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Day 3 and 4
We could get invited back to seven sororities for skit day, but I was a little disappointed when I got my list back and only had six. Then I realized there were a lot of girls who didn’t have a full list, and that it only takes the one to give you the bid and that’s what I needed to focus on. I was asked back to Ariel, Tiana, Belle, Rapunzel, and to my delight Mulan. I also found out I have to go back to Snow White. That was the last house I wanted to visit again and I’ll admit I had a pretty sucky attitude about it at first. I called my mom and threatened to drop out of recruitment all together because that house just made me so uncomfortable and there was a chance that I could have to join it. I realize now how silly and stupid I was acting, but at the time I was scared, stresses, tired and out of my mind. She calmly reminded me that it was my choice, but if I dropped out now, I might never be able to join a sorority again and that I had just as good a chance at becoming a Mulan sister. I went back inside and sat with my Pi Chi group, and was a little freaked out to see girls crying because Snow White had dropped them. I realized that maybe if these girls had liked them, maybe I’d just had a bad experience and I couldn’t let the girl I spoken to first dictate my opinion of the whole sorority.
This round was spread out over two days, and on the first day I visited Ariel and Mulan. The skits at both houses were good, but I was in love with Mulan. Their skit was hilarious and the girl I spoke to talked to me about how they have movie nights and sleepovers in the house and just the general day to day things they do as sisters. I really liked that, because most of the other houses only talked about functions they had or other events like that. I knew in my heart this was the place for me, and could totally see myself in this sorority. I liked Ariel well enough and the girl I talked to was really nice and we had a good conversation about Harry Potter, which I love. The skit wasn’t anything super special.
The next day, I was excited to go to the rest of the houses to see the skits, because they’d all been really cute and really funny. The first house on my list was Rapunzel, and I was excited because I’d heard they had a great skit from girls who had been the day before. It didn’t disappoint. My friend from high school rushed me here, and it was great to see her again, but the second girl I talked to there seemed kind of superficial. This was when I realized that maybe I didn’t belong here. I wanted so badly to like Rapunzel because of my friend, but it wasn’t the one for me. The girls here were way too girlie for my taste and there wasn’t a real click with any of them.
Snow White was the second house of the day, and I tried to go in with a positive attitude. I loved their skit and thought it was really funny and creative. I had a much better girl rushing me than during the first round, but I still didn’t think I’d fit in well at Snow White.
Belle was next, and their skit wasn’t nearly as good as some of the others. It was informative, but not particularly funny or entertaining. The girl I talked to was amazing though. You could tell she genuinely loved all of her sisters and she got this light in her eye when she talked about Belle; it was infectious. I still didn’t know if this was the one for me though, because it wasn’t that memorable the day before.
Tiana had a skit themed to one of my favorite TV shows and I had some great conversations. The girls I was with waiting outside had some awful things to say about the sorority, but I didn’t listen to them this time. I met a really sweet girl and we got along really well. I liked this house a lot more than I had the previous day.
So I had a choice to make. Seven had to become five, and I only knew of one sorority that I was positive I wanted to get rid of, Snow White. I genuinely liked all of the others and had no idea who list at the bottom. I narrowed it down to Belle and Ariel as the two I wouldn’t mind cutting. I talked it over with my Pi Chi and in the end, I decided to list Ariel in the bottom along with Snow White. I knew I made the right decision.
The next round we could have up to five houses, but I only had four: Belle, Tiana, Ariel and Mulan. I was so excited to have Mulan on the list still, and the others I was willing to look at again, though I admit I was sort of focused on Mulan. The others to me were just places to visit until I finally made it home. Having only four seemed like a good thing at that point, because I knew exactly where I was going and it meant wasting less time to get there.
I got to start at my favorite house, and was once again blown away. We did a craft for the philanthropy and it was really cute and the girls I spoke with were so genuine and sweet. They all seemed so beautiful in their cocktail dresses and heels and so put together and I wanted to be a part of that group more than anything else. It was my top pick before I even looked at Tiana and Belle again.
Ariel was fun and everything, but the girls were wearing super preppy, super girlie outfits and I had no idea if I’d fit in with them if that was what they liked to wear. I was able to joke about wearing kids sized clothing with the girl rushing me, but I knew it wasn’t for me.
Tiana was good; I talked to a girl who had rushed me earlier in the week and we got along pretty well, but I still didn’t feel any real click. I liked the craft we did and the philanthropy they supported. The girls here were so nice and everything, but there was just something telling me it wasn’t it.
At Belle, I was so surprised. Their philanthropy was a cause close to my heart and I was rushed by the same girl who had rushed me the day before. We joked about how we were going to light our heels on fire at the end of rush and we talked so much that I never even started on the craft. Another girl joined our conversation and even though it was obvious she wasn’t close to the girl rushing me, it was so cool to see them interact. You could tell they loved each other and cared so much about the other even though one was a senior and the other was a sophomore and they might not have been super tight. I mentioned this and the first girl told me about how even though it’s a big sorority, the girls are close and even if you aren’t, if you need a friendly face on campus and you see a girl wearing her letters, you’re automatically best friends. They sit together in classes on the first day and eat together so no one feels awkward and I just loved that about Belle. This round certainly gave me a new perspective on the sorority.
I knew I was getting rid of Ariel as I narrowed it down to two, and that Mulan would be my first choice, and Belle was my second. I went to bed that night envisioning going to pref night at Belle and Mulan and then getting my bid from Mulan. It was perfect, at least in my head.
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