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Day 3 Skits/House Tours (up to 7 sororities)
I answered the phone and immediately heard “Mom, this was the hardest day EVER. I don’t know how I’m ever going to choose after pref.”
The PNMs met with the Recruitment Counselors again at 8am to get their invites for Skits and House Tours. Sunny was dropped from one of her favorites from yesterday, but she said she didn’t really mind because she liked everywhere else that she was invited to visit. She was excited to see that she had a full schedule of 7 houses.
She visited:
Arrowhead Stadium – loved the skit, the physical house, and the girls she talked to today. She also really likes their philanthropy. She said she could see herself fitting in with these ladies easily.
Liberty Memorial – she really liked this house the first day, but it’s been just outside her favorites the last two rounds. She felt really bad because this was the last house she visited and being tired, she had to try to keep from yawning.
Oklahoma Joe’s – this is another house she really enjoyed on the first day, but hasn’t had it in her favorites since then. She didn’t really say anything about the skit, and she liked the physical house.
The Plaza – She liked the physical house a lot, but felt the skit really wasn’t her sense of humor.
Power & Light – this house has been among her favorites all week, but she felt a little let down today. She felt the skit here wasn’t really her sense of humor, and she said she noticed some of the girls watching her to see if she was laughing. She also felt that as a whole, maybe they weren’t quite as outgoing as she is.
Sporting KC – she absolutely loved the skit and the house, as well as the girls she met today. Sunny felt like she could fit in here very well.
Westport – this house has been one of her favorites all week. She said the skit was awesome and she loved the house. She was excited that one of her rushers today was someone she met the first day and adored.
Sunny had a really hard time making her preferences tonight and she said she had to get some advice from her favorite RC. She finally decided that for Preference Day she’d most like to go back to:
Arrowhead Stadium
Sporting KC
Westport
And she ranked:
1. Power & Light
2. Liberty Memorial
3. The Plaza
4. Oklahoma Joe’s
Sunny’s roommate attended 6 parties today and would like to return to Liberty Memorial, Swope Park, and Westport for Preference Day, with Oklahoma Joe’s as her next choice. Both suitemates returned to 5 houses today. Sunny is a little worried because they each only liked 2 of the 5 and decided if they didn’t get those 2 for Prefs, they would drop out. She’s hoping they keep a little more open mind, but said “if they aren’t feeling it, they aren’t feeling it.”
Random notes about Day 3:
Two of Sunny’s good friends from high school dropped out today: one because she felt like she couldn’t give a sorority a fair commitment with all her other activities and didn’t want to take someone’s spot only to have to drop out later, and the other because she said she didn’t like any invites she got. I mentioned in my update yesterday that it’s kind of hard to avoid tent talk sometimes and I have a feeling this friend completely fell victim to some of the negative talk. A lot of metro girls have their hearts set on 4 or 5 chapters and don’t want to “settle” for anything else. Fortunately KU has a lot of opportunities for students to get involved and Greek Life, while prominent, is definitely not the be-all, end-all of the Jayhawk experience. Sunny also mentioned she did hear of a few girls that got cut completely today, and she kept saying how bad she felt for them. I just have to say how proud I am of my daughter for not letting any of the talk get to her and for keeping a completely open mind to the houses where she receives invites back. At the end of the call she said “I’m going to be happy no matter what.”
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