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In my house the new members get a new Heart sis every week for four weeks. Heart sisters get you small gifts, take you out, and hang out with you. Usually the initiates take their heart sisters out in groups, so they turn into big sisterhood events. Then after four weeks the girls write down all the girls they know in the house, and rank them in order of who they would want as a pledge mom. The initiates do the same thing and the New Member Ed chair matches up the pledge kids and moms! It's really fun- we have pledge mom night next week and I'm so excited!
We also have this thing called Guardian Turtles- an older girl in the house, usually a senior, will pick a pledge to secretly "watch" for the four weeks leading up to initiation. GTs give their pledges little gifts every week along with a note, and it's like a secret Santa type thing. GTs reveal themselves on the night before initiation- it's a cool way to get to know the older girls in the house. We also have a mentor program, where you get matched up with a pledge who has a similar major and curriculum to you, and you give her school advice and you have the option of studying with her and stuff.
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