A dreamy Fall/Spring 2010 Recruitment Story

[smallschoolpnm]

I'm a freshman doing recruitment at a small school. The way we do rush at my school is a little unorthodox compared to most of the threads I read around here: Over the course of the fall semester, each sorority holds 2 "informal" rush parties - as well as a bunch of unofficial events during which you can get to know the sisters. Then, when we go back for the Spring, formal rush begins in January with PNMs submitting a card with the names of the sororities we're still interested in. (Sororities do the same with the PNMs they're interested in.) The last week of January each of the sororities has a formal party for everyone who matched there, then we submit our pref cards and Bid Day is at the beginning of February.
If you know the school, I'm sure I've given it away, but please don't say it publicly.

My school has 7 sororities. I'm going to name them after characters from Inception because I just got the DVD and I've been watching it nonstop!

Cobb: This is a great group of girls, they have a very strong presence on campus. They're one of the larger groups, which I like, and I feel like I could thrive among them. Also, one of their informal parties was wild- I had a blast with them!

Ariadne: This is another great group. The girls are all very sweet and classy. I have liked every single Ariadne I've met. Also, a lot of the friends I'm rushing with are very interested in Ariadne. I know I shouldn't let my friends' opinions influence mine, but I feel like I would really love to be sisters with the girls I've already formed strong bonds with over the last semester. Ariadne is definitely staying on my list.

Arthur: These girls are very nice. It's another large group, although I don't seem to share interests with a lot of them. They're not at the top of my list, but I could see myself accepting a bid to Arthur. They're staying on the list and maybe I'll see how things go at their Formal.

Eames: I'm not sure how I feel about Eames. The girls are nice but I haven't clicked that well with any of them. They also have a reputation I'm not wild about. I feel like this is different from "tent talk" because I've been around for a semester and really seen their reputation around school. I'm not going to cut them right now for that, but I would have to think really seriously about accepting a bid to Eames. I guess that's something I shouldn't worry about yet.

Yusuf: These girls are awesome, they don't fit any particular stereotype, which I love. Also a lot of Yusufs are in my major so I was in classes with a few of them and we really got along well. I'm definitely keeping them on the list.

Saito: These girls are a lot of fun to party with, but it's a very small group and I'm not sure I would fit in with it well. I feel like I should keep my options open, but I don't think I am going to list Saito on my card. I'm struggling a little bit over that right now.

Mal: Mal is founded very strongly on a set of values that I don't share. I won't be RSVPing to Mal.

If people like, I could talk about each of the informal parties I went to over the fall semester to fill in the time between now and rush in January...