smiley90's fall '09 recruitment story

smiley90 · #1 09-17-2009, 05:56 PM

so I've been reading recruitment stories for awhile and wanted to post my own! I just finished rushing last week (fall ’09!) and I wrote my story as I was going through it, but I wanted to wait until everything was over to actually post it.

Here is what I wrote going through recruitment last week, I'll just post it a little at a time:

I go to a medium-sized school in the midwest and my school has twelve sororities, I'll give them nicknames after fruits. I unfortunately had heard a lot of the stereotypes of the sororities just because in the week leading up to rush, that’s all anyone could talk about.

Mango
Strawberry
Peach
Pineapple
Apple
Banana
Kiwi
Blueberry
Orange
Raspberry
Lemon
Watermelon

I have my meeting with my Rho Chis and my rush group (and I found out that two of my really good friends are in my rush group and I know a few other girls in it also) on Thursday!

twinkle555 · #2 09-17-2009, 07:05 PM

Sounds delicious!

txchrissy · #3 09-17-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by twinkle555

Sounds delicious!

lol.
I agree, nothing like adding a little flavor to a recruitment story.
Can't wait to hear it.

smiley90 · #4 09-18-2009, 01:34 AM

so I just came back from round 1 and it was VERY exhausting but still really exciting. most of the girls I talked to were incredibly nice and it was such a fun day! I'll just talk about the houses in the order that I visited them:

Kiwi- This was the first house that my rush group visited and they are considered to be the "top" house on campus. It was really overwhelming because none of the girls in my group knew what was going on and when we entered the house there wasn't a girl to be seen and then they all ran down the stairs out of nowhere. I talked to three girls who were nice but they seemed really fake, and my conversations weren't great.

Blueberry- a ton of my friends went into rush really wanting this house, and I already knew four girls in it. When we were walking through the door and girls were grabbing us and bringing us to a chair my friend ran forward and grabbed my arm so I got to talk to her. the rest of the girls I talked to were really nice and overall I loved this house!

Mango- these girls were known to be really stuck up and selective but I was surprised when I actually got there because the girls were all actually really sweet. It wasn't my favorite out of the day, but it definitely wasn't my least favorite either

Peach- both of the girls I talked to in this house were really awkward and I had to initiate the conversations much more than they did. There were a lot of awkward pauses that I had to fill with random questions/comments. I did not really like this house, but the only problem is that one of my absolute favorite people is in the house and even though I didn't get to talk to her today I don't want to cut it because I know that the house does have some great girls (like my friend)

Strawberry- I know I shouldn't have favorites going in, but from what I heard I thought I would really like this house and I was right! The girls were so sweet and one girl who I already knew came up to say hi and give me a hug. Out of the houses I had visited so far today (the last 5 I've talked about) this and Blueberry were my favorites so far

Raspberry- I had pretty good conversations in this house as one of the sisters and I found out that we had a friend in common so we talked about her for awhile. It wasn't that memorable though and wasn't at the top of my list, but wasn't at the bottom either.

Orange- these girls were usually considered the next "top" house after Kiwi. When the sisters talked to my friends and I they had their faces literally RIGHT in front of ours and made it really uncomfortable. they also seemed really fake and I couldn't imagine myself being an Orange. apparently though a PNM walked into Orange and when a sister approached her she just said "I'm going to be a Kiwi, sorry"

Apple- I had met a few girls in this house prior to rush and I actually really liked these girls and everyone I talked to would tell me that they're bitches and that I shouldn't like them but I wanted to go into it with an open mind. However, once I got there some of the sisters were really rude to girls in my rush group and even turned to other sisters and said "can you talk to [PNM] now I don't want to talk to her anymore" and that really turned me off to them. my conversations at Apple were okay, but I didn't enjoy it all that much.

