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Skit Day
My daughter received her schedule for skit day and was excited about having the maximum number of parties (8). She likes or loves every house she’s visiting the next two days. She recognizes that this isn’t everyone’s experience. She says a lot of girls are “really stressed about rush” and “freaking out” because they are being dropped by the houses they want. The following houses are part of her schedule:
Lavender – since Nutmeg did not invite her back Lavender is back to being the top favorite.
Thyme – while she has really enjoyed meeting with the women of Thyme she’s concerned there might be a bit too much pressure for grades. She wants to do well in college but doesn’t want the pressure of disappointing an entire organization if it takes a semester to get on her feet.
Sage – she really loves this house.
Rosemary – she’s amazed that she is so drawn to this house.
Marjoram – she had a really good time here.
Saffron – she says she likes them, just not as much as Lavender, Rosemary or Sage.
Ginger – although warned not to listen to “tent talk” she is hearing that this group has had some rough times.
Jasmine – she’s decided that the overriding feel in the house is just too preppy for her.
Later she told me this was a very difficult decision for her. She decided to rank the groups as follows:
1. Rosemary
2. Lavender
3. Marjoram
Others: 4) Sage, 5) Thyme, 6) Saffron, 7) Ginger, 8) Jasmine
We’ve talked about the fact that houses where she has no recommendations have continued to be in her schedule. Maybe the system is more flexible than we believed or maybe registering and submitting a packet to the local Panhellenic Association worked really well; so that recommendations were sent without her knowing about it. For what it’s worth, she knows other PNMs who had absolutely no recommendations (zip, zero, nada) going into recruitment that are still happily attending parties. They haven’t had full schedules but they are still having a great time at the one or two parties that they are attending. Also, she has made two friends through this process that she feels she’ll continue to hang out with regardless of which house they end up in.
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