A Recruitment Reality Check

[AlterEgo]

In no way is this a bitter post- I feel like what happened during my recruitment was just meant to be. But I do feel since I was once a lurker, that a realistic story of recruitment needs to be told, one that doesn't end in a bid.

My southern school has 8 chapters. The first day you go to all 8, then max 5, max 3, and max 2. I was a legacy, and though that doesn't mean too much, I wasn't invited back past the second day. Therefore, future recruitment goers- do not rely on being a legacy, it doesn't mean you get a bid. As far as grades, even if you have the required 2.5 or 2.75 or whatever it may be, it does matter how high/low it is.

Though you may feel like you had a great conversation and chemistry at a certain house, that does not justify that you'll be invited back the next day.

During my preference day, I had two houses. One I absolutely had grown to adore. I walked in and the gal that picked me up was the same I had talked to the day before. She told me how she was so excited to have had seen my name on the list for today, how she thought I was the epitome of an ABC and how she could not wait to be sisters, we were so alike. I felt very good leaving, and ended up feeling very lead on.

Come bid day morning, I did not receive a bid.

I just want to tell this brief story, because I wish I had read something like it before my recruitment. Knowing that it was not all excitement and joy and not ending in a happy place would have been ideal.

I do hope that those that are going to go through recruitment still have a blast, and it's truly a once in a lifetime experience.