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Alright, part 2! Sorry for it being a day late, but here it goes:
The first recruitment event was an info session held in the big ballroom on campus. I went early and got to speak with members of the colonization/recruitment team, so I felt good about that but was still quaking in my boots. By the time all the girls interested had come out, the room was full—400-500 girls attended. The colonization team gave a presentation, showed a video, and spoke about the history of the sorority. The International President was present and gave an extemporaneous speech and mentioned there were the 2 previous International Presidents in the room. My jaw dropped to subterranean levels, being in their presence. She was hysterically funny and candid and I knew that night I wanted to be in that sisterhood. It felt right. It felt connected to me. But the fear of rejection had been put into me by Formal Recruitment, so I tried not to keep my hopes up.
We had next interviews called “Tell Us About You Sessions” we had to sign up for. I was nervous, but I’ve done a half dozen interviews, give or take, so at the least I showed up dressed appropriately! I chose to do mine on the first day possible because it worked for my schedule and I figured it was best to get it over with.
I walked into the room and met my interviewer at the door. We clicked instantaneously. She worked for a science company, I’m a Biology major; she did research, I just had gotten into a professor’s research lab. I don’t think she ever asked me any of the scripted questions other than how I got interested in joining the sorority. I left the interview feeling on cloud nine. I didn’t want to count my chickens before they hatched, but I felt like it went well.
Four days passed as the rest of the interviews were held. The last recruitment event was on Thursday and was a Philanthropy night. We did a craft, saw another brief presentation, and had a woman from the local “chapter” of the philanthropy come and speak about the connection between the sorority and the philanthropy. I stayed a little later and talked to more of the colonizing team.
We were told that night Bid Day would be the next day. If were not accepted to join the colony, we would receive a call from 9pm that night until 10am the next day from Panhellenic. If we didn’t get a call, at 10am we could go to a room in the Student Union and get our Bids!
I'll release Part 3 tomorrow! =)
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