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I woke up early that morning and went to the lecture hall where our Ro Chi's handed out our schedules.We could return to a maximum of seven houses that day, though the average was generally five or six. My card read:
Break/Break/Spinach/Artichokes/Break/Carrots/Potatoes/Cucumbers/Break
I was in shock. Almost all of my favorite houses had cut me. Out of all the sororities only half wanted me back. I understood that as a sophomore it was considerably more difficult to get a bid, but I had only spent 5 minutes with some of these girls. How could they have already decided that I wouldn't make a good sister?
Everyone else headed off to their next party or into the lecture hall to chat with their friends. I wandered away from the groups of happy, excited girls feeling down. I called my mom in a secluded corner and started crying to her on the phone. Though I did like a few of the houses I had on the list it hurt that so many of them had dropped me after just one day. I thought, if it's this hard to get asked back after the first day I should just drop out now and save myself the effort. I had plenty of other things going on in my life, maybe a sorority just wasn't for me?
I finished talking to my mom and still sniffling started to walk home. I'd given up. However, before I made it ten feet I ran into my Ro Chi. Seeing that I was upset she stopped and talked to me. I showed her my list of houses and explained that I wanted to drop out. She immediately sat me down and tried to convince me to stay. She told me there were a couple houses on that list that she really thought would be the best places for me in the Greek system. I told her that I did like a few, but I felt so discouraged that they would just cut me too. We sat and talked for over a half hour. She was Pre-Med just like me so she had a lot of experiences to share. She told me that some of the houses that had cut me, though I had initially liked them, had very few science majors and were probably not a good fit for me. She made me promise that I would at least go through this day before I decided to drop out. Feeling better after our talk, I agreed and headed home to redo my makeup and freshen up.
Spinach- At Spinach I was double rushed again. The active who showed me around the house was fairly quiet, so I chatted quite a bit to make up for it. Their house was small and not very well lit but cute.
Potatoes- The Potatoes had an exceptionally beautiful house. They had apartment style living with dining rooms, living rooms and everything! I worried however with their own apartments that these girls might not get to know each other that well. The girl I talked to was sweet, but the conversation was pretty standard. I mostly complemented her a lot on their house.
Cucumbers- I liked the first girl I talked to at Squash. She showed me around all the different rooms. This house was smaller and cramped but all the rooms had really cute themes like Paris, or Flowers, etc. She then handed me off to another girl and we settled down to talk. Unfortunately I had very little in common with her and neither of us were stellar conversationalists so there was a lot of awkward pauses. Though I liked some girls in his house, I couldn't see myself being in this house.
Artichokes- I had liked this house yesterday but they hadn't made a lasting impression on me, but I was eager to get to know them better. They had a huge, beautiful house with a garden out back and were all wearing the most adorable color combination! I spent most of my time with a girl I'll call Susan. She was really bubbly and warm and I liked her a lot. She looked very familiar but I couldn't place from where. We talked and found out our hometowns were right next to each other! That's when I realized she was the older sister of a good friend from home! I had always heard about the older sister who went to this university but I had never actually met her. We had a really great talk. I left feeling glad that I had no dropped out, maybe things were for the best?
Carrots- At carrots I was paired up with a funny, likable girl. She was the only girl in her house wearing high waisted shorts and I was the only girl in my rush group wearing a high waisted skirt so it was a bit funny when she called my name. The Carrots had the biggest house on campus, which was nice but also felt a bit too much like a dormitory for my taste. I was glad that I had stuck it out, I liked Carrots too!
After my second day I ranked the houses
Artichokes
Carrots
Cucumbers
Potatoes
Spinach
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