Hello everybody! I am new to greek chat and have read some of the recruitment story posts and thought it would be fun to share my recruitment story from last semester, Fall 07! I knew that I wanted to participate in greek life but I went into recruitment knowing very little about the greek system and I didn't really know what to expect during the recruitment process.
On my campus there are five panhellenic council sororitys:
(in alphabetical order!)
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Kappa Delta
In no particular order:
Cinderella
The little mermaid
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Belle
Day 1: Sorority Forum day-chance to get to know each sorority briefly and meet a few of their members
I was so nervous on the first day! I didn't know what to expect or anything!
Sleeping Beauty: Right away what I noticed about these girls was their enthusiasm and excitement about recruitment. They seemed so genuine and ready for recruitment to begin but they were a little too perky for me! haha They were just so excited! The active sister I met was so nice and enthusiastic that she definitley helped calm some of my nerves. Definitley seemed like a fun group of girls but don't know if I could keep up with their enthusiasm!
Belle: These girls seemed like the stereotypical sorority of gorgeous model-type girls. Everyone that I had talked to wanted to pledge Belle. They had a beautiful house, chef and they were all beautiful so many girls wanted to be associated with such a beautiful group of women. although, I wanted them to like me, I didn't make a connection with any of these girls at forum and I was a little disappointed. The active sister was always looking around and looked bored when she was talking to me. After, I told her that I was going through recruitment alone ( my roommate dropped out at the last minute!) she said "Oh, so you don't have any friends right? that why your going through recruitment alone?" She came off as really rude and apathetic. Even with all this, I still liked Belle because they were a "good" house to join.
Snow White-The conversation here felt a little forced and just didn't flow the way that it did with Sleeping Beauty. The girl I met here was wearing twenty pounds of heavy makeup and seemed shy/quiet. Didn't care very much for snow white.
Cinderella-Instead of talking to us one one the way the other chapters did they had us get in a circle and play icebreaker games. I had a lot of fun with these women playing games and getting to know one another. They were full of energy but without going overboard.
Little Mermaid-I didn't really want to be associated with this chapter because of the gossip that I had heard about it. They didn't have the best reputation on campus. Even though, I ended up really liking the women I met here. They were hilarious, unique and the most diverse chapter on campus. They were literally cheering when we came into their room at forum. They all had a smile on their face. These girls seemed the most genuine and real compared to the other chapters. They were the most down to earth.
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