I went to college knowing I would rush... a girl I greatly admired joined a sorority and told me about how wonderful it actually was, and not the awful stereotypes a lot of high schoolers hear. I tried checking out the sororities websites, but only Alpha Phi's was up, and at the time, it wasn't very complete.
I got to know an orientation counselor named Jenn through a mutual friend. When it was finally time for Meet the Greeks, I dragged two of my friends along with me and met all the sororities. Or rather, I should say, one. XYZ sorority talked my ear off and I didn't get to meet Alpha Phi. However, I was really excited to talk to them and seemed to fit in well with them. My roommate, who I didn't care much for, talked to XYZ for about a minute before she went and talked to Alpha Phi, because she found out that most of the cheerleading squad was Alpha Phi. When it was time to go inside, I ran into Jenn, sporting some Alpha Phi letters. During the actual presentations, XYZ made a somewhat snide comment that bothered me a little bit, but I was determined to give both groups a fair chance.
Throughout formal recruitment, I was pretty sure that I was going to go XYZ. My roommate had her mind set on Alpha Phi, and to be totally honest, I was rather glad, because I didn't care too much for my roommate. However, I was starting to even out a bit in that I met several nice Alpha Phis. I felt that I had more in common with XYZ because they were very into intramurals, and I'm a big soccer player, but I felt like I had more in common with Alpha Phis in terms of personalities.
Come Pref Night, I was invited to both. I was torn. I hoped that one of them wouldn't invite me back so that I wouldn't have to make a choice. My roommate of course, was only invited back to Alpha Phis. I went to Alpha Phi's first and was really touched by the Forget-Me-Not ceremony. Jenn, as it turned out, preffed me. I had a great time and honestly didn't want to leave. However, Jenn asked me a question that terrified me, "Honestly now, do you want to join Alpha Phi?" I pretty much stammered that I was on the fence, but after seeing how well I got along with everyone, I was beginning to feel at home with Alpha Phi. I didn't want to be cut because I wasn't sure, but I had to be honest. Then I went to XYZ's Pref, and the girl who I had been getting along with from XYZ preffed me and another girl, because they were so sure that I was going to suicide them. All I could think about during the entire ceremony was Alpha Phi. I realized that it was them that I wanted a bid from. When I filled out my Pref card that night, I ranked Alpha Phi as number 1 and XYZ as number 2. What now terrifies me is that I think I should have Intentional Single Preffed, or whatever the hell they call it. Some people look down on it, but when you know where you belong, you just know. I didn't realize how the bidding system actually worked, so if XYZ had put me number 1 on their list, I would have gotten a bid from them. Luckily, Alpha Phi actually put me as their number 1 because they knew how bad XYZ wanted me, and Jenn told them she knew I wanted Alpha Phi (well, I wish I had known as well!
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I sprinted to the SUB that day to get my Bid. I jumped around like a complete moron when I opened my bid and saw the Alpha Phi crest. My roommate also got a bid, but I figured I'd live (and what do you know, I did). Jenn still gives me a hard time about me not knowing where I belong, but I guess she has a right to, because she's my big sis.
