JocelynC's friends recruitment thread @ Kent

[KSUViolet06]

Well I wasn't going to post this until later, but I'm going to hang out with my friend this weekend and we're going to catch up about alot of things, including recruitment and her experiences.

First off, I'm formerly JocelynC but I just changed my username to KSUViolet06- I don't want to confuse any of you!

We haven't talked for about a month because we go to the same school and since she was a PNM and I'm an active sorority member, we had to follow the silence rules.

Some background, she's a sophomore transfer and was looking to make friends and she certainly found some this past weekend at bid day.

She just finished rush and wanted me to share her experiences. As much as I'd love to do this all in one post, I am really busy so it'll have to be done in chunks.

There are 7 sororities that participate in recruitment, 6 NPC and 1 local:

Alpha Xi Delta
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Phi Gamma Pi (local sorority)
Chi Omega

Since we're all girls I figured I'd give the chapters designer fashion label names:

(note: these are not in order of the list above)

Gucci
Prada
Christian Dior
Louis Vuitton
Fendi
Chanel
Dolce & Gabbana

We've talked on the phone since bid night and we started sort of discussing the pre-recruitment events like Greek Info Night, here's a little of what she had to say:

Greek Info Night

Every sorority decorates a table with shirts/scrapbooks/lots of stuff and the PNMs spend 5 or so minutes at each table (in groups with their Rho Chi's) talking to the members and asking questions. After they've spent a certain amount of time with each sorority, they are free to leave their groups and walk around on their own and ask questions.

She was really excited to meet all the different groups. She has friends in Fendi and Chanel from classes and work, but she didn't know much about the other 5. She met her 2 Rho Chi's and they started walking around. Everyone seemed so nice! They answered all of her questions, no matter how many she asked.

It's impossible to have a fave at this point, but she said a few did stick out in her mind because of their philanthropies (some of which are close to her heart).

She also got the schedule of events for the next 2 weekends:

Saturday 9/10- Go Greek Day (visit all 7)
Sunday 9/11- Philanthropy/Financial Day (visit a max of 7- groups cut for grades)
Friday 9/15- House Tours (visit a max of 4)
Sunday 9/17-Preference (visit a max of 2)

So she was pretty pumped to "Go Greek" at this point! She was way excited to find sisters.

That's all for tonight. The next update will be of Go Greek Day!

[KDLady06]

Tell your friend congratulations on whichever house she has made her home! I can't wait to hear from this one. I'm pulling for Chanel - always a classic.

[twinkle555]

Im LOVING The Land Before Time reference..one of my fave movies from my childhood!!

i cant wait to see what happened!!

[thetygerlily]

More, more!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by twinkle555

Im LOVING The Land Before Time reference..one of my fave movies from my childhood!!

What reference??

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

What reference??

I didn't get it either, although I haven't seen it for a long time... at least I know I'm not alone!

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

What reference??

It's in KDLady's signature. The color makes it hard to read.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by aopirose

It's in KDLady's signature. The color makes it hard to read.

Thank you. I thought I was going crazy. I couldn't figure out what Chanel and Dior had to do with The Land Before Time!!

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

What reference??

her quote in her signature

[KSUViolet06]

Well it's time for my next update of her story.

Well she had to be at the student center and ready to go bright and early @ 9 am! That was no problem for her because she was so excited.

Today, the PNMs visited all 7 chapters. It was just your standard first day of recruitment parties.

Here's her rundown of Day 1 from her notes and from our recent conversations:

Christian Dior- Her first of the day. These girls were quite energetic she says. Their outfits were cute and they were really easy to talk to. This group had a cute room and neat pics and books on the tables.

Dolce & Gabbana- These girls are nice. One of her rushers must have been nervous or something because she repeated herself alot. But overall she did like these girls.

Fendi- She knew some girls here and ended up talking to one of them for a bit. That was neat. The conversation came easy with these girls.

Chanel- These girls were one of her faves today. They all looked really cute and the conversation kept flowing with every rusher she had. They seemed really sweet. She also really liked this group's philanthropy.

Louis Vuitton- This chapter was so so. It was her first after lunch so she was kinda sluggish and had a hard time really getting into the conversation. It's not that she didn't like them, but she couldn't really focus. She really hoped to get them before lunch the next day so she could pay better attention.

Gucci- She wasn't sure what to really think of these girls, since she hadn't heard of them prior to recruitment. They were really polite and she could tell they worked hard on preparing everything. She was getting tired though so it was really hard to interact with them.

Prada- It sucked that she got these girls last because she was DEAD tired by now but she LOVES these girls based on today. She tried SO hard to be upbeat and energetic because these girls were so sweet and she had alot in common with like 2 girls who rushed her here. She says she got a really good feeling when she left here, even though it was the end of the day.

She was really enjoying recruitment at this point and was so excited for the next day!

So that was Day 1.

Day 2 is Philanthropy/Financial Day. The PNMs do a craft related to the sororities' philanthropy. The chapters also hand out financial sheets detailing chapter dues/fees/fines that they get to take home (the only thing the PNMs ARE allowed to leave the room with).

PNMs visit all 7 chapters that day UNLESS they are cut from some for grades.

It's getting late so you'll have to wait til sometime this week to see if she goes back to all 7 or if she gets cut from some!

[The B Girl]

What a exciting recruitment story! Jocelyn, I love your new name!

[KSUViolet06]

Sunday morning, my friend got up and put on her pretty preference dress and boarded the bus to her parties.

She decided to take her SRC's advice and go. She wasn't really sure what to do. She didn't really know if she could feel the same about these groups as she did about Prada.

Her first was Dolce & Gabbana. The set up and everything was great. But yet again, she found herself not clicking with these women. During preference cerremony, she looked around and saw other girls crying tears of happiness. She knew that she wouldn't be as happy as any of those girls would be to got a bid from them later on a Bid Night. She almost wished she had dropped them and kept another group for this party. She left here totally sure that she didn't see herself as a Dolce.

Her last was Christian Dior. She told herself that if she got the same vibe here that she got from Dolce that she was just going to drop out. She wanted to find a sorority that she felt at home with. She sort of crossed her fingers that this one would be better than her first pref, and that she would see something that made her feel like she belonged here. She most certainly did. The girl who preffed her here was someone she remembered having a good conversation with during 3rd. She told the girl how she got cut from Prada and suprisingly, this girl had a similar story about being dropped from a fave and being confused. She just got a really friendly vibe from this girl. The preference ceremony was amazing she says. Then, she says, something just 'clicked' and she decided that she wanted to be a Dior. The girls were so sweet to her all along, even when she had her heart set on another sorority. She walked out the door knowing that she wanted (and this is a quote from her) "no one else but Dior".

I'll update later with how she ranked and how things turned out!

[BSP_Nicole]

But I want to know NOW!!!!

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by BSP_Nicole

But I want to know NOW!!!!

me too

[Buttonz]

Well, you already told us that the thred had a good ending so....ahh I wanna know!