OMGreek's NAU Rush Story

[OMGreek25]

I need to get out my story sooner rather than later so I don't skip things. Code names are needed because I have no so good things to say about one and a half of them. I'll go with movie titles.

Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
I am Sam
Beauty and the Beast
Stepford Wives
Now and Then

In order of how I went through (each house allowed 20 minutes):

Pulp Fiction- I walked in and was instantly greated by clapping, smiling face, and so much energy I couldn't wrap my head around it. The first girl I talked to was very nice and we talked about our small towns, why I wanted to rush and different things NAU Greek Life and campus in general have to offer. Another girl came up and I actually got double teamed for a few minutes 'cause the first girl didn't leave haha. Anyway, with the second girl I told her about my town and meeting my friends that I do have up here and found common ground because her mom had the same occupation as mine as well. Then a third girl came up and I talked to her for 3 minutes, if that, but she was my favorite of the three and kept the topic on me and my interests and how I was involved in school etc. I really loved this house because of their energy, this house was in my top four so I was pretty nervous in it, but I tried to hide it as much as possible.

I am Sam- This house was one of my problem houses. I think they planned out who would get who really poorly because I was with another girl and put with the most nervous girl in the room. I found it flat out mean that they would do 2 on 1 with a girl who was obviously not good with talking to people. The other girl I was with kind of just tried to talk to other rushers, but I tried my best to keep the girl talking and engaged in the conversation. Honestly- it was sad, like the movie title I gave it. We did get water bottles, buuuut at the end of the 20 minutes the girls didn't take it and my Rho Chi had to. The second girl came up after noticing the girl was clearly a nervous wreck and took over. Her energy was up there with Pulp Fiction's and she was very nice and honest with her answers once you pressed her enough on it. (By this time the other PNM I was with had talked to her about housing, but she kept beating around the answer to if she was REQUIRED to live in for two years or not.)

Now and Then- I LOVED this house. Right off the bat, the girl I was talking to maade me feel so welcome and I got that feeling that this house might be right for me, but then realized it might just be the girl who is the rught friend for me, so I need to learn more about it. She kept me engaged in the conversation, talked about herself, lils and bigs, some sorority stuff, and me. It wasn't awkward for a single minute and I loved how she was so straight forward with everything. She was classy, but firm and I really saw that if the rest of the girls are like her, this is my house.My question about the switching came in here because some girls got switched like 3 times in this house but I stayed with the girl the whole time. (Surprisingly this group was second to last in my mind going in, funny how that turned out)

Fight Club- A friend of mine is in this sorority and she told me she was asking everyone who got me haha. BUT regardless of her being in it, I loved it. I mean the girl I talked to was kind of just skipping over things and making small talk, but I've met other girls from there and they are all super nice. She was very nice and informative, she talked a lot about the social aspect then asked about my comm. service and I told her and we talked about what I did for a while because it turns out she's a fan of what I did. I don't want to post it on here jsut because it would give me away really quickly. But this one is still in my top four :]

Stepford Wives- This was the number one house I was dying to meet because of their philanthropy. It ties in so well to my major and promotes something I feel strongly for. I wish I could come out and tell you what it was, but you'd know who it was immediately. When I walked in I felt like I walked into the Stepford Wives movie...BUT it was for show and the girl I talked to was fantastic. She's another one that I felt was like a best friend I didn't know haha. Her mom also had the same occupation and we found common grounds but her mom owned a salon like mine and we talked about how it was growing up with that. She told me about the sorority and study hours as well as the fun social stuff. When I expressed my interest about the philanthropy she went off on it and was so excited, it made me so happy to see that she was genuinely interested in the philanthropy. This is another house I could see myself being in.

Beauty and the Beast- Whhen we walked in to this house it was intense, but maybe that's because I was so tired already and my mouth hurt from smiling so much. the first girl I talked to was a senior, she was so helpful with tips on how to deal with my roomate if I stayed in because she got someone she wasn't compatable with either. We had a lot on common and she was full of compliments from my shirt to necklace to glasses. Then she introduced me to her little...that's where things went down hill. I was so excited for this one too it was number two on my list, but this girl killed it. She was so awkward with her conversations and kept looking around like I didn't exist when she was talking to me. Even the nervous girl from I am Sam looked me in the eye and was at least responsive; this girl ran through the numbers and I was honestly offended. Hopefully tonight things will be like they were with the first girl because if it goes how it went with the second girl i hve no problem cutting this house. More water bottles here, but they did remember to take them from us at the end.

Wish me luck with tonight. It's "dress to PIN" and philnthropy night. I'm thinking dress pants are a better idea than a dress or skirt.