Hi everyone!
Just an intro post to the community! I'm a junior who has decided to rush @ Loyola Marymount in the spring. At LMU, formal recruitment is in the spring not in the fall.
Here's my story: *this thing will get updated b/c I'm adding things as I get closer to recruitment*
I was initially interested in sororities at the end of my sophomore, and a friend and I casually threw the idea around about joining a sorority. While having the convo I didn't think much of it but over summer I gave it a lot of thought and noticed the greek system at my college. I went to an all-girls high school and missed the sisterhood that I had while I was in HS. During my sophomore year, I applied to so many things at my college but got turned down by everything I was interested in; in a way I'm still trying to find my niche, support system. I am involved in a few things on campus and am happy with it but I feel that something was missing and I honestly believe that a sorority is the missing piece/ the niche I have been searching. I did my research in sororities and decided to go through colonization of XYZ (I don't know if I am allowed to reveal what sorority it is so I used random letters) Then I decided to rush after going through colonization of XYZ in the fall @ my university. Things did not work and I was pretty bummed about it b/c I really had a connection with everyone who went through this as well. I was wary of rushing in the spring only because I knew how intense it is and the risk of being disappointed was too much to deal with at the time. However, I decided to go through rush because I knew this is something that benefit me now and in the future. I thought this was an opporunity I could not pass up.
My fears of rejection still remain. I feel that I will fall into the cracks during recruitment and I am paralyzed by that fear so much. I know that it has nothing to do with my personality and ability to talk to others, but I feel like I'll just run into bad luck and miss receiving a bid by a smidge. I am one of those people who is constantly enthusiastic and perky, but not in the annoying way, and I am afraid that might be perceived as over zealous or over the top. I hope that it is not seen that way b/c I only go into things I'm really excited about, I never do things just because everyone else is doing it or what have you.
Despite my apprehension, I'm really excited about rush, this year might have the biggest turnout ever @ my school so that's exciting and mindblowing.
There are 8 sororities @ LMU, I'll use candy brands as codenames b/c I love candy lol:
Cream Savers
Icebreakers
Smarties
Hershey's Kisses
Starburst
Red Vines
Twizzlers (They only participate on the first night)
Skittles (They have a a separate process)
I'll keep you all updated with rush, it starts the week I come back from Winter Break (1/11)!
My apologies if this is somewhat convoluted, it's hard getting all my thoughts down whereas it gets jumbled on 'paper' I'm happy there's a place such as GC to help me get through it. Look forward to talking to all of you
Take care!
PS: What's a GLO?
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