[FSUgreek]

Oh it's a good ending I promise. I just thought I should recap both experiences so that girls can see that even if your first year of rush didn't go as you hoped the second time can have a really great ending!

RECRUITMENT 2010:
Part 1-

So this year in recruitment I was very wary.. after what happened to me last year I didn't think I could go through that kind of heartbreak again so I went in with a very different attitude. At first I was skeptical, always guarding myself so I wouldn't "fall in love" with any houses until prefs got closer. However this year, we had one more house on campus to choose from so I always thought about that from the beginning. On the first day we meet with our Rho Gamma groups and I instantly made friends with a few girls. We had 5 parties the first day, and 11 the next day. Talk about torture.. if you've ever been through recruitment you know what I'm talking about. It's hot and sticky, you have to wait around for like 20 minutes outside of the houses, your schedule makes you walk from one end of campus to the other. I was thinking oh god what have I gotten myself into? But here's where it gets interesting.

Remember how I said I totally disliked Horn and Piano last year? Well this year they completely blew me away. I mean I honestly was kicking myself in the butt for not going to those pref parties.. but I decided I needed to go through the process and see how much more differently I would view the houses. Last year I remember liking Harp alot as well but this year the conversation I had with the girl was completely awkward and I left the house understanding that a pledge class can change a whole perspective on a sorority and just because I loved them last year did not mean that I would love them again. Remember Flute? The ones I got heartbroken over? Well same thing happened there.. part of it was bitterness but part of it was I just couldn't relate to any of the girls rushing me. So this first round I ranked;

Flute, Violin, Cello, and Trombone.

We wake up the next morning to meet our Rho Gams and I felt just sick to my stomach.. since I was going through as a sophomore and my GPA was just barely up to par I was expecting most houses to drop me.. so my schedule read:
Horn
Bassoon
Clarinet
Snare
Flute
Guitar
Cello
Bass
Xylophone
Trombone

I'm thinking to myself.. this must be a joke. Flute kept me after last year? Only 10 of 11 houses back? Piano of all houses dropped me? I just couldn't piece together the process.. to this day I still am not sure how I could go through twice and have completely different experiences for both times as far as getting asked back to certain houses.
HORN- first party of the round and they were just amazing.. such a nice group of girls, completely diverse and I already loved them. I did feel bad because I would've preffed there last year but how was I supposed to know?
BASSOON- every girl here I made an instant connection with. Their house is absolutely gorgeous and I really wanted to be there and come back again the next round.
CLARINET- I honestly didn't like them the first round.. but this round completely changed my mind. The girl I talked to seemed to really click with me and our conversation never stopped from the time I walked in the door until the time I left.
SNARE- again, I just didn't really like them this round. There were super nice girls and everything but just not my fit.
FLUTE- I couldn't believe I tried to drop them and got them back. It was very strange being back in the house.. my friends all said hello to me when I came in the house and everyone was so nice. The recruitment chair even came up and introduced herself to me. This made me even more confused.
GUITAR- I LOVED this house. Every single girl I talked to it seemed we had so much in common. Their house is beautiful, the girls are gorgeous and sweet and down to earth. The President even came up and introduced herself to me. They made me feel very special for being there.
CELLO- This house I could've done without.. I was able to drop them first round last year but it seemed this year was going to be a bit more difficult since houses are more prone to drop sophomores. They're nice girls but not my fit either.
BASS- I really liked this house. The girls are so sweet and there are even some I've known since middle school but I wasn't completely sure about them yet.
XYLOPHONE- This round I completely fell in love with this house. I couldn't put my finger on it but something just stood out in this house.. maybe it was teir service project idk.
TROMBONE- another house I didn't really find my fit in. Again, super nice girls but just not me.

So we go to computers that night and I decide to rank;
Flute, Cello, and Trombone.

the last part of the story comes later today! =D