A Very Old Merry Christmas Recruitment Story

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Hey All! Thought we all may have some time to read an early 90s recruitment thread. One where there were pledge classes not new member classes. Where we went through rush not recruitment. Where all the posters hung on sorority houses said "KROP" - Keep Rushing Our Pledges.

Okay - A little back story. I went to a small liberal arts college. I did not live on campus my freshman year. I was on the dance team and did not feel I had time for a sorority. I moved to campus my sophomore year. My roommate was on the dance team with me - we will call her Jennifer. Jennifer was in a sorority and loved it. My sophomore year I hung out with tons of her sisters and decided that greek life was for me.

Jennifer made sure to tell me to get recommendations to all the chapters on campus. I only got one for Jennifer's sorority because I knew that was where I would end up. Hahaha. Going through recruitment as a junior with only one recommendation out of six - not too smart.

Okay the theme will be Christmas! Yay! Here are the chapters.

Jingle
Wisemen
Angel
Candy Cane
Santa
Rudolph

Round 1 - Water Party
Jingle - this house was a popular house. They scared me because they knew so much about me even though I only knew 1 member here (and she was a Rho Chi). Very talkative and meet lots of members.

Wisemen - many of the dance team members were in the chapter. They were very sweet, smart women - haha, do you like I called them wisemen?

Angel - this was a new group colonizing. They had the chapter from Florida State come do their recruitment. They were very attractive women who loved their chapter and thought everyone needed to jump at the chance to colonize.

Candy cane - Oh finally - this was the chapter I knew so many members. As I walked in, Jennifer winked and smiled at me. I met several new girls and really enjoyed myself.

Santa - this was also a very smart group on campus. They had a reputation for being very good Christian girls, but kind of dorky. I liked them though - I had a nice time.

Rudolph - this was my least favorite house. I did not know anyone here. I only met one girl and there were tons of awkward silences.

At the end of the night we had to rank our top 4 and 2 alternate.
I ranked
1.Candy cane
2.Wisemen
3.Angel
4.Santa
5.Jingle
6.Rudolph