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Day 2 of round 1 lets go!
The first house of the day was Pretty Little Liars. This is another group with a GORGEOUS house. These girls are known to be very down to earth and chill. I have a few friends from my freshman year in this house, so I was hoping I'd get to see one of them. At first I didn't, and I had a great conversation with the girl that rushed me, until I noticed something. One of my friends was rushing a girl right next to me, and didn't even smile or say hi or anything. I mean I'm sure there could be a million reasons why she didn't, but it kind of threw me off. Regardless of that, I had a very nice time at this house.
After that was My Strange Addiction. This house is known for being a "top house". (I say that in quotes because as I've learned from my year on campus, tiers are really a silly/meaningless justification for how good a chapter is). Anyway, this house is really quite beautiful, it almost looks more like a mansion than a chapter house. Despite whatever "reputation" this house has, I wanted to go in and see what they were like for myself. Both of the girls I spoke to were actually very down to earth and friendly. I had two fun conversations with the girls in this house.
Next was What Not To Wear another house known for being full of gorgeous girls, however this group has sort of a reputation for being "party girls". Anyway, once again I didn't want to let any gossip or tent talk affect my time here. Just like My Strange Addiction's girls, I was pleasantly surprised by this house. I had a lot in common with the girl who rushed me (probably on purpose but whatever), and left this house feeling good.
After that I went to The Middle! This house is gorgeous as well, but I didn't really know much about these girls or what they would be like. I spoke to 3 girls here, who all seemed to genuinely love their sorority. They were so excited and eager to get to know all the girls coming through. I felt like I really wanted to go back and spend more time at this house!
Right next door was Storage Wars. I had two suite mates from my freshman dorm in this house, but other than that I didn't really know too much about this house either. They all seemed friendly and nice, except for the girl that rushed me. All she did when I was in there was give me advice about recruitment, telling me how I shouldn't be sad when I get dropped by houses, etc. So weird!?! She didn't ask me anything about myself and didn't seem to care either, it just felt like she wanted to take up time by talking at me. It was very uncomfortable, but I didn't want to dwell on it too much.
Next was the other house that I preffed at, DC Cupcakes. I was hoping that I wouldn't feel uncomfortable here, and I didn't at all! It was great to meet new girls who seemed to be different than last year's girls. However, it still wasn't my favorite place to be. I didn't want to give up on this house so quickly so I decided that I wouldn't mind returning to this house. I should note that this is a house that every girl tries to drop at first, but many get invited back anyway. Most girls who are freshmen don't understand that when they "drop" a house, they really aren't the ones doing the cutting, but the sororities themselves. Hence the confusion when many of these girls who "drop" them get invites back. Again despite this I decided that I would definitely want to give this house another chance.
Finally I went to Project Runway. Like a few of the other houses I went to today, this house has a "party girl" reputation. They are known for going out a lot and sometimes pressuring new girls to drink, etc. I don't believe all of these rumors, but I don't really know too many of them so I couldn't say for sure if they are true either way. The girl that rushed me didn't seem to care too much about our conversation. She kept looking around the room trying to find someone to bump her, but it ended up just being her and me the whole time. We ended up talking about holidays like halloween and christmas the whole time, which was fine but not really the best thing to talk about during recruitment.
After these houses, we went to rank the houses. I was so tired after these 2 days that I was ready to go bed and find out what Round 2 would have in store!! More coming soon!!
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