A long but DIFFERENT kind of story (I promise!)

[VeteranPNM]

Well first off, let me say that I was already a member of GC before creating this name, but if I posted under that name it would give away my ending!

Second, I just wanted say that I PROMISE I will post my story about my story at least once a day. I have it almost completely written out and saved to Word, so it’s easy for me to copy and paste. In fact, I might even post 2 or 3 times a day… I’m just so excited to finally tell my story!

So ON WITH THE STORY!!!

I have a very unique recruitment story, and I would really like to share my story. I promise it is far from ordinary, and you will NOT see these twists coming! (Well maybe, but I think it’s still good…lol) I would like to warn you thought that it’s a bit lengthy. You see, I love to write, and I want to make sure you know all the little details involved so you can try to understand everything I felt.

A little about my school: I go to a large public school in the Midwest. Rush here is competitive (well competitive for the Midwest ), and Greek life is very popular here. I hope I’m not giving too much away but I am POSITIVE that there are going to be some of you who figure out the school (and probably right away too!) So if you know what school I’m from, please keep it to yourself! Since this is not a live thread I’m not tooooo concerned if people figure out the school, but I just want to keep it fun for others, so if you know, don’t say anything! J Anywho, my freshmen year there were 19 chapters on my campus, however one did not participate in formal recruitment. Now,I know I’ve seen these codenames from someone else, but I LOVE baseball so I really wanted to use MLB teams for my codenames. The names I’ll be using are…

Yankees
Mets
Red Sox
Angels
Astros
A’s
Rockies
Cubs
Tigers
Twins
Royals
Indians
Braves
Reds
Diamondbacks
Devil Rays
Nationals
Giants

And even thought chapter number #19 doesn’t make much of an appearance because they do not participate formal recruitment, I thought I would mention them anyways… they will be known as the Phillies.

A little bit about me: It was fall 2006, and I had just graduated from an all girls high school, so I really wasn’t considering rushing. Although I loved my school, I had enough of girls! lol! And like many clueless freshmen, I assumed you had to be a girly girl, something that I’m not, to be cut out for sorority life. Still my cousin had graduated from my college a year before I arrived there. She was in Mets at my school, and absolutely loved it! She told me that she was very skeptical about going through recruitment when she was a sophomore (she had transferred from another school), but was very glad she did. She really recommended that I at least try it out, that if I didn’t like it, I didn’t have to pledge or anything. Plus, even if I were to drop out, its still a great way to meet people. Still, I really wasn’t sure of what to do—you see, I’m a bit more anxiety prone than others, and I had a lot going on in my life. The transition into college life wasn’t going as smoothly as I would have hoped. I mean, I was liking school but there were other things going on. On top of getting used to being away from home and my family, I had just broken up with a boyfriend of three years, and worst of all, my dad was admitted to the hospital about 2 days after I moved in. Needless to say I had some other things I my mind, so because of this, I wasn’t sure if taking on recruitment would be a good idea. I didn’t want to get too overwhelmed, because I literally make myself sick when I worry too much. But after talking with girls I had met around school, I decided to go for it. Worst case scenario, if I was too overwhelmed I could drop out. But I figured I should try because I didn’t want to have any regrets. So a few nights before recruitment started, I signed up!

Day One
We had our little informational meeting about recruitment where we split into our Gamma Chi groups, met our Gamma Chi’s, and did some fun ice breaker games. The Gamma Chi’s told us all about what to expect, what not to do, and all that good stuff, and I have to say although I was hesitant at first, this meeting put my mind at ease and got me a bit excited about starting recruitment!