[Stef the Pef]

I originally went through Formal Recruitment, but there's kind of a weird story behind it. I was invited back to five of the nine chapters at Baylor, and therefore, I had to rank my invites back without dropping any. Not knowing a lot about KD aside from the chick who was currently in the process of stealing the WA governor's race is an alum (I'm still convinced she didn't win, sister or not, plus she said way too much about initiation to a Seattle newspaper, arrgh!), I ranked it last. Anyway, the next day, when we got our schedules back for the first day, KD wasn't on the list even though I was supposed to go to all the parties who has invited me back. What the banana? Anyway, I stuck it out until the last day, and after that first day, I had a terrible time because only one chapter was inviting me back, and I just wasn't feeling like they were as involved in campus events as I wanted a sorority to be. I didn't want to rule out snap bids from larger chapters where I felt more comfortable, so I withdrew from recruitment before signing the bid card, regretfully, with one of the rho chis. (I even panicked and called her after signing it asking if I'd checked the snap bid box!) This rho chi, who I didn't know was a KD, apparently went back to her chapter before Bid Day and told the whole "computer glitch" story (the system we were using was acting really funny with me, even listing all the chapters as invites back for the first day when I'd sat down and ranked my one invite back for the second day, aughh!) to the chapter, and they extended me a bid that night before Bid Day. So, technically, I was a COR "snap bid," and thank goodness, because I ended up in a chapter that was just right for me!

It's funny how this works out--I'm noticing that a lot of other folks on here didn't get their first choice but ended up in just the right chapter anyway--that's kind of cool.