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I'm back! My workplace considers GC to be pornography (I think I've posted that before), so I couldn't post at all today. I appreciate the funny comments that occurred in my absence, though!

I agree with all of you who have commented that it's neat to see how different girls viewed the different houses. It was especially interesting for me to hear their updates because they were SO honest about what they thought and yet often grouped chapters together that I would never have thought of as similar in my own years at UGA. I think they all reminded me that "tiers" only exist in the minds of those who already know they are there; PNMs who don't know anything about the "tiers" don't really perceive those divisions between groups. It's about the girls you meet, not about what you "heard" about the house and which houses you heard are similar to it.

Alright, onto prefs. I'm doing these by girl because there is only one overlap (Sally/Lucy both going to Lupita).

Sally's Prefs:
ESTEBAN
Sally found herself tearing up at this ceremony. She really saw the sisterhood and the connection between the girls. She wanted to be part of Esteban by the time she left the house.

LUPITA
Sally thought the ceremony was nice and the girls were nice, but she just didn't feel very connected to the girls. However, as she put it, if she had to choose a house based on the house itself, this would be it!

DEAN
Sally found herself tearing up at this ceremony! She felt the same show of sisterhood that she saw at Esteban and could see herself as part of Dean. As part of the pref ceremony, she was reminded that becoming part of a sorority was not just on campus at her school, but forever and more far-reaching than that.

Sally's Decision:
Sally had a really, really tough time ranking the houses on her card. She felt a strong pull toward both Esteban and Dean during their pref ceremonies, but couldn't figure out which should be first and which second. She reflected on what the Deans had said about the sisterhood reaching further than just UGA and thought of the other Greeks in her life: she has several friends who are Estebans at other schools and also had an alumna connection to Dean. She finally made her rankings based on thinking about which of those connections was strongest.
1. Esteban
2. Dean
3. Lupita