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I am bored out of my mind today so I will humor yall with my recrutiment story....granted, it was in 1997- so some of the terms and stuff are different. (I won't reveal GLO names as not to offend anyone!)
i was at a smaller school, in the south where greek life is huge and i knew absolutely nothing about sororities, but my roomate and suitemates who considered themselves "true southern belles" and they convinced me that I HAD to rush. Also, the girl who lived across the hall from me, her sister was the president of a great chapter on our campus and I hung out with them lots (which was actually dirty rushing, but I had no idea at the time- she and her sisters would buy us alcohol all the time and give us their lettered sweatshirts if we were cold and would take us down to their house to watch tv with the sophmores who were already initiated and lived in the house.) well I had my heart absolutely set on this house! I thought they were the best thing since sliced bread!
Our rush was defered, so I had spent like all first semester with this house that I loved and rush began the first week in February. There were (at that time) six national sororities on campus and they each had their distinct personality or stereotype- so i thought.
Well I went through first round and had my favorites, with the one house that I loved at the top of my list and my rho chi constantly reminded me and our group to keep open minds and that things change everyday. The following day I got my invites back and I was shocked and appalled that my favorite house had DROPPED me. I was absolutely crushed and pissed off. I cried like all day, but my Rho Chi convinced me that I should still go through and I accepted four invites and cut the one house that I just couldn't see myself in at all.
I went through second round, and while waiting in line, I looked over and saw all these girls going into the house that I really wanted to be in and I got all choked up and started to cry- my rho chi got me pulled together as well as all the rest of the girls that were in line at the house, they all helped me put on new makeup and fixed my hair and stuff and they were soooo sweet!
By the end of second round I had two new favorites.
The next day I picked up my invites and was invited back to three- and I needed to cut it down to two for pref. the house that had cut me was one of my favorites from the day before, and i was a little upset, but was ok with the choices I had left and I really still did like one of the houses. So I dropped the house that was a really great house on campus- but they just weren't me and i was afraid if I had joined I wouldn't be happy. My roomate was so astounded by that, she swore because they were one of the best houses on campus, I was making a huge mistake. She ended up preffing them.
I preffed two houses, the first one was ok. nothing impressed me about their ceremony and I just wasn't into it at all.
The second house I went to, the one that I had liked previously, the pref ceremony made my heart melt and the girl who preffed me and her friend were so awesome- we laughed, we comiserated, and we just clicked.
I knew when I left that house, that that is where I wanted to be.
So we went back to the student center and I filled out my pref card, ranking the house I really liked first and the second one second.
And the next day I got my bid and I was a proud new member of the Theta Class of Alpha Xi Delta. I was even the first girl in my class to accept my bid.
Turns out my Rho Chi was an AXiD too!
My roomate ended up in Phi Mu, but was asked to not come back to school her senior year for grade issues.
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