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I know it's been almost a month since rush ended but I have been super busy. Good thing I remember almost everything, I doubt I will ever forget rush. And there was lots of drama!
Day One: Brag/Philanthropy Day
The first house I went to was Kate Spade. When the door opened, I don't even think I could hear myself think the girls were so loud. The first thing I thought when I walked in was "Wow!" The house looked absolutely amazing. Basically, there was a tent in the middle of the main room with all their pictures from mixers, and other events. I can't even remember the first girl I talked to, but I felt really comfortable. The second girl was really sweet, I'll call her Sam. I felt so comfortable talking to her and I felt like she was someone I could really be friends with. While walking through the house, I talked to the president and realized that she was my orientation leader in 2006. Then we were lead to couches and watched a video about their philanthropy. I really liked how they stressed how important it was to them. That was my main reason for wanting to join a sorority. Overall, I was really impressed. They completely blew away my expectations.
The next house was Coach. I was so excited to go to this house. Honestly, I already thought I would end up here. I wanted to go in with an open mind, but it's hard. The house looked really nice and all the girls I talked to were really sweet. I felt like they were rushing me really hard. I talked to one girl that I fell in love with. She was really funny and quirky like myself. She showed me around the house and while we were in the presidents room I saw she had a poster of Hairspray(Broadway version), and I told the girl that I absolutely loved the movie. She drug me to the other room to talk to the president. She was so sweet and we found out that we had a lot in common. I talked to another girl that I had a class with last semester and things seemed to be going really well. She was then bumped and another girl took me over to some table to make a craft for their philanthropy. We ended up talking the whole time, so I didn't even make the craft. Then a girl told a story about why their philanthropy touched so much. When I left the house, I left knowing I was a Coach.
After a long break, I went to Dooney & Burke. The girls outfits were extremely cute and the house looked great. The first girl I talked to, talked only about all the parties. I was a little turned off, especially when I had to ask about the philanthropy. I felt like I had to keep the conversation going. The next girl came in as we were talking about philanthropy, so she continued talking about it. I told her how I really like doing community service, but it was hard for me to go out and find it. She told that they had an opening for their service chair and I should think about running. I was extremely uncomfortable when she told me this and just smiled and nodded. Then another girl came up and the girl I was talking to told her that I was interested in the service chair position. I was shocked and again, EXTREMELY uncomfortable. It only got worse. This girl that bumped the other one started bad mouthing the other sororities. She said that “Dooney & Burke wasn’t wild like all the other chapters and they were the normal girls.” So when it was time to leave I was thankful.
The last house to visit was Burberry. Their house was really beautiful, but it wasn’t even decorated. I only talked to one girl the entire time, which I thought was kind of weird. She was really sweet, but I was really intimidated by the house and everything. I was really impressed with the songs they sang at the end, but I knew I did not fit in at all.
Here are my listings at the end of day one:
Coach
Kate Spade
Burberry
Dooney & Burke
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