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The next day was Philanthropy Round, and we could be invited back to a total of 6 houses. My gamma chi said that it would be fairly rare to not be invited back to at least five houses, so I walked into our convocation that day hopeful that I would be invited back to some of my favorite houses.
However, when I walked inside, I was met with literally hundreds of crying girls, and gamma chis working hard to console them. In my group of fifteen girls, only two had been asked back to all six houses, and there were two that had been asked back to only one. Several girls got asked back to only two or three, and I honestly couldn't believe it, considering that these girls were gorgeous, nice, and really involved on campus from what I had seen. Since I didn't get a call the night before, I knew that I had been invited back to at least one house, and my hopes were still high, hoping that I would get invited back to at least four or five houses.
My gamma chi handed me a slip of paper that contained my parties for that day, and my heart immediately sank when I saw who had invited me back.
1. Carbon
2. Digit
While I was completely surprised (and thrilled) that I was asked back to Carbon and excited that I had also been asked back to Digit, I was crushed by the fact that I had only been asked back to two out of six sororities. I knew that after today, I still had Preference round to go through, and it made me nervous, knowing that there was a big possibility that I would only get asked back to one sorority...or even none. It was a tough pill to swallow.
My gamma chi asked me if I was alright, and I told her that I was, that I knew there was a good possibility that I wouldn't get asked back to all the sororities that I loved because I was older, but I certainly didn't expect this. I didn't cry, and instead, I tried to console one of my friends in my gamma chi group, who had been asked back to only one sorority, Digit.
So, I sucked it up and went to that day's parties, which started with Carbon. Their chapter house was decorated so cutely, with little tablecloths that had colored handprints, posters for their philanthropy, and all kinds of other cute little decorations all over the room. We sat at the tables that had been set up for our craft and watched a video, which admittedly, made myself (and several of the sisters) cry. They spoke about how much work they do for their philanthropy, and were very genuine about it, which really touched me. The craft was simple and could actually be used by their philanthropy, and I really had a wonderful time there, getting to know the sisters and learning about how their sisterhood works. I had fallen head over heels for this house, but chose to stay guarded, considering my number one choice had cut me last round, and since I thought that there was no way I would be invited back again, considering how well the conversations went during that party.
After a short break, I visited Digit's party, excited about their philanthropy from the beginning, since I had already done some work with it through my major. However, it was like stepping into a completely different world when I walked into this house. There were no decorations, only a banner that had the organization's name on it, and we stood in the chapter room and waited for someone to tell us what we were doing. A sister of this group stood in front of us, and to my surprise, she merely said that we were making bracelets for this organization, and that our assigned sister could take us back to their room, where we were going to make our craft. That was it. No, "this is what we do for our organization", or anything. I was taken back into a sister's room with another PNM and another sister, so there were two of each of us in there. We started to make beaded bracelets, and the sisters were chatting about what they liked to do outside of class time with the other PNM. Every time I tried to get a word in about the topic, or tried to ask a question about their philanthropy, I got a short, curt answer, and then they quickly went back to talking to the other PNM. I still loved this house as well, and just hoped that it was an off day, simply because I still could see myself joining their house.
Still feeling slightly discouraged, I headed back to our meeting place to rank the sororities, hoping that I wouldn't get the call that I had been dreading later that night. I ranked as follows:
1. Carbon
2. Digit
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