Banana- my friend had told me that I would be a Banana before I even knew anything about them, and I don't know if that will happen but I REALLY liked this house. the girls were so down to earth and chill and I had really good conversations here. the only problem is that every single girl I've talked to said that Banana is their absolute favorite house and so it's going to be really competitive

Lemon- I didn't really have any opinion of this house going into it although I heard they have some weird girls but the girls I talked to in it were really nice and I had some funny conversations here. the girls seemed really fun and I could imagine being a Lemon

Watermelon- the girls here were SO funny and sweet and after talking to a few it was definitely my favorite house of the day. However, like Banana, it was the top choice of everyone I talked to. literally everyone was going around saying "I only want to be a Banana or Watermelon" blahhh

Pineapple- these girls have always been considered the bottom house as they haven't made quota in who knows how many years but I wanted to go into it with an open mind. I only talked to two girls in this house and they were both so awkward and since this house has a reputation for not partying, one of the girls I talked to would ONLY talk to me about partying and alcohol and bars and whenever I tried to change the subject to normal rush topics she would somehow bring it back to drinking. (even though a lot of upperclassmen I know told me they hardly ever drink). it was just really bizarre because for the most part the houses who do actually party didn't talk about partying or just mentioned it and then changed the subject so it definitely seemed like Pineapple was trying way too hard.

I just had to rank the houses and out of the twelve, we had to keep 9 and cut 3. tomorrow we can be invited back to a max of 9 but I heard if you're asked back to more than 7 then that's considered "above average"
my order (the ones I kept aren't in an actual order just the ones I had to rank)

1 Watermelon
1 Banana
1 Blueberry
1 Strawberry
1 Raspberry
1 Lemon
1 Mango
1 Peach
1 Orange

2 Kiwi
3 Apple
4 Pineapple

KSUViolet06 · #5 09-18-2009, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by smiley90

Apple- I had met a few girls in this house prior to rush and I actually really liked these girls and everyone I talked to would tell me that they're bitches and that I shouldn't like them but I wanted to go into it with an open mind. However, once I got there some of the sisters were really rude to girls in my rush group and even turned to other sisters and said "can you talk to [PNM] now I don't want to talk to her anymore" and that really turned me off to them. my conversations at Apple were okay, but I didn't enjoy it all that much.

Really?

UGAalum94 · #6 09-18-2009, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Really?

It seems odd that a group that rushed that poorly would still exist on campus year after year.

KSUViolet06 · #7 09-18-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by UGAalum94

It seems odd that a group that rushed that poorly would still exist on campus year after year.

Riiiight.

smiley90 · #8 09-18-2009, 11:42 PM

at least two girls in my rush group said that happened to them at this house which is why I didn't feel the same way coming out of the house that I felt going into it

FSUZeta · #9 09-18-2009, 08:46 AM

this is exciting and now i want a fruit salad!

marshmallowmags · #10 09-22-2009, 03:50 PM

good luck! i can't wait to see how it all turns out!

bostongreek · #11 09-22-2009, 08:49 PM

this story/writing style sounds kind of familiar...

violetpretty · #12 10-09-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bostongreek

this story/writing style sounds kind of familiar...

I was going to say, EBITY? I can't think of a school that has exactly 12 NPC chapters in the midwest that does formal recruitment in the fall. Unless one of these is a local, or there is an NPC that doesn't participate in formal recruitment.

ComradesTrue · #13 10-09-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by violetpretty

I was going to say, EBITY? I can't think of a school that has exactly 12 NPC chapters in the midwest that does formal recruitment in the fall. Unless one of these is a local, or there is an NPC that doesn't participate in formal recruitment.

I have been thinking EBITY since the beginning of this thread (and at least one other thread of late, as well).

Typical EB writing and title style, classic EB heroine who chooses the less popular chapter over the popular one, and several mentions of rude rushers. It has been verrrry familiar from the beginning. However, since some GCers don't like it when we question recruitment stories, I decided to keep quiet (at least publically) this time.

TriDeltaSallie · #14 10-09-2009, 09:19 PM

Ok, I give up. What is EBITY?

I have also thought a few of these stories sounded like they were written by the same person (sentence structure, etc.)

Should be easy enough for moderators to check ISP numbers. Unless they are signing on from different computers. Then all I can say is how sad is your life to have nothing better to do than make up recruitment stories on GC?

smiley90 · #15 10-09-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

Ok, I give up. What is EBITY?

I have also thought a few of these stories sounded like they were written by the same person (sentence structure, etc.)

Should be easy enough for moderators to check ISP numbers. Unless they are signing on from different computers. Then all I can say is how sad is your life to have nothing better to do than make up recruitment stories on GC?

okay I never said that none of the chapters weren't locals because I don't want to give away which school I go to since I did have some negative things to say about some of the sororities. I just went through rush in the fall and if you don't want to hear my story that's fine but I don't like being accused of already posting my story on here when it just happened.