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Sorry to not update when we actually started recruitment yesterday, but we basically just had an hour long meeting that told us what we would do all week and met our Rho Gamma’s mine is insanely awesome and I am pretty excited to be with her and see which chapter she belongs to Saturday.

On to today.. we would be spending 25 minutes at each of the 10 sororities. In the morning we met up and wasted no time learning the entry song for the first house (you have to sing back in forth before you “earn” your way in, way fun and a little unexpected)

My first house was Scissors. I had a class with a few of these girls and know about their philanthropy and involvement. They were one of the houses I had most looked forward to seeing. I was double rushed by one girl and then bumped to another. Both were very nice and we could talk but I didn’t feel a strong pull towards them.

Next was Glue. I didn’t have a huge impression of these girls, good or bad, before coming into recruitment. They were a very pleasant surprise. They had so much energy for it to only be 10ish in the morning and their songs were so cute. I was placed with one girl who I felt very natural with and was later bumped to another. They both told me I was making their job so easy and we chatted about school, football, shopping, and dresses. I left excited to see this house again.

After that was Paint. My best friend is a Paint at another campus and I know she loves it, but based solely on today I don’t feel great about them. I was again double rushed and even though I can easily talk and make conversation, my rusher seemed much more focused on the other PNM. We took a tour of their house which was cool and then moved on.

Markers was probably the house I was most excited to see just because I could expect to see a familiar face. Even though I wanted to see my friend I didn’t expect to fit in with this house. When we began chanting I was SHOCKED how loud they were. This house had so much energy and excitement. They all looked great and I was excited to start this party. I was bumped between four girls, which I don’t know if that is a bad sign (?), but I loved all of them. They were fun and genuine and I didn’t want to leave.

Paper. This house was very homey and the girl I was matched with was cute and friendly and we got along well. Nothing spectacular, but nice. My rusher did try to talk religion a little and it put me off but I still have a positive view of this house.

Pencils. I know this house is very new to UCF and are smaller than others due to age but most of us were triple rushed and it was very hard. The house looked great and the girls seemed nice, but at the end of the day I feel I didn’t know my rusher and she didn’t know me.

Folders. This was a house I was pretty excited about and had to sike myself back up for since it was 2:30ish by now and beginning to rain. The girl I was matched with seemed nice and funny at first. We talked about the weird smell in the house (it belongs to a fraternity) and had some laughs over it but she soon took the convo to one of the 3 B’s and it just made me uncomfortable. We stayed friendly and kept up convo until the end of the party.

Backpack. Not much to say, they were very nice and I really enjoyed them. I met two sisters and look forward to seeing them again but nothing amazing happened here today.

Binders. My rusher at this house was obviously exhausted and had a hard time making or keeping conversation. I tried but wasn’t much help. It was pretty awkward. She bumped me to a girl I liked and made a point to come back and say bye. Even so, I just couldn’t see myself there.

Last was Crayons. It seemed every girl going through wanted Crayons and I could see why. When we entered the house the girls are gorgeous and personable. My rusher seemed so genuine and we never had awkward breaks in our conversation. She then took me on a tour of the house, which is gorgeous, and we continued talking. By the time we were done the party was over. It was nice because I learned a lot about her, but I left wondering if she learned about me?

We then left and met our Rho Gammas and headed to the Comp Lab to do our first “Cut with Interest”. I had no difficulty, all the chapters had shown me a good time but I just knew which two weren’t for me, so I declined
Folders
Binders

Tomorrow we will be back at 10:15 and will receive our schedules. Over all it was a great day I met so many great girls and am a lot more confident in myself now that the first day is over, but I am a little disappointed. There are tons of gorgeous girls, who through tent talk, sound like they only want my top choices because of their house or looks. I know it will be very hard if these girls get bids to them while I get cut.. but only time will tell.

For now I am exhausted. Hopefully I will have enough energy to update again tomorrow! Thanks for reading!