A 10 year anniversary retro thread

[chesney214]

Seeing as it will be the 10 year anniversary of when I went through Recruitment (yikes), and as there has been a sudden resurgence of retro Recruitment threads, I thought I'd post mine for anyone who's interested. As a bit of background, I have been on GC for a couple years and am writing under a different name so as not to give away the ending.

As a high school senior I didn't know much about sororities (except what I had seen on Beverly Hills 90210 or in the movie Dying to Belong – which was of course completely accurate), but I knew I wanted to join a sorority. I loved the social aspect, the ability to make a bunch of new friends, and the thought of being involved in a national organization. The school I attended had a Greek preview of sorts which I went to in the spring, and of course I fell in love with a particular house...as well as found a couple other houses I liked.

Rush, as it was still called when I went through, took place a couple weeks before school began and you could either live in the dorms or commute from home. I wanted to live in the dorms, but my parents wouldn't pay for that and I couldn’t afford it on my own. I ended up staying with my aunt and uncle, where I could easily take the bus to the university.

Now onto the good stuff - the schedule was a full week.
Day 1 - Orientation
Days 2 & 3 - Open House (visit 8 sororities each day, a total of 16 - each one performing a song during the party)
Days 4 & 5 - House Tours (tour up to 5 sororities each day, a total of 10)
Day 6 - Skit Day (visit up to 6 sororities and see a skit they presented)
Day 7 - Preference (visit up to 3 sororities for their pref ceremonies)
Day 8 - Bid Day

The sororities on my campus were:

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Phi
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Kappa
Zeta Tau Alpha

I'll name all the sororities after NFL teams

Dolphins
Rams
Bengals
Patriots
Packers
Bears
Colts
Ravens
Raiders
Cowboys
Giants
Eagles
Jets
Saints
Titans
Panthers

I don't remember all of the details of every day, but I'll post as much as I do remember.