[VeteranPNM]

i'm extrememly busy today so here's an update for now and i'll try to get one in later

Friday finally rolled around and we received our list of invites. I was sooooo nervous to actually read it. We could be invited back to a maximum of 10, but our Gamma Chi’s warned us that this was rare, and to not be hurt if you don’t have the full 10. Obviously, I hoped I had a good amount of chapters…you know, maybe 7 or 8? I really wanted to make sure I would be making the right decision! The rest of my invites looked like this (I’m including my original rankings to give you an idea of who asked me back).





























1. Red Sox (Technically my number 2)
1. Twins (Technically number 4)
15. Braves
16. Tigers
18. Reds

Ok so my honest feelings off the bat: only five?! At the time I was a bit disheartened to see that 3 of my 4 least favorites wanted me back. I knew I didn’t feel a connection there, so why did they want me back? My second thought: Where’s Royals?! I really felt so natural and comfortable there, I couldn’t help but wonder what went wrong… Third thought: Well I’m a sophomore. I knew this could potentially count against me during rush…(Little did I know at the time… that my not so hot GPA probably had MUCH more to do with it)…and finally after my initial shock, I snapped out of it, found my maturity again and started focusing on the positives: First of all, I really, really liked Twins and Red Sox so YAY!! I was going to be seeing them again! Red Sox was a very sought after house also, so I was so flattered that they liked me enough to want me to come back. And then I thought about the other three houses… okay there are girls who are more shy and nervous about rush in every house…hopefully I would go back and meet some great girls and my opinions would change!

Oh and a side note… my friend who was in my Gamma Chi group… she got asked back to 10 chapters, including Angels and Astros, which many people on our campus consider to be “top” two houses, even thought she had cut them! I just thought that was pretty interesting…

So on I went to Red Sox!

Red Sox – They had the FUNNIEST skit that was put on by their sophomores. It was very clever and I could tell they put a lot of work into it. After the skit, we went into different rooms of the house to meet more sisters. I was in a room with 4 PNM’s and 4 sisters. However, we only each talked with one, and unfortunately I did not click with the girl I was paired with. She must have had one too many Red Bulls because she was going about 100 miles per hour. I kept trying to ask questions about the Red Sox and just get in some general conversation but she just kept talking and talking and talking!!! I left still really liking them because they seemed to have great, fun loving personalities and I had just such a great experience the week before but I did not get my hopes up… I just knew I wasn’t going to be asked back after today’s experience.

Twins – Okay, so I still had a chance with another chapter I really liked. I was not as impressed with their skit as I was with Red Sox’s. I know these things a supposed to be goofy and fun, but it was just a bit too cheesy and predictable. I wasn’t too let down by this however. I was just eager to meet more sisters! I was led into a room with 3 PNM’s and two sisters. The two other PNM’s started the conversation and ran away with it. Again, I just could not get a word in. Finally, their philanthropy was brought up and I was really excited to learn it was something that I had already been working with! I knew I had my chance I jumped into the conversation for a little bit. *Phew* This might have saved me. After a few minutes of talking about the philanthropy, however, the focus was back on the other two. Still, I felt I had left a good impression, and thought I had a good shot of being invited back.

Tigers – The Tigers were up next. They’re skit wasn’t outstanding either. However, there was one very talented, and funny girl, and if it wasn’t for her the skit might have been a flop! I give her a lot of credit! To be honest, I wish I would have gotten the chance to speak with her! 3 PNM’s talked with 3 sisters, and again, I did not have a great time there. I felt like they were almost trying to bribe us into wanting to come back. Okay, maybe bribe was not the right word but something felt off. They kept asking what our interests were, and if someone said, “Sports” for example they were like “OH!!! Well we do this intramural and that intramural!” I don’t know, they were trying to prove that they were worth coming back to. It was just off to me for some reason.

Reds – I was not looking forward to going back into Reds after last week. Their skit was cute, I liked it’s originality…it did have a really annoying song, but I didn’t let that ruin my opinion of the skit, lol. My opinion of this house improved after meeting some more sisters. They were a lot more enthusiastic and eager to talk, which was great! They were very nice girls and it was very easy to talk to them. I definitely felt more comfortable this time around, but I just didn’t feel at home. I just didn’t know what to think of them.

Braves – Braves was last of the day. As I walked in I saw that I would be paired with the same girl from yesterday. I guess she had really felt a connection with me because her face lit up when she saw me. Although she was a really nice girl, I was hoping to meet someone new. Oh well. They had a cute skit as well, and even though their Braves pride that I saw last year was missing from the first round, it was back this round! You could tell they loved their sisterhood, but I really just didn’t feel like I fit into that sisterhood. I had more pleasant conversation with the same girl from the last round, but still, just no connection for me.

So at the end of the day we had to rank our top 6… since I only had 5 I had to rank them all lol! My opinions didn’t change much, except for my lesser favorite houses...

1. Red Sox
1. Twins
1. Reds
1. Braves
1. Tigers