[WaterChild]

After a long day of work and several hours of baby sitting, I'm finally posting. It's rather long- sorry.



My roommate and I got up extra early to ensure that we were cute enough to make good first impressions. I’m pretty shy, so I was worried. I wore olive green Bermuda shorts (it was August, remember), a white polo shirt, and brown leather sandals.

Half Baked- I was actually expecting the girls to be loud as they greeted us at the door, but they were a fairly calm bunch. Going in, I knew nothing about the women of Half Baked. I chatted fairly easily with the members that I was paired with as they were very friendly but I really didn’t have much in common with them. I was struck by how easy it seemed after I had stressed out for weeks about recruitment, so I came out feeling like they would be a fairly good match for me.

Chunky Monkey- The Chunky Monkeys were much more boisterous than the woman of Half Baked. I liked this a lot. I was in the marching band during first semester, and I knew that a friend of mine from home who attends the same school that I do was friends with a Chunky Monkey who was on the marching band’s drum line, so I went in with a good impression of this group. Also, I had a recommendation from my neighbor. I had a fairly good time at this house until I got into a conversation with someone about musicians and she struck me as extraordinarily uninformed. It sounds snobby, but because of this I left Chunky Monkey feeling unimpressed.

Dublin Mudslide- I really didn’t know anything about this group prior to recruitment. I felt comfortable as I was brought to a couch to talk with a member. However, the Dublin Mudslides had a strange rotation. Instead of talking to two or three girls over twenty minutes, all the PNMs talked with five actives. It was very confusing and the conversations never really went anywhere because we were constantly meeting new women. One of the women that I met and I discovered that we had a strange connection. I had spent the summer before working in the store of a gardening store. The company also owns a giant greenhouse about ninety miles south of the store that I worked at. One of the Dublin Mudslides worked at the greenhouse, so we knew a lot of the same people. I didn’t know what I thought after I left.

Karamel Sutra- I really, really wanted to be a Karamel Sutra before recruitment began. My aforementioned friend from home is a Karamel Sutra. At a University super early orientation/ registration for incoming freshmen during the previous March, I stayed at this house. However, I was exhausted and having a bad day. I accidentally got in an argument with the Karamel Sutra president and also the girl (not my friend) who was hosting me. I was hoping that this would be forgotten, but the girl that met me at the door during recruitment was the same girl that hosted me in March, and she introduced herself as just that. During our conversation, she made it quite clear that she was not interested in the possibility of me becoming a Karamel Sutra at all. I had a great time talking with the other women, but I was afraid that that night during the spring would prevent me from getting a bid to Karamel Sutra.

Cherry Garcia- A woman who I have done some work for and who I have a tremendous amount of respect for wrote me a recommendation. This woman impresses me so much that I really hoped that I would love this organization. However, this group didn’t rotate at all and the girl that I was put with and I completely clashed. Neither of us knew what to say and both of us were miserable. When I left this party, I was afraid that all the women of Cherry Garcia would be just like her. I didn’t ever want to set foot in that door again.

Chubby Hubby- A girl that I have known since I was a small child is a Chubby Hubby. I really liked her when I knew her back at home, so I had a good feeling about this group. I had decent conversations with the actives. Nothing was awkward but nothing stood out to me either. I didn’t really care either way about the Chubby Hubbies after this day.

Phish Food- During my freshman and sophomore years of high school, I completely despised one of the cheerleaders. I found her incredibly obnoxious and not very bright. I knew that she had been a Phish Food at my school. I did find out right before recruitment began that she had transferred to another school. If she had still been there, I probably would have refused to consider Phish Food at all. I was still a little wary because I was afraid that all the members would be obnoxious and dim. I don’t remember very much of this party, but all I wrote in my recruitment journal was, “Better than I expected…”

Everything But The…- I didn’t really know anything about this group besides the fact that they are small in numbers. This showed especially during the party. My roommate and I were paired with one member. I thought the member was very sweet, and I wanted to talk to her, but my roommate kept asking rude questions. I left thinking that I wanted to know a little more but I was a little swayed in the opposite direction by my roommate’s disinterest.

Pumpkin Cheesecake- By the time that I visited this house, I was exhausted. The members were as well. I met several women that I really liked. One of them is a music major like me. After a long day of meeting people with different interests, it was nice to finally meet somebody who understood what I would be doing in college. I thought that this might be an okay fit for me.


After the day was over, we went to do rankings. We could return to a maximum of seven houses the next day. I watched other’s reactions to houses a little too closesly and ranked the sororities as follows:

1. Half Baked
2. Karamel Sutra
3. Pumpkin Cheesecake
4. Chunky Monkey
5. Phish Food
6. Dublin Mudslide
7. Chubby Hubby

8. Everything But The…
9. Cherry Garcia