StarGazer08's Spring '08 Recruitment thread

[StarGazer08]

Hi! I am so excited to be finally able to start my own recruitment thread. I am currently a sophmore (transfer) at a school which has recruitment in the upcoming week. I transferred here from a school that didn't have a greek system and am so eager to get started! Since this is my first semester on campus I don't know any of the "reputations" of the sororities and am SO glad for that. I think that it's best for me to make my own decision. My mom and aunt are both members of an NPC sorority which is on this campus. However, neither really pushed or talked about greek life. Essentially, I've done my own research and decided that it would be a great opportunity to have. I'm not the best or most creative writer so you'll have to bear with me. Both my aunt and mom wrote me a rec for the legacy chapter. However, it doesn't seem like recs are so important here according to my talk with the greek life office.

Last week there was a "pre-rush" event where all the greek organizations on campus have tables. Rush apparently isn't that competitive here but still I want to look my best so I put on a nice pair of fitted (think like jeans) courderoys and a button down blouse with ballet flats. There are four NPC sororities on campus and since I work at Cold Stone I'll name them after my favorite creations:
Cookie Mintster
Birthday cake remix
Founder's favorite
Cheesecake fantasy

Cookie Mintster was the first organization I visited. The girls were all really warm and welcoming which put me at ease; I was so nervous. The table was really nicely decorated and they all seemed so genuine. All my questions were answered and they asked all the traditional (major, interests, etc) about me. I couldn't tell if they were interested in me or not but I definitely wanted to see more. A major plus for Cookie mintster is that I volunteered with an organization that falls in line with their philanthrophy.

Birthday cake remix, the first thing I noticed was how gorgeous the girls were. Like seriously model types with all Tiffany's jewelry and matching high heel shoes. I was intimidated by this but determined to get to know them before I make any judgments. They seemed nice and welcoming too. They all seem to have a lot of Birthday cake remix pride which is cool. I like the activities they do to celebrate their sisterhood. I love the fact that they're all so proud but I'm afraid I won't fit in well here.

Founder's favorite. The first thing I notice is this chapter is wearing tee shirts (all the other chapters were wearing jersey type things). The girl I first talk to is really nervous and seems a bit shy. She says it's her first semester as a sister though so I can understand. Another sister comes over soon after and joins us; she seems more confident. I like this group because all the girls seem different. Some mentioned that they were teaching majors, other spanish majors, and that all seem to have different interests. It seems like I'd fit in well here.

Cheesecake fantasy. This is my legacy chapter so I'm really excited to go here. Even though it doesn't seem like my mom and aunt care if I go here- I do, I think it'd be cool to fit in with the family tradition. I know the basics about this soroity (color, philanthropy, etc) because I did the research but not much else. All the girls are really sweet to me and said they got the recs. They mention that they were suprised to get two as people don't usually have any. I explain that I figured two is better than one and hope they mean surprised in a good way. I really like everything I hear and hope the sisters like me as well. I'm very eager to go back here.

I officially sign up for recruitment, and go home excited for recruitment!

There is another informal "meet and greet" on Wednesday. I don't know if going to this would be overkill. What do you all think? Then, Round Robin starts on Thursday. Round 1 on Friday, Round 2 on Saturday, Prefs are on Sunday, and Bid day is on Monday.