Well, round 1 is now over and I am SO incredibly excited!!! I had the most amazing time tonight (well, for most of it), especially at one house in particular!! I also had a blast with the girls in my rush group. They're all really nice, and it's exciting to think that some of them will be in my pledge class! Another highlight of the night was when we were waiting to go into the last house and the fraternity across the street came outside and sang to us...that was cute! Well, anyways, back to my experiences at the houses.
House 7: The night actually didn't start out too good at this house. When I went in, I sat down with one sister, and she barely had anything to say! I was the one asking all the questions, and it was really uncomfortable. She didn't seem interested in talking to me at all. I guess it could be a million things...she could have been tired, or shy...but I would think that on the 7th party every rusher should be used to it and know what to say to the PNM's! Then another sister took me on a tour of the house. She told me that they'll only be in the house for this year. They were living in an old fraternity house the past few years but moved to this one when the guys moved back in. Only half of this house is theirs, and boarders live in the other half. They don't know where they'll be living next year, either. So I wasn't too sure about the whole house situation with this sorority! Over the past few days I've grown accustomed to having these conversations and thinking up questions to ask, so that kind of helped me out at this house. I was with my tour guide for the rest of the party and we talked about the sorority but not about much else. Again, I felt like I was leading the conversation a lot of the time. There were a lot of awkward silences, especially toward the end. Some other sisters came over to chat, but I didn't click well with any of them, either. They had chocolate covered strawberries, and those were good at least!! But seriously, I felt really uncomfortable here. I really tried to give them the benefit of the doubt but there was just no connection at all.
House 8: I quickly forgot about house 7 when I came here. I had a really good time at this house!!! When I came in, a sister led me to the chapter room and we were talking and had a really good conversation. We talked about all kinds of things...what we did over the summer, concerts, how both of our younger brothers just got their licenses, and lots of other stuff. A little while later another sister came up and got into the conversation, and the first woman left only after I was comfortably talking to the second. I liked how they did that, it felt natural and I didn't feel like I was being passed around or interrupted. I spoke to several sisters this way, had some really fun conversations, and then another sister took me on a tour of the house. The house is just adorable, and I love the way they have it set up. Most of the houses are kind of similar, but this one is unique. It's also closer to where the classes are! After the tour we went back to the chapter room, and they served lemonade in these cute plastic martini glasses. I thought that was a nice touch. Then we sat down to watch a video, which was based on the beginning of Legally Blonde and was really cute! There was a slideshow, too, but I spent most of it talking to the woman who was rushing me...I'm sure that's never a bad thing! When I left I was sure to wave goodbye to all the women I'd talked to. I really hope I can come back here!
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House 9: I have just 3 words to say about this house...I'M IN LOVE!! Well, actually I have a lot more than just that to say about it.
I couldn't believe how amazingly well I clicked with EVERYONE I talked to. When we went in, the house tour was right away and it took up a good portion of the party. My tour guide and I talked like we were old friends!! I liked the way the tour was set up, too. She showed me the main rooms and then some of the bedrooms, and there were 4 or 5 sisters hanging out in each one. So I would be the only PNM in a room with a whole bunch of sisters, and I chatted and joked around and clicked with every single one! Normally I would have been intimidated, but I was so comfortable with them. I felt like I was there to hang out instead of being there to rush. After the house tour we went into the kitchen, where there was this really good punch and some vegetables with dip. I didn't eat anything and barely drank my punch because I was too busy talking to the 2 sisters I was with. A little while later we went to the formal room to watch a video. The video was just adorable, basically it was just the women goofing off and having a great time. It was really funny, too! After that, they all made a circle around us and did a cute little chant, and then some of my rushers came over to say goodbye to me. A couple of them double checked to make sure of my last name, so I can only hope that's a good sign! I almost got caught up talking to them AGAIN, and I was the last one out the door. Now let me just say...I cannot BELIEVE how excited I am about this house or how well things went at this party!! This is by far my top choice...BY FAR!! I felt SO at home. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much...I'll be devastated if I'm not invited back!! But I really do have a good feeling about this house.
Wednesday I find out who invited me back and choose who I'm going back to. Right now I like the houses in this order: 9, 5, 2, 8, 4, 3, 6, 1, 7. If I was invited back to all 9, I would cut 1 and 7 first but it would be such a tough choice of what other house I'd cut because I like 4, 6, and 3 equally. But as long as I'm invited back to house 9 I'll be happy!! Of course I'll give all the sororities a fair chance, but I am just especially excited about that house. I'm sure you all understand! Well, wish me luck!!
