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Hello everyone. I'm back. I will say this much that I did give my sorority a try and thought I'd finish my recruitment story. It is a happy ending. Thank you for the encouragement and advice. I thought I'd finish up my recruitment story really quick.
Taurus – My first house! I was so excited, I couldn’t stop smiling! I didn’t know what to expect coming into my first house, but I think I was so excited that I felt like I wasn’t nervous at all even though I was lol. My ΠΧs knocked on the door and a minute later…. Screaming, clapping, chanting… I was so shocked at first, but I love this kind of stuff. While they were chanting we were allowed to walk in the house and one member of Taurus guided me to the sofa and introduced herself. I was so nervous that I wouldn’t make a good first impression and I think she kind of saw that… we talked about intramurals and she told me that Taurus was really competitive and that they won many awards for IMs. I began to tell her how involved I was in volleyball in high school and I began talking about my involvement throughout high school and college. Before I knew it I was bumped by another girl, she was into dance and theater – which I didn’t know a thing about so I just tried to listen to whatever she had to say and gave feedback, but I think I was bumped around at least 4 or 5 times. I didn’t feel a strong connection here.
Leo – During one of the info nights, I attempted to talk to the president and one other member that was there and they didn’t seem interested in me. One of my friends was a Leo from another campus, so I thought highly of them. I talked to a total of 3 girls from Leo and I clicked with all of them. I just loved this house.
Saggitarius – I knew 2 girls in this sorority so I was excited to see what this sorority was about. The president waved hello to me – she was one of the girls I knew. The conversation was okay with this sorority. It seemed forced at times, but I clicked with some other girls. I had mixed feelings about this sorority but during the info nights I talked to this sorority the most and everything felt natural.
Capricorn – When I was looking through these sorority booklet, which gives profiles and info such as dues and minimum GPA of each sorority, my little brother said for some reason I would end up in this sorority. Scary. Sorry I got sidetracked. I had a good feeling about this sorority, I walked in and I got this feeling from looking around the house and seeing all the Capricorns that I could see myself here. I talked to about 4 or 5 Capricorns and honestly, they didn’t say much. I felt like I had to make most of the conversations. Everything felt forced, definitely disappointed with this sorority, but I am still willing to give Capricorn a chance.
Scorpio – The women in this sorority were mostly from my hometown, which I thought was a surprise...or at least the ones I talked to. I don’t remember much from this sorority, besides being amazed of how beautiful their house was. We pretty much talked about the basics, but the connection really wasn’t strong.
Virgo – I loved this house. This was one of my favorites throughout the day. I talked to 3 girls in Virgo and everything just clicked so well. We talked about the basics: what’s my major and why do I want to join a sorority, etc. And it led to other questions that normal friends talk about, like what did I do over summer, etc. Their president was very energetic and had a great sense of humor and sarcasm at the same time. I try to be funny with my friends so I could see myself being in this sorority based on conversations I had with each member. Also, I noticed that they had very diverse girls in this sorority.
Gemini – This sorority was popular among PNMs. I actually talked to the president during one of the info nights and I really liked them so I came into the house and immediately I clicked with all the girls I talked to. Everything went so well, but I can’t remember what we talked about since I was so excited. I definitely felt at home here.
Aries – This was my last house of the day and many girls in my group were tired, but I had so much energy left in me! Lol. Anyway, this sorority was also popular among PNMs, but I didn’t know much about them. I talked to one girl who asked me what I did over the summer, I volunteered for the humane society and told her what my responsibilities were at the shelter. She didn’t seem interested in me and when another Aries came, she made it sound like what we were talking about was completely weird to her. I definitely felt uncomfortable and at the moment I just wanted to walk out, but I’m not that rude of a person and kept smiling and talking.
At the end of the day I did my rankings and can only be invited back to 6 houses the next day.
1.Leo
1.Virgo
1.Gemini
1.Saggitarius
1.Scorpio
1.Capricorn
2.Taurus
3.Aries
Day 2. Philanthropy Day.
So the next day we got our invite list back and I was only invited back to 5 houses out of the 6. Immediately I began wondering what I did wrong, but I saw that Taurus, Aries, and Leo had cut me. I was disappointed Leo cut me, but maybe it was for the best so I proceded to my first house!
Scorpio – I walked into this house and I sat at a table with one of the members and we began wrapping some green ribbon around pencils and made a flower origami to stick on top of the eraser lol it was kind of a weird craft, but it was all going to a good cause. My conversation felt forced and one of the Scorpios started talking about their philanthropy, but at the same time I remember her not being too enthusiastic about it. I didn’t know what to think leaving this house.
Saggitarius – We made picture frames! I painted the picture frame with the sorority’s colors and painted their mascot on it. I actually had a lot of fun, but I got so into the painting that I just started talking and talking and talking and not letting my rusher get to say anything. I had a really bad feeling leaving this sorority that I wouldn’t get asked back. I started really feeling down after I left.
Capricorn – I hoped that today would be a better day. We made stuffed animals that were to be donated. It was so loud in their house that I couldn’t hear anything my rusher was saying. I don’t think she could hear me either! We were both trying to communicate but she kept saying “what? what?” and so was I! Eventually, my rusher just stopped talking altogether which kind of made me feel like I did something wrong. It was really frustrating because I wanted to get to know this sorority better than from yesterday.
Gemini – For their philanthropy we made blankets, I wasn’t very knowledgeable about their philanthropy so I asked a lot of questions about it and we seemed to really click. Our conversations flew nicely. I loved this house and the members that I talked to today and from yesterday.
Virgo – I was so excited coming back to this house. We made little boxes and added candies and makeup to it, it was going to be donated to their philanthropy. We watched a video and I ended up crying my eyes out. I couldn’t watch it and hearing the stories of the people that appeared in the video. It was hard to talk to my rusher and I remember apologizing to her. As I was walking out of this house one of the ΠΧs asked me if I was alright. I told her I was but that was kind of an embarrassing moment. Lol
The next day we will be invited to 4 houses, so I ranked it like this:
1.Gemini
1.Virgo
1.Saggitarius
1.Scorpio
2.Capricorn
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