To be honest, I had a few second thoughts about the whole recruitment process, but I decided to stick with it, especially after I talked to my parents and my rho chi. It was tough to be so severely cut, especially when all of these other people went to visit six houses. I thought I did everything right, by getting good recommendations to seven of the nine houses, by having fun conversations, by truly enjoying myself during the first round... but rush is such an arbitrary process. It's still just a bit demoralizing. Sometimes it's hard to separate my self-worth from my acceptance level, but I think that's a hard process for anyone. And at the very least, I'm getting great fodder for my "Great American Novel," due in stores in 2015.
My impressions:
House #5: I liked the house, again, but not quite as much as yesterday. The girl who gave me the tour didn't click with me as well as the girls from yesterday. I'm thinking this will be my "stretch" house, so I don't feel assured of being invited back. I'm a bit sad about that, though, because I REALLY do like the house in general.
House #3: I liked this house even more than I did the other day. The only problem was that the other PNM that toured with me was REALLY loud. I'm not such a gregarious person... I do better with one on one conversations because I hate fighting the loud one for attention. Hopefully they notice me and will want to invite me back, because I still just really really really love this house.
House #6: The girl that gave me the tour was just really sweet. Again, I feel like I clicked with all of the girls. Although, when she asked me how rush went, I teared up a bit. Maybe I'm not as strong as I think I am... however, it's understandable, due to the stress. But again, I'd be completely honored if I were invited back.
Right now, it's all in the hands of the houses. I'm just hoping for an invite, and if I don't have one... well, then, I guess I saved four thousand dollars. I'm hopeful, though, and I AM thankful that my three favorite liked me enough to invite me back for the second round.
That's all!