[vintagemizzou]

In case anyone is on the edge of their seat wondering how my recruitment (12 years ago) went... here is the next installment
Day 3:
We could go to five houses this day. I got asked back to 7- Italy and Austria had released me. I really liked both houses and was a little sad, especially about Italy because this was the only house that I had really started to imagine joining (after the whole Spain debacle….) I was now feeling like any house I loved was bound to release me. But, being asked back to seven was wonderful and meant that I had to drop two houses from my schedule. I chose to drop France (bye Awkward girl from Middle School!) and Belgium, deciding to give Finland another chance to remember me J

At this point, I was going through recruitment because I said I would to my sister-in-law. I wasn’t sure I was really “drinking the PHA kool-aid” at this point. No place had made me feel absolutely at home and I wasn’t sure I could really commit to any chapter like these actives were. I decided to go into with an open mind, but was also thinking that this seemed like a huge commitment and that if I didn’t find a place I loved, maybe it would be better to not be Greek at all.

Finland was my first house of the day- A new girl picked me up on the sidewalk, but I was bumped to the girl from the previous two days. While she did act like she knew me this time, she asked a lot of the same things. I was really not feeling it. I had to keep the conversation going. Looking back, I fell victim to a major issue with recruitment- I judged the house based on my rusher alone. I now know that this is a wonderful chapter with great girls, but I just had a poor impression of the house and knew that, if I had the chance, I would drop them from my schedule.

Monaco- We had our house tour and the girls were great- they seemed to really like living in house, but, for some reason, I wasn’t warm and fuzzy. Looking around the rooms, I wasn’t excited to live there (and it had nothing to do with the structure of the house, as all of the houses at Mizzou are beautiful). I had a good time, but wasn’t overjoyed.

Denmark- By this point, this chapter was making it clear that they really wanted me. They kept saying things like “this could be your room” on the house tour. While I know it was sweet, I was still a little weary of sorority life in general, and they came on a bit strong. I felt like joining would be signing my life away to this house or something. They all seemed really dedicated, and I wasn’t sure I was able to give that commitment to a chapter.

Portugal- On this day, I started getting a “party girl” vibe from the girl that rushed me. Although I decided that I actually liked that vibe more than the “I eat, live, breath my chapter” vibe I had gotten from the previous house (again, let me state that these were my impressions and I later learned that I was wrong on nearly all of them). I loved their house- it had sort of a haunted mansion feel to it and was very cozy feeling. I decided I would like to go back to them the next day.

England- This is the house that had basically comforted me the day before when I was a total mess. I had a tour of the house (which was beautiful) and sat down to talk to an upper classman. She hadn’t rushed me before, but we hit it off instantly. I voiced my concern that it seemed like I was joining in the army or something, in terms of commitment and dedication. She assured me that one of the best parts of sorority life was that you could be as involved as you wanted- that there were always ways to get more involved, but you didn’t HAVE to do everything. I just felt relaxed and at peace while I was there. It was a good feeling.
My ranking
1.Tied between England and Portugal
3. Monaco
4&5- Tied between Finland and Denmark