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I just don't feel like doing homework, so let me continue introducing you to the chapters. Thank goodness my school didn't do all open houses in one day! Oh, and as far as the actual ice cream flavor goes, creme brulee is AMAZING!
Turtle Soup: I didn't know what to think of this house. A girl from my high school was in this chapter. I barely knew her, but she was a self-proclaimed "prep" and I just got no particular vibe from the rest of the girls. Actually, the girl who picked me up at the door was a friend of a friend of a friend. Halfway through our conversation she said "Wait, I think we're Facebook friends." DOH! I must have made friends with her back when FB first opened to high school students and everyone went crazy adding people they barely knew. How embarrassing...
Vermonty Python: These girls had a very plastic look to them. There was one girl I knew in junior high, before she moved to another town. Another girl from my high school had pledged that sorority at another school the year before and affiliated at this chapter (it's common for people to transfer home their sophomore years). She's great, but she wasn't recruiting. I think I had a really basic conversation with whoever I talked to. I really don't remember much. I think I may have actually mentioned another sorority. Something like "A lot of girls from my town go Phish Food so that's the one I've heard about most." DOH. I was just trying to explain my frame of reference, but I'm sure it sounded like I wasn't really interested in their chapter... which wasn't completely untrue.
Magic Brownies: These girls were the only sorority without a house. Many of the PNMs were shocked. The school I transferred from had no sorority houses and very few fraternity houses, so it didn't bother me too much. I even kinda like the idea of living all together in a bunch of apartments. I remember not really liking their t-shirts. When I talked to the other PNMs, everyone said "Oh I thought they were really nice." It was true, but that's about all I could say about that house one way or the other. There were also some girls about two years older than me that I sorta barely knew... I had always looked up to them, so I thought it might be a strong chapter, but they didn't make an impression.
Creme Brulee: This sorority was the love of my short sorority life. I went into recruitment knowing that I would probably like this house. They had the most memorable outfit of any house: White tops with white capris or skirts and red heels with red jewelry. The effect was very cool. I mostly talked to one girl who was SO funny and we just got along famously. We talked about my great new apartment which was nearby. A girl from my high school stopped by to say hi. We had a SERIOUS falling out my junior year and we still don't get along to this day. But even she was super sweet in an almost genuine way. Then another girl overheard that many of my friends were in the music department. She asked if I knew a few people, and I did! I walked out the door knowing this house was The One.
Fossil Fuel: These girls had on t-shirts that were a play on the Juicy Couture logo. This kind of shirt was immensely popular at my old school, but they were the only ones with a shirt like this at my new school. A girl told me about how her friend was a really big fan of a former walk-on basketball player at our school who was very cute. She told me a story about how her friend had made fake Christmas cards as if they were a couple, photoshopping her picture in with the basketball player's. I thought it was SO funny and absolutely fit my sense of humor. They "bumped" and I talked to someone else, but on my way out the first girl tapped me on the shoulder and said "It was really good to meet you." It sounded like she really liked me! I went home and told my roommate (who was going to community college) about it later, and she said "Oh well I can tell someone's gonna invite you back!"
Dublin Mudslide: This house started out on my ish list because it was also on a ridiculous hill. They were the only chapter that let the PNMs wait inside though, which was nice. It's incredibly hot and humid in August. I happen to know a lot of Dublin Mudslides at a whole bunch of different schools, and one of my closest friends at my old school was a DM, so I was still excited about the idea of being in the same sorority as all those other girls. I talked for a while about my 1-year-old sister and what it was like to grow up in a college town, but the girl didn't seem to be listening to me. Knowing what I know now, she was probably looking out for the girl who would be bumping her. When that girl showed up, she asked me all the same questions and I pretty much repeated everything I'd said. Crazy thing is, the second girl didn't seem to be listening either! I was actually pretty offended. I knew they were a prominent house on campus and all the PNMs seemed to gush about them. But they still left a sour taste in my mouth.
AmeriCone Dream: Sorry, I forgot to make a fake name for this one! I loved their symbols and the song they sang. I talked to three girls. One was a big athlete, and I didn't have a lot to say to her. Another was great at making conversation and we got along really well. I think we talked about how great it was that the Greek system here was so unified. The third said very little. They seem like a great house, but I felt a little uncomfortable. Somehow I just felt like I didn't fit in with this group of girls, and I really couldn't put my finger on it.
That night, I ranked the houses in the following order.
1. Creme Brulee
2. Fossil Fuel
3. Half Baked
4. Phish Food
5. Chunky Monkey
6. Cherry Garcia
7. AmeriCone Dream
8. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
9. Turtle Soup
10. Magic Brownies
11. Vermonty Python
12. Neapolitan Dynamite
13. Dublin Mudslide--yep, I was that offended!
Just FYI, the sororities at my school (in ABC order): Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Delta Tau and Sigma Kappa.
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