OK...so I am going to do the frist two round together because we could visit all 7 for two days if we were invited back to all 7 after the first day, which I was. Looking back now-it is hard to imagine that the chapters could cut us the first night, but we could not cut them.
Also important to this story: When I went through, we did not get to rank the chapters at the end of the day. We had to wake up and meet at 7am the next morning with our Rho Chi's and they presented us a list of the chapters that invited us back and we got to pick the ones we wanted to back to (if there were more on the list than number of parties that day). Our campus has since then changed to let the pnm's rank at the end of the day.
SO FOR THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS:
Easter: This was obviously the smallest group on campus b/c they were double/triple rushing people. The other rushee I was paired with really hit it off with the sister who was rushing us. I felt like a third wheel, but I was happy that they were connecting b/c I knew this was not the place for me.
Memorial Day: Turns out the President of this group was a girl I had met at Orientation that I really liked. She came up and talked to me in this party. She is so great!
Really liked this group. Really fun and upbeat!
4th of July: Something about this group felt different than the rest...they were just so elegant, but still down to earth. Really enjoyed conversation with each person I talked to.
The President and Rec. chair both came and talked to me.
Labor Day: Turns out my Orientation Guide was in this chapter. She came up to me in the party as well as several other sisters. Unfortunately, I did not really click with my Guide, and could not really see myself in the same chapter as her. Also, one thing that still sticks out to me about this group was their rotation process...we were all lined up in rows and the members would literally all get up at the same time and move to the next rushee...hello, assembly line! It was AWFUL! Note: this chapter is no longer doing this
Halloween: Had the ABSOLUTE BEST conversation with one of the sisters here in the first two days. I loved this girl!!!!
It was the best single connection I had made in the first two rounds. We totally hit it off! Also, this chapter had the highest GPA at the time, which was impressive. Finally, after the president came and talked to me, another sister came up to me and told me that she knew who I was b.c her real sister (who I had known from involvement on the state level of an orgnaization and who I loved!) had told her to watch out for me!
Thanksgiving: This group made another great impression! Their president and several girls I had met at the summer event came and talked to me. They were all beautiful women!
Christmas: This was another smaller chapter and some sisters had to rush 2 pnm's. I talked to a sister one-on-one both days. Turns out, the SGA President that I met this summer was in this group...really liked her and we talked about campus leadership a lot (which was something I was looking forward to).
Then we went out to dinner with our Rho Chi groups and went to sleep. The next morning, we had to meet to make our selections. If more than 4 groups invited you back to Skit Night, then you had to choose only 4 to attend.
I definitely knew who my top 4 were...
