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Day 2 of recruitment!
Everyone in my Rho Gamma group was awesome! I was making friends and having some hilarious times with the girls in the group. We had 3 sophomores in the group. One transferred and didn't have Greek Life at her old school and the other two were going through recruitment the second time around.
I was talking to one of the girls who went through before and she said and i'll never forget: "Whatever you do, don't suicide or you'll end up like me doing this all over again." That really resonated with me and I held that advice all week long and it's almost like it was haunting me. In hindsight, now I laugh at that.
The first chapter we visited today was Duke. This chapter probably had by far the most tent talk about them. They are on social probation with the university and aren't allowed to do anything with other fraternities and sororities like date functions. This didn't bother me because it's not like they're in trouble forever and the social aspect is fun, but wasn't a factor in my decisions at all. Besides, I could party on my own with sistsers, so probation didn't even matter! The conversations I had were really sweet and the ladies here were very genuine. I liked this huse and all the women I talked to and I could see myself here.
The next chapter on the list was USC. I was so excited to go to this chapter. I had one of my closest friends and 2 other good friends in this chapter and I was so excited. The girls I talked to were great and we had hilarious conversations. Everyone I talked to was really genuine and didn't make me feel like I was just another PNM to talk to and get over with. My friends said hi to me when I was there and I loved it! They had the cutest cups for the water too! They were in pink mason jars with white and pink straws. I don't know why I remember this, but I loved it! I really felt at home here.
The next chapter was Pepperdine. I also knew a very sweet girl in this house and a lot of the girls in my Rho Gam group said these girls were weird and they didn't like it here, so I wanted to see for myself. The girls here so so nice and sweet! They seemed genuinely interested and I had some pretty good conversations. I had one bad conversation where I had to do all of the questions, but I really liked everything else.
The next house was the one I had a pit in my stomach and a lump in my throat before I went to. This chapter was Rutgers. AKA my legacy house and the house my sister was in. Right when I walked in, they'd paired me up with my sisters big. The whole conversation was essentially about my sister, which wasn't a surprise because after 18 years of being under her shadow, it's nothing new. Then I talked to suprise! Her little. The conversation was the exact same as the first one, about my sister. In total I talked to 6 girls at this house and I felt like I couldn't even carry a decent conversation because someone kept on interrupting and saying: "OMG! You're ______'s sister! You look just like her! We're so excited to have you here! Are you liking Rutgers so far?" I felt really uncomfortable and it was really disheartening because I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt and think they would be genuine, but I knew they weren't. Just like my sister told me, they made me talk to every girls that I already knew, the prettiest girls and girls in exec positions.
The next chapter I visited was UCLA. I can't say I remembered too much about this house, but the girls I talked to were nice and I visited them during the Greek Preview in the spring and the women I talked to then were very sweet. They didn't stand out to as much now, but I still liked them there. I definitely wouldn't mind going to UCLA!
The next chapter is Arizona State. Even though I tried my hardest to listen to music and talk to rho gammas during breaks to not hear any sidewalk talk, I heard a lot about Arizona State. These girls were known as the "bottom of the bottom" and the things other PNMs were saying about them were very hurtful and i bothered me that they were just like any other sorority and worked their tails off to give everyone a great recruitment experience and people weren't giving them a chance. When we first got there, the president and recruitment VP at their chapter were beautiful and wearing SKY HIGH silver platform heels! They looked like disco balls and I felt bad for their feet! The first girl I talked to was kind of awkward and I had to ask all of the questions abou her, but then the othert girls I talked to were nice and interesting!
The last chapter of the day was Stanford. I remembered this chapter because their house is right next to Princeton and their door chant was so loud that I don't even remember Princetons! The women I talked to were really fun and bubbbly and the girl I was talking to used to be the recruitment vice president last year, so I felt super nervous talking to her because I felt like she knew exactly what to look for and could spot any BS from a mile away. Besides that I had awesome conversations there and really loved the house and everyone I talked to. But it was difficult talking to them because their house smelled like a strange combonation of flowers and bacon.... Either way, I looooved Stanford!
So preferencing was difficult because I honestly liked everybody, but I ranked them like this:
1. Stanford
1. Princeton
1. UCLA
1. USC
1. Arizona State
1. Pepperdine
1. Duke
1. LSU
1. Wake Forest
1. UGA
2. UMich
3. Ole Miss
4. Rutgers
I thought I honestly had amazing conversations everywhere and I was feeling confident in my decision and honestly even if I didn't get a full schedule the next day, I knew I liked basically all of the chapters, but couldn't seen myself in a couple. I was just nervous to see what my schedule would be the next day because honestly, you never know what to expect!
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