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Well, at least 2 people are following, so I'm going to go on and post Part 2...
The first night of Rush was known as “Information Night”. We would be going to each sorority’s “room”, and we would be told about the group. Not all of the members would be there, rather just the President, VP, Treasurer, and Pledge Educator. Basically, you’d go into a room sit on the floor and the 4 people would give you the “basics” about that sorority: Name, Mascot, Colors, Year of Founding, Basic financial info, and a quick overview of pledging in that group. Our order was: Winter, Fall, Summer, Spring.
First we went to Winter. Their room was so beautiful. I loved their colors. They were a version of my high school’s colors, so I immediately thought of all the clothes I already had in those colors. Their mascot was a favorite animal of mine and I had jewelry in that shape. I was very excited. Their room was so pretty. They had a beautiful fireplace and what seemed like Laura Ashley décor. I remember looking at their composite though and thinking, “oh, you have to be blonde and super pretty to get in here” and being very disappointed. I was completely in love with Winter!
Then we went to Fall. I did not like their colors at all and their mascot seemed creepy to me. I think about that now and think, “How silly”, but it was my first impression. Beth was so excited when we went into the Fall room. She just beamed. She was extra-bouncy and attentive in that room. I remembered them saying something about being old, and I kind of liked that. But in retrospect, each group we went to claimed to be old or first or older or something, so maybe it was just a thing there. Anyway, they had a very pretty room, but not as pretty as Winter. It just seemed really really dark in there.
Then it was off to Summer. I walked into the Summer room and kind of gasped a bit when I realized that one of the girls I had met at Jill’s that night was the president. Which meant that Jill’s roommate was a Summer. I was very excited to finally know this information. Their room had one of my most favorite colors in it, so I really liked it. The emphasis of this group seemed to be on Scholarship and Sisterhood, which was something I wasn’t expecting. Yes, I was expecting the sisterhood thing, but for a group to be talking about academics as something they emphasized? The geek in me was suddenly very interested.
Finally, we went to Spring. Their room seemed sparse for some reason. I later found out that they were still kind of new to campus and they had replaced another sorority. But still, my first reaction to the room was, “Where is all of their stuff?” Their colors were ok, they shared a color with Fall, but their flower was different. I liked their flower and their mascot, but I was not blown away by my first impressions here. Still, I paid attention and listened carefully, as this was a good opportunity to get information.
We were finally finished with “information night” and our Rho Chi’s encouraged us to write down our first impressions before we got caught up in talking about things just yet. They also told us that we could rank them “For now” and for ourselves just so we had an idea of where we put the groups based on first impressions. I was glad that these weren’t official rankings, but by the end of the night, this is where I stood:
1. Winter
2. Summer
3. Fall
4. Spring
Then we went back to our dorm rooms. That night all of the sororities went into the back yard of the dorm and “serenaded” us. I tried to find the people I had met. I loved the song that Winter sang, kept humming the one from Fall, smiled all through the one Summer sang, and laughed though Spring. I remember being very impressed at how well all of the groups sang thought. Then we all waited a couple of days before “First Round” parties. We would each get to attend all 4 “First Round” parties, so there was nothing to worry about yet!
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