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i forgot to mention a few things with my last post...
On day one my walking group also saw a presentation for the new glo colony. It was a really great job and the ladies knew what they were talking about. The presentation and video we watched were really moving. After this I was very confused about staying in recruitment because I really liked this organization. I also thought it would be a way different experience to found a sorority and create new traditions. On the other hand, I am a junior and I really want to live in next year. The colony will have a house but they don't know what house or where yet and that could be a big risk.
Also i made a few friends in my walking group while going through recruitment. A sophomore transfer who we will call Tink. She is so sweet and so ready to be in a GLO. Also a freshman called Lily who is on the dance team and so pretty. She also has a super high gpa from high school so i knew she was going to be pretty popular among the houses.
My Rho Gams were so awesome but being a junior I had seen them both around campus and knew which houses they were in. I know they disaffiliate but at the same time when you know which house someone is in, its really hard to say talk about the houses with out trying to hurt someones feelings. This made it a little difficult for me to be super open with my rho gams. Rho Gam 1 was in aurora and Rho Gam 2 was in ariel. Honestly though everyone in our group had figured out which houses they were in by the of recruitment.
Ok back to my story....
Day TWO-4 Houses
Cinderella- This house is considered as one of the most competitive houses to get into. It is made up of a bunch of really great and laid back girls. At this house I was one on one with a sophomore and she was awesome. We talked for a bit about summer in our college town and we had done a lot of the same stuff this past summer. Someone rang a bell and the actives switched on us. The next active had heard our convo because she had been talking to the girl next to me and she wanted to keep talking about the same stuff. She hadn't been in town over summer but wanted recommendations. I really liked this house but I know how unlikely it is that they take juniors.
Jasmine- I know a few girls in this house already which made me more nervous for some reason. Here it was one on one again but we were standing instead of sitting like at all the other houses. I really enjoyed my conversation with this active but as she kept talking I started feeling like I had already heard her story before...Well I decided to take a shot and asked if she knew about this website called "greekchat" and she said she did. So i asked if she was a certain user who I had pm'ed earlier about recruitment at my campus and she was! i couldn't believe that i had gotten paired up with her because there was no one she knew my name or anything from GC. It was really fun talking to her about GC and how I was going to post my recruitment story too. I liked this house a lot especially the gc'er but I would have liked to see it with furniture to get a better feel for the house.
Mulan-We had to move quick to get to this house. Here I was one on one again with a girl the same age as me. We talked a lot about traveling and how she had only been to Canada and she was really interested in my trips to Europe. This lead to study abroad and stuff like that. While I liked the girl I was talking to, this house made me feel a little uncomfortable like I didn't belong. I didn't really like the house that much either. The area is right on a street corner so they dont have any yard or patio area. I was so-so about this house but would give it another shot because I had only talked to one girl.
Snow white- Last house of the night thankfully because I was so tired. We had to run to get to this house on time too. From the minute i saw the girls outfits I was turned off this house. Up until now all the girls had worn jeans and the same black greek shirts. At this house the girls wore white bottoms and it just wasnt flattering. I'm a really big shoe person and a lot of the girls were wearing horrible shoes. A lot of red eighties high heels and one girl had on hot pink four inch heel open toe mary janes. I didn't like how uncohesive the outfits were here. Sorry for that rant! I was paired with another pnm and one active. We got bumped pretty quickly and the other pnm asked their academics. The active told her academics were really important but they like to have fun too. She then told us the house slogan was "4.0s and forties!" Pretty sure she shouldnt have told us that. We do have a dry campus and booze is one of the no-no topics I learned about on gc. We got bumped a 2 more times and had ok conversations. I feel like when you get bumped so often you just start over with the same stuff like major and hometown. This is a gorgeous house but I just wasn't feeling the ladies here.
Ok rankings where we rank 6 1's and 2 2's.
i knew this probably wouldnt matter for me bc of my grade level but this is what i put.
1. alice
1. aurora
1. belle
1. cinderella
1. Jasmine
1. Mulan
2. ariel
2. snow white
I talked to my rho gam 1 about how I was interested in the colony and she told me to stay till pref night and not sign the card if I wanted to do the colony. She also helped me see a lot of the benefits of being in an established house and stuff that I hadn't really thought about before. This is such a stressful week...
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