[WaterChild]

Since my entire recruitment group lived in a hall in one of the dorm buildings with our Rho Chis during recruitment week, the Rho Chis woke us about in the middle of the night as they received our schedules for the next day. It was rough being woken up in the wee hours of the morning, but it was nice to have the opportunity to sleep off any upsetting news. It was upsetting news indeed that I received that morning. We could attend a maximum of seven parties. My list included:

Everything But The…
Chunky Monkey
Phish Food
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Chubby Hubby

I was incredibly disappointed that I would not be revisiting Half Baked or Karamel Sutra. I went back to sleep and when I woke back up in the morning I wore a flowy white skirt, a yellow polka dotted tee shirt, and a pair of gold flats.

Everything But The…- When I walked in, I was delighted to discover that the girl who met me at the door was the same girl that I had liked the previous day. This time, we got to actually talk one on one. She gave a very thorough tour of the house. I liked the house a lot, and I especially liked the fact that it has a back yard. The rooms were cute. As I was given a tour, I could completely see myself living there.

Chunky Monkey- I was met at the door by an adorable, bouncy redhead. She was really enthusiastic about her home and we got along really well. She introduced me to her big during the tour, and I liked her a lot too. The whole house was super cute. A lot of it had been redone recently and it had certainly been redone well. I was so excited about Chunky Monkey, I tried a little too hard and I felt like I was coming across as fake the whole time.

Phish Food- Instead of individual house tours, this sorority gave group tours that lasted one third of the party. One third was spent chatting with a member, and one third was spent playing spoons with a group of members and PNMs. During the game of spoons, the person without a spoon had to answer an icebreaker question drawn from a little cup. It was cute. The house was simple, but sometimes I like simple. It had little touches that I found nice. I really liked the girl that gave the house tour to my group.

Pumpkin Cheesecake- I’ll start by saying that this sorority has the most beautiful and enormous house on campus. I’d actually gotten a tour of this house during a campus visit the previous spring, but I really enjoyed looking at everything again. Unfortunately, the member giving me the tour and I really didn’t click. We had quite a few awkward moments, and I was disappointed because I really loved the building itself.

Chubby Hubby- This sorority didn’t have a house during the fall semester due to a slight tragedy that occurred just before recruitment began. (Well, everyone can figure out which one this is now). So, their recruitment was held in a conference room in the Student Union Building, which is right by Greek Row. This party was a little weird. We played a game of bingo and talked a little. I was actually paired with the best friend of the girl that I know from home. We sat with the girl that I know and her PNM. Before she went to college, this girl was incredibly intelligent, down to earth, and had gorgeous dark brown hair. This time, the girl had platinum blond hair and her personally seemed just as artificial as the shade of her hair. I felt let down by this. As I looked around, most of the group seemed really fake to me.

After all the parties were over, we headed to rank. The next day, we could attend a maximum of four houses.

1. Chunky Monkey
2. Phish Food
3. Everything But The…
4. Pumpkin Cheesecake

5. Chubby Hubby