[tridgirl]

Wow its enough to make any girl want to relive her own rush experience. Well mine was a bit different because I was a sophmore and when I was freshman I wasn't into the whole greek thing. My friend was a gphib and always told me I should rush so just to shock everyone and try it out for myself. So me and my best friend lived together during rush week and we both rushed. At my school these are the NPC sororities:
AOII
ADP
gphib
piphi
chio
tridelt
From my freshman year I knew the reps, and was leaning towards piphi and tridelt, but I tried to remain impartial. There was an info night the first night 20 minutes in each room talking with about two other rushies to one sister. It was horrible in every house because you didn't get to talk on one I was totally turned off. Finally I went to tri delt and I talked to one girl by myself the whole time. It was awesome we totally conncted.
The next night you went to every house again, a Philanthropy night theme and it was fun I liked most of the houses, but I was unimpressed by adpi. The girl that I was with talked about getting drunk in Mexico with the PIKES non stop we were stuffing these little animals as a project and that was one over stuffed bear let me tell you. I was no expert but I knew that was not what you were supposed to talk about during rush. In all the other houses I felt at home though because I knew a few girls in every house. The next morning I had gotten invited back to all the houses so I had to drop two (we were only allowed four for skit night) I dropped AOII and ADII I just wasn't feelin them.
Skit night at Gamma Phi was awesome I didn't mention it, but they have a kinda snoty reputation, but they were doing a great job rushing that year everyone loved them. They had so much energy and all the girls rushing me were so nice that I kinda knew something was up. They had decorated thier chapeter room like MTV spring break and it was way cute, just a little to transparent. Then I went to ChiO which was really nice, but they had us sit on chair and the girls rushing us were on the floor so it was awkward. The skit had energy, but it was almost scary and this one girl sat way to close to me and kept saying how I just had to hang out with her, and come back and stuff. Then I went to Pi Phi, it was their last year doing grease and it was amazing. I knew a few of the girls and had a great conversation, I was leaning their way. Well then I went to Tri Delt, and I hate to say it, but althought the skit was cute, it was outdated and I talked to some people that I didn't click with I was more confused then ever.
That night me and my friend talked, my first mistake, and she told me she was going to go pi phi and then tri delt for pref night, and I was like me to, then she told me she was going to put piphi first and tri delt secone, I was like oh okay. We really wanted to be in the same house which made it even harder. I was also a Tri Delta legacy which made everything just a larger mess.
I went in to get invites not knowing what to do, I dropped chio and gphib and went with my hear knowing I had had one great night at tri delt, and a few a pi phi i just neede on last night to decide.
Pref night I was so nervous I went to Tri Delta first and Pi Phi second, my friend did the opposite. I was prefed by the girl I had talked to the first night, and it was amazing, one of the speeches was even about what an amazing sister the girl who prefed me was I cried, I was sold. Then I went to talk to my friend during the break, second mistake. She had the same feeling about pi phi I had just had at tri delt, and she was really persusive about piphi I was feeling the pressure. I should have known when I didn't know the girl prefing me it was down hill. I had talked to her, but it turned out that the reason she prefed me was I was Stephs friend. I didn't feel comfortable although it was beautiful and touching.
I went out and talked to my friend, and she was all about piphi, when I filled out my bid card I put piphi first, I think. The trouble was I looked at another card after I filled mine out and first was on the inside collumn and second on the outside, I had it turned around or did I? I was so confused and scared I had convinced myself that if me and my friend weren't in the same house it wouldn't work.
Well on bid day when I opened my card it was the Tri Delta crest. Wow it was wierd even though it was my second choice I didn't feel sad at all. I felt sad because my friend was piphi and I wasn't, but I was happy. After a long year I realized, whatever I put first didn't matter I had ended up where I belong where I now call my home.