[gamecockgirl]

In order to keep the sorority's identities protected, I’m going to be using names of animals. I’ll be using: Dog, Cat, Horse, Fish, Cow, Bunny, Dolphin, Zebra, Lion, and Flamingo. I know that some of the animals represent some sorority's mascots, but I promise they are random and do not mean anything!

Round 1, Day 1.

Today I saw Dog, Cat, Horse, Fish, and Cow.

Dog was my first house. I was nervous, didn’t know what to expect, but I was also very excited! A girl from my hall in my dorm last year picked me up at the door. She was always super sweet to me in the dorms last year, so I was excited to talk to her! The Dog girls seemed to be very excited about rush and they all seemed genuine and nice.

Cat is the sorority I knew I wanted. Two of my roommates are in Cat so I was excited to visit their house. I absolutely fell in LOVE with their chant. It was so catchy and upbeat! I had a rec letter for this house (from my roommates' mother) and I loved everything about this house. I had a really great connection with the girl I talked to, and I was hoping I could go back for Round 2!

Horse. This sorority is very well known in the south. The girls were all very nice and happy to be there, but they didn’t seem real to me. The conversation felt forced. I knew this wasn’t the house for me.

Fish. This sorority…well. EVERYONE wants to be a Fish. It’s HUGE in the South and a lot of girls from my high school are in Fish. I knew the girl that picked me up at the door from a class I had with her my freshman year, so it was nice to talk to her. Again, the girls were all very nice and classy-looking, and they all seemed happy to be there.

The last house of the day was Cow. My not-so-nice roommate from freshman year was a Cow, and I knew she wouldn’t say nice things about me so I knew I wouldn’t be getting asked back. I loved this sorority and I still had a great time at the house!



Round 1, Day 2. Today my Pi Chi visited the other 5 chapters that we didn't see yesterday.

Today I saw Bunny, Dolphin, Zebra, Lion, and Flamingo.

Bunny - I didn’t know much about this sorority, so I was eager to see what it was all about. The girls were beautiful and their house was decorated so nicely! The girl that picked me up at the door was so nice and we connected great! I was excited to see if this house would ask me back for Round 2.

The next house was Dolphin. I had a good friend in this sorority that I had met my freshman year, and I knew she loved it so I was also very excited! (notice that I was excited about every house haha). The girl was funny and sweet…but one thing I hated about this house was that the girls held on to my arm the entire time. It felt…too touchy. I wasn’t sure about this, even though the girls seemed really nice.

After Dolphin, I went to Zebra. This house doesn’t have the best reputation on campus, although it is a very well known sorority in the south. Despite the reputations, I walked into the house and was immediately in love. The girls seemed so excited to be there and the overall atmosphere was so uplifting!

Lion - My old suitemate from freshman year is a Lion and my Aunt is a Lion, so if you can imagine, I was extremely interested in this sorority. And lets just lay it flat on the ground— I FELL IN LOVE. Everything. The chants were amazing, the girls were beautiful..and again, a very well known sorority in the south. It is the newest sorority at our campus, and I was surprised at how far the chapter had come since its colonization.

The last house of the day was Flamingo - I only knew one girl in this chapter, but other than that I didn't know much about it. I didn't have much of a connection with the girl I spoke to that round, but the girls seemed nice.

After this round, we were told to rank the houses from our top choice to our last, leaving our bottom two choices at the bottom signifying those we would not like to return to. This was how I ranked them:

Lion
Cat
Zebra
Dog
Bunny
Horse
Fish
Flamingo
Dolphin
Cow