WCsweet<3's Recruitment Story

[WCsweet<3]

Hello everyone!
Its finally time for me to post my recruitment story!
Well here goes:

In August, I knew beyond all belief that I wanted to be a Greek. My maternal grandmother and grandfather both had been, but my grandmother’s sorority isn’t at my school anyway and they both died before I was born My parents were part of the generation where the entire sorority (possibly fraternity, I’m unsure) thing was unpopular. However, my brother’s girlfriend is a part of a sorority and could not say enough about it. I loved seeing the letters on her sweatshirt and hearing all her stories from college. There were also two friends of my family who had been in sororities when they were in college and really encouraged me to rush.
I have really bonded with my roommate and we have made three really close girlfriends. Two of my friends are rushing (Denver and Boston), the third (San Francisco) is not, to everyone’s surprise, and my roommate (Chicago) has taken weeks of convincing but eventually she decided to rush as well. We all went to the first meeting together since we all live in the same dorm. I was very excited to have the information meeting so that rush could actually start!
After the rules, times and everything else was said, we were split into the Rho Gamma groups. None of my friends were in my group. Though there is another girl in my group who I have a class with, unfortunately she isn’t all that friendly.
There were 9 sororities (names may or may not be given at the end)

Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona Wildcats
California Berkley Bears
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars

Of the Greeks I had known in my home state, there was one in Trojans and one in Bruins. I also barely knew a Huskies, but she was more of an acquaintance of my mother. I had met a few Cougars, when they were passing out fliers and they had all seemed really friendly.

[RaggedyAnn]

Good luck!

[FSUZeta]

hooray!!

[violetpretty]

Good luck WC!

When I was at Convention, I got to know some awesome SKs from our chapter at UW, so I'll go ahead and cheer for Huskies!

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

I think you mixed up the Wildcats and the Sundevils.

Good luck WC!

Yep - Should be Arizona Wildcats and ASU Sundevils ...

[WCsweet<3]

So sorry about that. I typed this up kinda late last night after a really long day. The first semester thing is fixed now as well.

[DreamfulSpirit]

I'm a ASU alum so I'm pulling for my SUN DEVILS!!!!

[Benzgirl]

I always love to root for the Mighty Ducks.

[O_Phi_A_Bekah]

Gotta go for the Wildcats...its a Speed thing lol

[AOEforme]

Boo for not having the Badgers... I guess I'm stuck rooting for ducks, because I love them!

[wsuTriDelt]

aww yeah WSU...go COUGS!

can't wait to read your story

[Jill1228]

I got my fingers crossed for you, hon!

[AlphaXi_Husky]

I was wondering when/if your recruitment story would pop up. Good luck to you!

And Gooooooooo Huskies!

[WCsweet<3]

