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Day 8 - Bid Day
In the late morning I met up with my Rho Chi group for bids to be passed out. Each Rho Chi group met in a classroom in a hall on campus, as we had been doing all week to receive our schedules. First our Rho Chi's revealed what chapters they were in. I was surprised and a little sad to find out the Rho Chi I had bonded with was a Bengal (later she told me she felt really bad that her chapter dropped me - which eased a bit of the rejected feeling). After the reveal, they passed out the bid cards. At this point the thought crept into my head "please let it be the Packers". I guess I knew where I wanted to be more than I thought!
We had to wait until exactly the right time to open the bids, and eventually we were given the green light. Everyone ripped into their envelopes. I pulled mine out to find a bid to...
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the Packers!
otherwise known as...
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Alpha Xi Delta!
I was relieved to have gotten my first choice, though I was still in shock from all the rejection of the week. I hung around to give my Rho Chi a card I had bought for her, thanking her for being so great that week. She told me to hurry up and meet up with my sorority otherwise they might think I had dropped out. So out the door I went to where my group was meeting up. The girls were so excited and they had rented limos to drive us around and take us to the chapter house! It was a bit crazy, and very overwhelming, but great at the same time. Things were starting to look better.
It took me a while to warm up, but by the end of the next week I did and now of course I love my organization. Looking back I definitely think I ended up in the best place for me as it was truly the chapter I felt the most like myself at, even though I didn't recognize it at the time. I feel lucky that the chapter members who were rushing me saw something they liked, despite that the feeling wasn't mutual during most of Rush week.
When I went through Recruitment we were (obviously) using the old methodology, and my alma mater has since switched to the new Release Figures methodology. I think had the new method been used when I went through I probably would have been cut from houses a lot earlier and been more comfortable with the Packers and Bears earlier on. I’m so glad the new method is being used now as I really believe it gives PNMs a more realistic idea of where they will end up.
Thanks for reading!
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