Have you guys summed up the anxiety and fears I've been having for months...or what?
It's really cool to know that there are all these awesome GC folks to give advice and to inspire. I look forward sharing my rush story with all of you in two months!
I really and truly hope that I'll be able to call some of you "sister" before long. And if I don't make the cut, then I'll try again at informal!
K, now I get sappy.
I think part of my anxiety stems from high school...see, there were four high school sororities, or "juniorette clubs," and they all chose who THEY wanted. For four years I hoped and prayed that one of the clubs would come to my house on "rush day", as they called it, but it never happened. There was absolutely no type of formal recruitment...hence we did not even have a chance to "try out" (as rush in college kind of allows us to do). I went through all four years, very involved in extracurricular activities and immersed in my academics. I had friends who were in the clubs and friends who weren't. Nothing hurt worse than having a friend in a club who raved to me about "Bon Voyage" (annual "sisterhood retreat" to the beach), Greek Week, or how much fun she had at Christmas Ball (an exclusive formal)...or even having to sit behind a girl in class who was in one of the clubs, and having to look at all her club shirts from initiation and all the above mentioned. It was like a pit in the bottom of my stomach, wondering what these girls had that I didn't. I was never able to figure out why I was never asked into a club, and to this day I still don't know.
I think that might be one of the prime reasons why Rush is so important to me. I am determined to find a sisterhood to be a part of these next four years. I want to be a part of a support network of fun, joy, laughter, and even tears. This is why more than half my posts have been about recs, how to get them, the right way to ask, etc., because they are so important in the South! I know that if I am dropped from all the houses I will be really upset...BUT at least there is COB and informal rush to keep hope alive!
LOL....still alive out there?