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I should have said this earlier, but I will tell you all about how I prepared for recruitment. Throughout my other two years at my school, I had made many great friends who had helped me realize that Greek life was something I definitely wanted to be a part of and I had earned decent grades and become involved in very prestigious clubs at my school. However, my decision to do recruitment was actually pretty last minute. I didn’t register for recruitment until the week before it started. That being said, I didn’t have any recs, but I did have a lot of connections and things that made my resume stand out compared to a freshman girl that didn’t have any recs. I’m no “special snowflake,” but I am really proud of all that I have become involved in since starting at my University!

Now we start skit days, which I had been looking forward to all week—not only because I loved my outfits for these days, but because I had been told these are the days when you really get to learn the personalities of each sorority. At my school, we spread Skit Day into two different days. You can imagine my surprise when I was invited back to 7 of 8 possible chapters! The ones I got back were:

May Flowers
Of Corsage
Sweet Nothings
Tusk in Sun
Scarlet Begonia
Sparkle Glow
Bloomers

I was a little bit upset to have lost Spring Fling (aka my legacy house), but I just felt really lucky to have 7 invites, including all of the ones I had really loved! At the beginning of the week I had been prepared for the worst and to only have one or two houses the majority of the time, but I was really happy and grateful for how things had been going!

For the sake of time, I will combine the two days together.

Sparkle Glow: I was really glad to go back to this house today, but the connection I had felt earlier in the week just wasn’t there anymore. Their skit was really funny, but I just felt like they were trying too hard to impress people and that just wasn’t me. I still liked Sparkle Glow and I would be more than happy to go back to pref here, but I felt more like I was just meant to be friends—not sisters-- with these girls.

Scarlet Begonia: Once again, I was hoping that this house would really turn it around and impress me, but they didn’t. Although their skit was hilarious, I just felt no real connection with any of the girls that had rushed me all week. I love my friend that is a Scarlet Begonia and I was worried that she would be unhappy with me if I didn’t want to go back to this house.

Tusk in Sun: I honestly tried to go in to recruitment with as open of a mind as possible, but I was just head over heels in love with Tusk in Sun since before recruitment even started based on my large number of friends here. I just felt at home here. Their skit was much more my personality than Sparkle Glow, and I just felt so welcomed here. They were so laid back and relaxing that I didn’t feel like I was being judged. I felt like this was the house I could come in before my 8 am class with no make up on and still feel welcome and not judge. I didn’t want to leave Tusk in Sun!

Bloomers: Bloomers is such a fun house! Their skit was hilarious and it literally had everyone in the room doubled over with laughter. The girl who rushed me told me she had heard such great things about me from all the other girls I had talked to earlier in the week. I could really see myself being happy at Bloomers, too!

May Flowers: Let me preface this by saying that I don’t care at all about “tiers” or ranking or anything like that, but May Flowers is considered a bottom house at my school. I felt really bad for them because of how girls treated them so I always tried to be polite, respectful, and give them a fair chance. This group has a great sisterhood, and any girl should be honored to join them! However, I had the most awkward experience of my life here. My rusher, who was not only rude to me, actually walked off and left me. Like I was standing there alone by myself not knowing what to do until another active ran up to me and apologized profusely, but the damage had been done. I felt awkward and I did not want to go back for pref.

Of Corsage: I was apathetic about being invited back to Of Corsage for Skit Day, but I went in trying to enjoy myself! Luckily, my boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend didn’t rush me this time. Their skit was a little different than everyone else’s, but it was very sweet and showed how strong their sisterhood was. As nice as they were, I couldn’t really imagine myself being in their house.

Sweet Nothings: All week I had been SO surprised to be invited back to Sweet Nothings. This is the beauty queen house at my school and I just thought they would drop me and had never really given them a fair chance, but today I really loved them! The first girl who rushed me actually had so much in common with me, and their skit was the funniest one of the day! At the beginning of the week, this group had intimidated me, but now you could really see how genuine and great this group of girls was.

At the end of the day, we had to rank our top three in no particular order and our bottom five (or four in my case). I ranked mine like this:

1. Tusk in Sun
2. Bloomers
3. Sparkle Glow

And:
1. Sweet Nothings
2. Scarlet Begonia
3. Of Corsage
4. May Flowers

I never realized how hard it would be to rank my bottom four. I was sad to put Scarlet Begonia down there because of my friend, but I realized that a true friend wouldn’t care if we were in the same sorority or not. It had been really hard choosing between Sparkle Glow and Sweet Nothings for my third choice, but I had liked Sparkle Glow all week so I ranked them third. Of Corsage is a great group of girls, but I just really did not see myself there. I was upset about what had happened at May Flowers, but I did not want to go back there after what happened so I ranked them last.

I was really exited to see who I got back for pref, and I hoped for my top three! But I was no longer super nervous about cuts because I had realized that every sorority at my school is a great one, and I would be honored to be in any group that I still had left!