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For pref, I was invited to Blush and Eyeliner. I was very sad about mascara. I couldn't help being catty. I almost wished the groups had recruited on looks alone. I didn't click with the girls that I wanted to like me. I am still sad and I will probably always wonder what it is like to be a mascara or lipgloss but I will go on. I read an example on here about, if you don't get your choice to your first choice college, are you not going to go to college at all? That helped me a lot, although I do distinguish that at your safety school, people are not going to be around a lot wearing an Ivy sweatshirt you got rejected from, whereas the other sorority shirts are commonly seen. It's harder to forget. I did go to the prefs and gave the two other groups a chance, but I think being disappointed by being cut by your favorites is completely normal and should not elicit rude responses (which I have sometimes seen on GC). If a girl decides not to pursue Greek Life rather than her second choice, and you wish to condemn her, don't. She is missing out already.
Anyway, I had Blush pref first.
Blush-Everything was set up very pretty. Candles, pretty deserts, etc etc. I loved the card where the girls wrote you little notes, but the girl preffing me was really not someone I had connected with as much. The Blush girls talked about how much Blush meant to them and I could really see how proud they were of their sorority. When I left, I thought the ceremony was nice and was confused about the insane emotional responses people say they get from pref.
Eyeliner-I was still very upset about mascara (and lipgloss) and honestly it showed. I was pretty overwhelmed and the Eyeliner girl who was preffing me could tell. She waited while I was in the bathroom drying my eyes. So we sat down again and continued talking. It was much more casual and laid back then blush. No candles, no dimmed lights. I really felt ok at Eyeliner. It seemed these girls already liked me so much and I didn't have to pretend at all. I felt very comfortable and loved the two girls talking to me. (Unfortunately they were seniors). When I left, I felt like I just knew.
I was the last one to sign my pref card it took me forever to decide. When I was at blush, I had looked around at my potential pledge class, and loved 99% of them. I knew one girl at eyeliner's pref. I didn't feel a connection with the blush actives like I did with eyeliner's. I loved blush's philanthropy, and wasn't as jazzed about eyeliner's. (This is really bad, but hey I thought about): I absolutely loved one of my rho gammas, and I knew she was an eyeliner. Blush seemed to be more well-rounded in all. I was pretty torn. I finally just went with my gut and put them both down (as 1 and 2).
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