Today (Monday) I picked up my invites. Annie is back from her retreat, although I kind of wish that LaRhonda was my real Rho Gamma. I feel pretty confident and excited.
The list:
Wicked
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Oklahoma
42nd Street
Hairspray
No
Anything Goes!??!?!!!?
I was upset/in shock that I wasn't prepared how to react. I guess Annie could kind of see on my face that I was upset, and when she asked me if my list was ok, I felt my throat close up and I was just like "Yeah it's fine." Since I got 5 invites, I have to choose 3 and I wasn't exactly prepared for it to happen this way. I chose
42nd Street and
Wicked right away, and I had to pick one more. Definitely not
Oklahoma. I was between
Millie and
Hairspray. I went with my gut and picked
Hairspray. I figured that I because I liked
Hairspray better than
Millie during skits, I'd go back there.
I left the Union and went back to LaPlata. This is when I really got upset. I was so bummed about being cut from
Anything Goes that I forgot all of the other ones that I liked. I called my mom and told her that I was thinking of dropping out and trying again for
Anything Goes in the fall. My mom knows absolutely nothing about Greek Life, but she told me to go to preference and then decide if I want to drop out.
Pretty good advice coming from someone who knows nothing about sororities! I agree with her, but I still feel unsure about
42nd Street even though they are my top choice from my remaining chapters. (I can't elaborate as to why without giving them away.)
Tuesday afternoon (preference is tonight), I called LaRhonda and told her what happened. Since she's not my actual Rho Gamma, and I doubt Annie knew why I was acting funny, I needed to fill her in. I told her how disappointed I was that I wasn't invited back to a chapter that seemed like such a good fit. I told her about my hesitation about
42nd Street too. LaRhonda said that I wouldn't fit in at
Anything Goes, and that
42nd Street has a really strong sisterhood and thinks that I would fit in well there. She told me that my hesitation wouldn't make much of a difference, since it is not what a sorority is centered around.
LaRhonda was pretty honest with me, even though now I see it kind of toed the line of what a Rho Gamma should and shouldn't say. It was hard to stomach when she said that I wouldn't fit in at
Anything Goes, especially when you feel such a connection and they make you feel like you are their number 1 choice. However, I felt very reassured about going to preference tonight that since I have two groups that I like a lot and one that I like ok. I think I just needed someone to remind me of that.
To recap, I will be attending for preference:
42nd Street
Wicked
Hairspray
Chapters out of the running:
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Zeta Tau Alpha
Kappa Delta
Alpha Chi Omega
Sigma Delta Tau