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Okay so yes I depledged Moonlit path. Like I said it was a hard choice, but not one that I've regretted. Sure it was weird to watch my other friends get initiated into moonlit path, and other sororities they were in, but like I said I just moved on, there is plenty enough to do here without being Greek.
I continued to talk up going Greek to my girl friends from my floor. When spring rolled around I had been invited to a couple of "interest parties" and I went with my friends. (don't worry I knew I couldn't get a bid because I was bound to moonlit path) so we just went to check things out, really more I was going for them to show them what it was all about! And also for me to see if my feelings were the same for the houses I had liked.
Really my friends and I only made it to two of the parties, Sensual Amber and Mango Mandarin.
(Informal recruitment at my school is just when the houses have parties and see who's interested so it's completely different than formal.)
So we go to Sensual Amber they show us around the house again, it looks like one room has been redecorated, and that is actually the room we ended up talking. The girl that was talking to me was really nice and down to earth, but I made it really clear about Moonlit path, and that I was there for my friends. We were just kind of hanging out having a nice time. My friends both had a really nice time at the house. The next day they both got calls asking them if they wanted bids. They asked for some time to think about it, as they had some other houses they wanted to see. To my surprise I also got a call, which was weird- I explained about Moonlit path, and boy it sucked to have to explain that when this had been one of my top two choices!! I asked them to keep me in mind for fall though!
We also went to Mango MandarinI had an excellent time here too, my friends seemed to enjoy themselves, I actually had two different friends with me at this house, one was a legacy to Mango Mandarin, and the other was just interested. Once again I made it really clear about not being able to accept a bid, and the next day I got another call. (Which once again sucked to turn down a bid to one of my top two choices!)
So that was sad/weird to have to turn down both bids when they were my top two! I was just like why couldn't they have offered me bids in the FALL!!! Ahhh! (In hindsight I think it was because of my H.S. grades) but I doubt I'll ever really know!
As for my friends: the two that went with me to Sensual Amber ended up going Coconut Lime Verbena, the two that went with me to Mango Mandarin, neither of them joined a sorority.
Slight sidetrack:
I ended up applying for an RA position which was something I had really wanted to do and Moonlit path had told me I had no chances of doing, so I applied, and got an Alternate Position for the 2007-2008 year. My mom was bummed about it, but I was happy in my mind it was perfect. I would be an alternate, not get the RA job for fall 07, rush again, be successful, and then magically for the spring semester 08 I would get the RA job and everything would fall into place...
This is what I did know though, the experiences from the Interest parties really helped to boost my confidence & get me SOO excited for fall 2007. . .
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