Did you get your first choice sorority?

[lavendarlace]

I preffed AXO and Sigma Kappa, I wanted SK all the way thorugh. Come pref night I met a snobby girl that was a friendemy of a friend outside SK and thought I don't want to be with her for the next 4 years. I ranked AXO, SK. Didn't get my first choice. I was sad at first, but got over that quick and loved my maroon and lavender ribbons! I love my 4 years and now advise for a chapter. And that girl, well she decided that greek life wasn't for her a few weeks in.

ETA: That was a bad reason obviously not to choose a sorority I wanted all the way. There was more to the story, but it all worked out in the end. I loved AXO pref so that played a part. :-) I was 17 at that time, maybe a little shallow.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I got my first choice. It was my first choice going in and my first choice the whole way through. I had heavy cuts, but it didn't matter because the girls I wanted wanted me!

[RaggedyAnn]

I got my first choice, but I would have loved my second-which was the smallest chapter on campus. We preffed 3 houses on my campus. I looked at everything when I was rushing-both locally and nationally. My choice to rank came down to the mascot because both chapters were tied. I am in the right place though-no doubt about it 17 years later.

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by minDyG

My first and only choice! Hooray COB!

Couldn't have said it any better myself!

[AOII Angel]

Ha! Yes...but it was my only choice by the end. It worked out for me very well, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

[WhiteRose1912]

COB, but it was definitely a choice by me. I was approached by one org on campus, but I had an off feeling about them. Of course I knew nothing at the time about how informal recruitment was supposed to go or I might have done things differently. I researched all the sororities on campus, decided which one was right for me on a national level, and arranged to meet some of the members to see if the chapter would be a good fit. I had lunch with TPA85 and the woman who would later be my big. They were fabulous! I had a couple great meetings with the chapter as a whole before they voted me in--after they had already done the initial ceremony, but they held another one just for me. Which, by the way, was terrifying. Thank God I didn't have to do any other rituals alone. I thought I was going to faint in front of the president.

[jennyj87]

it was DDD all the way for me.

[SWTXBelle]

Of course, this is a completely unscientific survey - I would assume that most members of GreekChat would have had a successful recruitment, be it formal or COB. Still, I find it interesting - 70% got their first choice, roughly 25% thought their results worked out GREAT, and aprox. 5% thought it worked out okay.

[jessica.lanelle]

I voted yes.

[angels&angles]

I got my first choice, which had been my first choice for like 3 months. I never really considered anything else. Of course, I had NO IDEA what I was doing during rush, and it ended up being my ONLY choice, but I didn't really care. Someday (after all the fake retro stories have died down a bit) I may tell the story, as it is, like so many, a great story about how not to do rush. I was an idiot when I was a freshman.

[cbm]

They were my first choice from Day 1. I could have enjoyed being in my #2, but on Pref Card Night, I suicided. I just didn't want to risk it. Looking back, that was probably stupid of me because I could have ended up in NO sorority, but at the time I did not care.

[Shellfish]

My story's kind of embarrassing now, because my school had a fraternity-esque rush at the time, so some girls from my dorm floor and I went to a couple of parties for free food--the parties were advertised as "make your own salad" and "make your own sundae." I hadn't really thought about sororities beforehand, being completely clueless, but I had such a great time with the sundae girls that I kept coming back.

Nothing against the salad ladies, though, or the third sorority I never even visited.

[Benzgirl]

After Round 1 and 2, Alpha Gam was my number 2 choice out of 18 and 10 chapters. I was cut from my number 1 after the second round. After 3 and 4, they were my first choice, but I would have been happy with my second choice at Pref. I definitely never would have fit in at my third choice.

[COBaby]

Another COB here! I was in love with one sorority, and am very happy with my bid
I enjoy reading recruitment stories, though. Formal recruitment sounds very stressful!

[loveandAOE]

Alpha Phi was the only house I wanted to join from the first day of rush and I'm glad they liked me as much as I liked them!