Day 1 Open house.
We met with our Rho Gammas right after breakfast and took off to the first house!
Beavers: I was so excited for my first house. I felt like it was a long walk but it was probably one of the shortest I had to deal with! It was really cold with winds like mad. We were allowed inside after a few minutes and I was very confused. They don’t have any furniture in the front room? OH WAIT! They would, of course, make room for 45 girls to stand and wait. The girls came in dressed all the same with the same exact smile on their faces. It was a little creepy but that was also added to that five would come in at a time, so the girls would have to wait about 8 minutes till everyone was in. It was creepy like clone creepy. I was in front and was one of the first chosen to go with a sister. I was also one of the few girls who was alone with a sister, most others were doubled up. I loved this sister! We had a lot of common interests and clicked almost automatically. The next sister wasn’t as great but the third was amazing as well. I was sad when she led me back to the living room. Their good-bye was awesome too! I can’t describe it or you would know who it is. They began to yell a cheer as we left that got louder as we left. We could hear it a block away and my ears were ringing. I definitely want to come back
Trojans: I was so excited to visit this house. This was an organization I was already familiar with and if it was as good as Beavers than I would be ecstatic. This house was the biggest house on campus and the farthest away, so we had a long walk. On the way, I talked to a girl who was in another group (there were about 3 groups at any given house, none with the same schedule over all) We walked together into the foyer of the house (which was beautiful!) and were really crowded together. I felt like I was hugging the other girls. Instead of walking and doing the creepy smiling thing (which in retrospect really wasn’t that bad) they came in screaming at us. After the Beavers quiet entrance, I was not prepared for this and my mouth dropped. I realized pretty quickly that I saw maybe two non-blondes in the entire house. I am not blonde not that I have anything against blondes but it was a Barbie blonde image. My new friend and I were picked up by the same sister and led to somewhat of a corner. I did not click at all with her. I think I was in shock a little bit too… My new friend saw a sister she had a class with and the sister bumped the last one. Needless to say, they hit it off talking about the class and a whole bunch of other things. I felt like a ghost. We were walked into this somewhat garage-y room that was set up with bleachers so we could watch a video. I could not watch the video mainly because all the other sisters were screaming and singing and dancing and running in front of the video. All in all, this house let me down.
Sun Devils: The shock eventually wore off as we were led to the next house. Now when I say this house is beautiful and looks like a castle. I mean it. There was a moat. The groups sat down in a gorgeous living room. The inside of this house was just as beautiful as the outside. This house did not scream! Instead, half filed in upstairs along a balcony and the other half formed two lines in front of the PNMs. After being welcomed in, the first sister called out two names. I was already impressed… until they reached my name. I heard the first name and then my middle name. I was confused. My middle name is my mother’s maiden name so it is possible for someone to have that name, but what are the chances? I waited and no one moved. I walked up to the sister and told her that I think she is looking for me and explained the situation. The conversations were okay, I had a few similarities with the other girls but the conversations seemed really forced. I left with an okay feel. I would want to visit this house again.
Bruins: I was wary of this house. I had been familiar with Trojans and they let me down. Would Bruins as well? While waiting, I saw a girl I knew from a class. We talked a little and I found out she was a legacy to this house. She really wanted to be a Bruin. While we were talking, the girls started down the stairs. My classmate, one other girl and I were picked up by one sister and led off into another room. I don’t think the third girl really wanted to be there. While my classmate was trying her best to connect and take over the conversation (I didn’t mind it was something about designers) this girl stared at the wall. I don’t think we ever got passed her name and her major (nor do I remember either). The girls at bruins did not come off in the best light to me. All four of the sisters we talked to, talked about how this sorority was the wealthiest and always had the best clothes. I did not see this as a plus, I saw them as a little snobby. I walked away from this house also disappointed.
Wildcats: I knew a girl in my major who was in this house. I was a little excited because that girl was really cool and could always make you laugh. For this one, we had to wait outside. Chicago was at this house and I was really excited to see one of my good friends. I don’t know if it was the killer wind or if it actually took a long amount of time, but I was more than ready when I heard bangs on the doors. The doors opened to the sisters and one walked forward and asked “Will one girl follow me into the house?” After about a millisecond, I went forward. I had figured out at this point it was better to be single than in a group of PNMs (less of a competition feel). The girl I talked to was great and my major friend also stopped by to see me and say hi. I only talked to one girl and then it was time to watch their video. You could tell this house had a great sisterhood, which was even more enforced by their song at the end of the video. I left with that song in my head and it stayed there for hours. I really want to come back to this house.
End of the day.
The rest of the houses are tomorrow
I know tent talk is bad. I really tried to not have any, but for some reason my room tends to be the hang out room. Chicago loved Beavers as well as Wildcats. Boston and Denver both loved Bears and Boston was thinking about Cougars. I refuse to post the negative talk.
More for tomorrow!

How is the writing? Its never been my strong suit.

[WCsweet<3]

Yay Mighty Ducks! FLYING V!
I love recruitment stories so I had to post mine.