMs change their way of thinking if the recruitment counselors tell them that?

D is toward the end of her recruitement, so I thought I would begin to post her story. Throughout recruitment, I have continued to remind my D that it only takes on house, and that she needs to follow her heart regardless of what others are saying. This is very hard for an 18 year old.

The day began with D meeting her Rho Gamma group at 8:00 a.m. to receive their schedules. My daughter had one party and then a four hour break. Wow.


Pitcher: She was so excited to see what "rush" was all about. She "loved" this house and wanted to know how they knew so much about her. I reminded her that she had a recommendation to this house.


First Base: Really liked this house as well. She spoke to a girl with her same major. She said the girl she spoke with liked this house as she could go downstairs and "chill" without makeup.


Second Base:She was not in love with this house. she was not sure why. She liked them, but they did not "wow" her.

Third Base: She loved this one as well. This is known as a "popular" house and she did not know if she would really fit in.


Catcher: This is her legacy house. She was head over heels for this house. She definitely saw herself being friends with these girls. She was double rushed at this house which was her only concern.


Right Field: She also "loved" this house


Left Field: This was a long walk from the last party. She liked this house but did not feel that she would fit in.


Center Field: She knows a few girls in this house from high school. She saw them and waived. This is a more diverse house and she felt very comfortable.


Between Party 8 and 9 she texted to say that she was going to rank 9 lowest. When asked how she knew as she had not been there yet, she said that she knew she would not fit it. It was all popular girls. I told her to wait and see.


Designated Hitter: text said, "Mom, I've got to keep Designated HItter, I felt the connection. She said she also looked around and saw others like her.


On the way to vote, she was able to chat a little. Her main concerns were that she loved her legacy chapter and many other girls wanted to drop them. I told her to go with her comfort and not the comfort of others. She also wanted to make sure that her top (unranked) choices had a mix of reach and "safety." How do you explain that during recruitment there is not safety? She ultimately ranked them:


In no specific order:
Right Field
Catcher
Center Field
1st Base
Designated Hitter
Pitcher
3rd Base
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Left Field
2nd Base

I LOVE baseball. This is a darling theme!!!

I think it is funny that DDs ranking list came out very much like a typical batting order. (and that left field is aways from the other chapters...)
:P

I laughed when I read that left field was a long walk from the rest of the chapters.

Round 2


D went to meet her group anxious about receiving her invites for round 2. After waiting she received her invites and it was not what she was expecting. 4 houses. Center Field, Designated Hitter, 2nd Base, and Catcher. She was very excited about Designated Hitter, but very disappointed about the others Through tears we had a chat about going in with an open mind today. . Take a fresh look at these four as they are the ones who want you.


Designated Hitter: She is in heaven with this house. She still can not figure out why she was invited back here. She saw the house and then did a craft for their Philanthropy.She was excited as our family is involved with this group. She thinks it went well.


Center Field: She believes that this is more of a realistic house for her. She really enjoyed seeing the house and doing the craft. She said that she tried to make conversation, but felt that it seemed like the girls she spoke to were not interested in her.


2nd Base: She really did not want to go to this party. She did not like this house. I told her to go in with an open mind and meet new people. I spoke to her after the party. She said that she liked it a little better but could not get it out of her mind that people felt that this was the "lowest house." She sid the first girl she spoke to was ehh, but she liked the second girl.


party 4 was the next day


She went back to her dorm after this party. She told me that she really wants to be a part of the greek system, even if it is in the lowest house. I asked her whose opinion she was basing it on? I reminded her that she had to look at where she is comfortable and in houses of more than 150 have all types of girls. I also shared that all houses have the same types of activities and experiences.


Catcher: (Next day) Once again, her legacy chapter. She texted me after this party with four smiley faces. When I finally spoke to her she said that she just feels like she is home at this house. The girls are so down to earth and she feels like she could be herself here. She thought it was funny that each time she was bumped, they would say, "This is X and she is a legacy." She hopes that she is asked back by this chapter.


When she met with her group to vote, she was fairly quick as she did not have any decisions to make. Now we wait.

(She fixed hers so I edited mine!)

Love the story and I'm rooting for a Catcher ending!

Thanks. I changed it.

That's what I'm guessing, too. I think the first Catcher was a typo and it was supposed to be CF. When I first read it, I was disappointed that a legacy chapter wouldn't make more of an effort to get to know her.

However, when I read the second Catcher entry, I was happy because it sounds like those members really value her legacy status. I'm rooting for Catcher!

Mom, you are giving your daughter great advice. I know how hard it is to remain unbiased; you are doing a good job!

C'mon, DD. Knock a home run, with your favorite house!