Spring O8 Recruitment! Yay!

[merbear8001]

Ok, so I'm not sure exactly how to do this, but I went through formal recruitment at a school I just transferred to this spring semester. So going into rush I knew no one, and I was pretty worried about that, especially since I was an upperclassman (sophomore). Anyway, the good thing about all of this was that I went in without knowing much about the school reputations of the sororities.

So anyway, rush started about a week after I arrived at the school. And I'll name the sororities after fruits because I'm sick right now and really not feeling creative. I'm going to name them in the order I visited them on the first day.


Orange- These girls were really nice, but they were the one group I had heard about from several people, and I wasn't so sure I liked what I had heard but I tried to go in with an open mind. I liked the girls I talked to, but I noticed they all looked the same, and it wasn't like me. I had good conversations with the girls, and it was the first house I'd been into so I didn't have anything to judge them against.

Apple- I knew from the moment I walked into this house that I didn't like it. Without a doubt the girls were all the same, and they weren't looking for anyone that wasn't like them, and I definitely wasn't like them. I had awful conversations with the girls and couldn't wait for this round to end.

Banana- I liked this house and had good conversations with the girls. It was a smaller sorority, but they were really laid back and easy to talk to. I especially hit it off with one girl I talked to. The only thing that struck me as a little bit odd about this house was that they were all asking the same question and they would interrupt what I was saying, it seemed, just to get through their list and that disappointed me a little, but overall I really liked the house.

Grape- I liked this house a lot when I went in and started talking to the girls. The girls were all really nice and easy to talk to and we seemed to have a lot in common. I don't remember any specifics about this house, but at the time I really really really liked it, and later that day I heard it was one of the popular ones that every girl wanted to be a part of.

Strawberry- I like this house a lot too. I had heard throughout the day that this was also a house that everyone liked a lot. I was a little intimidated by this house because it was really crowded. All the girls were really sweet and all of the girls I talked to were different, but I seemed to have something in common with each one. I was pretty intimidated by this house though because all the girls were really pretty and really social.

Peach- I also liked this house a lot. The house seemed very warm to me, all the girls were really cheerful and easy to talk to. However, I was a little worried that not all the girls I talked to were genuine, but they were all still nice and I didn't let that bother me because I knew it was the first day and that the point of the first day was to generally make a good impression both for the rushees and the rushers. Every girl in this sorority was also gorgeous.

Lemon- (The name of this sorority doesn't mean anything, so don't associate it with sour, it was just one of the last fruit names I could think of). I really liked this sorority, I actually knew one of the girls in there and everyone was really nice and really easy to talk to. The conversations I had were good and the house felt really comfortable. Some of the girls were a little awkward, but it comforted me because I was probably a little awkward to, so all in all I really enjoyed this house.

Watermelon- I also enjoyed this house. I remember noticing that almost everyone looked the same, but then I noticed that there were also some girls that didn't fit the norm. I wasn't completely sure that I would fit in at this sorority but the one girl I ended up talking to for the longest amount of time and I really hit it off and had a lot to talk about. The conversation flowed naturally, so I left the house really liking it. I was also really glad the day was over.

At the end of the day we didn't have to rank the houses, but we picked 6 that we liked and drop 2.
The 2 I dropped were Orange and Apple.