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I transferred to Elon after my freshman year at a different college. It was a huge change for me, and I’m really glad that I changed gears and decided to go to a school that was totally out of my comfort zone for me. When I was thinking about coming to Elon, the large Greek Life presence really drew me in; I told myself that if I went to Elon, I had to go through Recruitment and just see what it was all about. Actually, I found GC using Google—I think I was looking for recruitment tips and stumbled upon GC, so I’ve been reading since September-ish. During the first semester of school, I was pretty careful; I didn’t kiss any boys that had girlfriends, dance on any tables on bars, and kept my nose clean. I also had class with a lot of girls that were from Barcelona, LA, and Seoul. They were all really nice! The Barcelona girls were especially nice to me and talked to me all the time. They were very careful to not do anything that would be considered a “rush infraction”, but would always invite me to study with them, meet their sisters when we’d all end up at the same place, and would always ask me a million questions, like what I liked to do, what I did on campus, and how I was liking Elon. They seemed great! I was very careful to clean up my Facebook, and I had a pretty good feeling going into Recruitment.
I knew that I had to be careful going into the process, because there were a few different sororities that seemed interesting and that anything could happen. Going into Rush, I had met a ton of girls, and had heard all the stereotypes. They were as follows:
Athens—The only girls I knew from Athens were party animals. They were always the first ones drunk, and the last to leave the party, and they were crazy loud while they were there. But they were a LOT of fun and always had something going on, which I loved! They always were sporting their Athens bags, pins, letter shirts, and random t-shirts, which made me psyched. They seemed very proud to be from Athens!
Atlanta—These girls were very involved. There seemed to be an Atlanta girl in every single organization I was in! They were very sweet and nice, and seemed very smart, which totally made me happy. Their stereotype was that they weren’t the smart girls, or the pretty, or the anything. Their bond was that they were kind of the “leftovers” that didn’t fit any other group, so they were a group based on that.
Barcelona—This group had a lot of very Southern girls, and was considered one of the “hot” groups on campus. They were very nice and sweet, but you never really saw them around, unless you were looking for them. They didn’t wear a lot of “Barcelona” clothing/pins around, and I picked up on that.
Beijing--These girls were the sweet girls that seemed fake. They were always just so damn nice to you! It was hard to talk to them beyond school and sports stuff; they just seemed so focused on being nice that there was nothing else to them.
London—The girls from London were smart. They were in a few classes, and really knew their stuff. They also won Homecoming Queen a bunch of times, and most of the guys I hung out with thought they were cute girls you’d bring home to Mom, but not make out with at a kegger at OT. (A little Elon throwback in there!)
LA—These girls seemed really unfriendly, cold, and all brunette. They seriously ALL were dark haired. They mostly kept to themselves and always had a bad rap for dirty rushing girls and crazy insane hazing. They seemed very close within the sisterhood, which I thought of as something positive, but not if you had to walk through hell to get there.
Seoul—These girls were even crazier than the girls from Athens, if that’s believable. They were the best people to hang out with, because they were always having hot guys at their beck and call and at the center of attention. However, they seemed to party a lot, and I was nervous about my grades if I joined Seoul.
Sydney—These girls unfortunately did not have the greatest stereotype on campus. They were seen as the overweight or ugly girls. All of the girls that I knew from Sydney were so nice and positive about Greek life in general, not just about Sydney.
So, recruitment started on a Thursday morning. I got my nails and toes done, hair freshly highlighted and cut, and went shopping in Raleigh for some cute outfits. The first day, I picked out a black Polo sweater over a pink polo shirt, dark trouser jeans, black flats, and a gorgeous pearl and crystal necklace/bracelet combo that I had custom made. (It was my token “stand out by wearing a different piece of jewelry” tip I picked up from GC!) I was more than ready for Recruitment!
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