An Italian Recruitment

[newbiemommy]

Today is Bid day for my daughter and after reading such nice stories on this site I thought I'd add hers to it! I brought my oldest child, let's call her Gina, to college OOS 4 days ago. Gina graduated from a fairly small (80) class in high school, had pretty good grades (3.2) considering her school had a tough grading scale (an 86 was a B, an 85 a C). She was very active and did a good amount of community service. She is attending a wonderful, medium sized college four hours from our home with an active Greek system, but smaller than most. Because I LOVE Italian food, well all food really, I have named each House after my favorite Italian pastas.... There are 5 sororities on campus
Cannelloni
Spaghetti
Lasagna
Linguini
Ziti
Gina is the first in our family to go through recruitment, I went to my large State school but didn't rush. I was an RA in a primarily Greek dorm and met such wonderful young women. I was excited for her when she told me her plans. What a great opportunity to meet friends for life!
Apparently recruitment here is not as intense as other schools, recs were not even addressed on any info we were given. She did obtain one from a family friend who offered. She picked out her outfits, thought about how to answer questions, packed her stuff, and off we went!
Move-in was hectic. We were glad that she arrived early though. Her roommate (random) was not arriving for 3 days so she got to pick her side. After 5 hours, two Wal-mart trips and a toe injury, she was settled in. Recruitment started that afternoon so we hugged and had a few tears (me, not her) and my husband and I started back home.
I was actually quite calm for the 4 hour ride back. I thought, she's happy and I'm handling this just fine. Until I got a block away from home and I just lost it!! I thought, I'm really not bringing her back with us am I? Boo-hooing for what seemed like hours. My husband tried to cheer me up (think Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory), "There, There, would you like a hot beverage?". And I waited to hear from Gina. And I waited. And waited.... Ughh!! Of course crazy thoughts flash through your mind. Did she get lost or hurt? Abducted?? I'm losing it here... When finally the phone rings.
Gina is elated! Loved the experience so far, met great girls, loving life but is ready for bed (me too)! She sampled all the pastas and said

Cannelloni- Nice, beautiful girls but the conversation lagged and she did not click with them. She said maybe because they were the first house and she was nervous, keeping an open mind.
Lasagna- Really liked this house, all the girls were very kind and seemed themselves, very impressed.
Spaghetti- A bit more formal than the others, everyone was nice.
Linguini- LOVED this house, felt right from the beginning, excited to learn more about them.
Ziti- Nice, very laid back. Maybe too laid back for Gina, but she said she is just getting started.

Will post more later if anyone is interested!!