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Evening of Round 1, Day 1 (Open House/Ice Water Tea)
I recall sitting in one of my new neighbors' room with the other rushees from my hall. We had the tv on but were hardly paying attention as we swapped stories and thoughts from our first day - embarrassing moments, unique conversations, and opinions of the houses. I had been warned by my Pi Chi not to let the opinions of other girls influence my own, so I tried to take what I was hearing with a grain of salt, but I couldn't help but value the opinions of the girls who were becoming my first friends at my new school.
My roommate Kat had particularly enjoyed Oboe and Clarinet while being less than impressed with Violin. Sara, the girl down the hall from Kat's hometown, was hoping for French Horn and also disliked Violin. As a matter of fact, the general consensus in the room was that Violin was highly undesirable. I was slightly hurt by this because I had enjoyed my time there, but I kept my mouth shut on the topic.
When asked about my favorites, I responded that I had really enjoyed Percussion, Saxophone, and Guitar. In my head I included Violin on this list, but I didn't want to go against the crowd. Another girl in the room immediately responded that she thought Guitar was full of snobs, and I felt another pang of disapproval. It upset me so much that when asked what chapters I hadn't liked, I lied that I had liked them all. I didn't want to bash a house someone else loved; I had already experienced that and it didn't feel good.
My schedule for the next day was:
Viola
Flute
French Horn
Trombone
Trumpet
Clarinet.
I went to bed full of anxious excitement - I had still yet to visit many of the chapters that had piqued my interest prior to rush. I couldn't wait to see Viola (my best friend's mom's chapter), Trombone (my sortofish legacy house), and Trumpet (whose alum from my hometown had impressed me so much).
I was COMPLETELY worn out as I fell into bed that night and needless to say, I slept like a log...
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