[Lovethesand]

Day 2 started with a 7:15 am meeting with her Gamma Chi and group. Then off to the houses.

After a long day, Debbie texted me at 11:00 pm to say she was done for the day. After a shower, she called me and we ran through the houses. She was too tired to get her notebook so she tried to remember off the top of her head. She said all the girls were friendly and engaging.

Zuma – I didn’t get a lot of details about this house. That's what happens when you talk to them late in the date and they're tired.

Big Beach – Her best friend’s family wrote her a rec for this house, she loved their philanthropy and wanted to like them. She said the conversation was awkward and she left thinking “no, not this one”.

Cancun – Similar to Zuma, not a lot of details.

South Beach – This is a new chapter that was using one of the fraternity’s houses during recruitment. She liked the girls and said how nice they were. I wasn't sure if she'd consider the lack of house or newness a negative and she didn't.

Sunset – The girls were very friendly and she enjoyed them a lot.

Manhattan – The girls were great conversationalists. She also heard tent talk about this house – they were super smart, very religious, non-partiers. She liked the girls but hearing tent talk about them made her wonder if she’d fit in and not because she's a partier. I'm sure she heard tent talk about the other houses but this is the first house she mentioned tent talk.

Hampton – Debbie initially didn’t remember them and when I asked she said, “Oh, I liked them”. So they didn’t stand out in a negative way to her.

Malibu – A close family friend is an alumna but again not a lot of details.

One nice thing about not being a legacy, being OOS, Debbie has no preconceived notions about any houses. Debbie said she didn’t have any favorites. No houses really separated themselves in her mind. She was still a blank slate. Debbie clustered her top 9 for the next round:

Siesta Beach
Coronado
Zuma
Newport
Cancun
South Beach
Sunset
Manhattan
Hampton
Malibu

Bottom 3:

Myrtle – for the reason mentioned above on Day 1
Big Beach – Debbie said the conversation was just so awkward
Manhattan – she didn’t want to be the dumbest girl in the smartest group

Each PNM can receive a maximum of 9 visits for Round 2. Debbie wasn’t expecting 9 and was hoping for 5 or 6.