Hi everyone! I've been lurking on GC for awhile and I really love all the Recruitment Stories. As the title suggests, I'm actually the recruitment chair for my chapter this year, and all the planning has brought back so much recruitment nostalgia! I figured I'd post my story for y'all to see.
Background & Pre-Rush:
I was a Greek virgin--no one in my family is Greek, and very few high school friends went Greek in college. In fact, I arrived at school certain that I would NOT be rushing. Although I can be quite the girly girl, I just didn't quite "get" the whole sorority thing. I don't have any (biological) sisters, all my best friends from high school are guys, and I absolutely hate drama and catfights. Basically, Greek life just didn't seem like it was for me.
That being said, my school has Spring formal recruitment, so I had quite a bit of time to think about it. I spent my first semester getting adjusted to college life and focusing on classes. As time went by, Greek life started to appeal to me more and more. I really wanted to branch out and make new friends (I liked the girls on my hall but I could tell they weren't "lifelong friends"), I loved the social aspects of sororities, and I really wanted to get involved with something on campus (I literally had not joined a single club). In addition, my school doesn't have houses so it seemed like less of a "traditional" Greek life. So, I decided to register...
My school has 9 NPC sororities, and to keep things as anonymous as possible I'll be using code names. This summer heat wave inspired me, so I'm going with
Ben & Jerry's flavors
Banana Split
Cherry Garcia
Chunky Monkey
Cake Batter
Half Baked
Phish Food
Butter Pecan
Peanut Butter Cup
S'Mores
Round 1 coming tomorrow...
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