Just feeding the retro rush thread addicts
Plus I've been reading all these threads and I want to do a retro rush story too! I'm sitting here bored out of my mind waiting for the washer/dryer repairman to get here so I figured why not!
There aren’t as many plot twists or unusual scenereos as some of the other threads. Still I think there’s a nice little message to my story and it might be beneficial to future PNMs
I went to a small southern school with a very strong Greek system. Rush wasn't as competitive as SEC schools and in fact several girls came to my school, rushed, initiated, then immediately transfered to an SEC school. Still there were many girls that ended up dissapointed when they realized that just because it was a small school the houses were still very selective and rush was not as easy as many people expected. Greek life was a huge part of the campus social scene and I had been told that all the GDIs were "artist freaks"
My situation was a little bit of a paradox because I always knew I wanted to be in a sorority and I was pretty much the typical PNM. I went to a very preppy, southern all-girls school high school where pretty much every graduate went on to join a sorority. I had decent social skills, dressed well, good grades, I had been a varsity athlete in HS, etc. Whenever I’d ask older friends who were already in sororities what to expect from rush they would just say “don’t worry about it, you’ll be fine.”
However, I was completely clueless on rush and what to expect. I honestly thought that rush parties were just big parties with boys and beer and music and drinking games and the PNMs would show up and mingle with the actives. That’s what a party is right?!
Also a little more about me. I had a major inferiority complex. After our intro to Greek life meeting I was convinced that I would be dropped by every house because there was no way I could compete with all the perfect, gorgeous girls who were rushing with me. I got incredibly intimidated by people that I thought were better than me, i,e, the girls who were gorgeous, had boys hanging all over them, had tons of friends, designer clothes, etc. When I was around those girls I felt like I had nothing to say and would get incredibly shy. I was in awe of them. Those girls were my idols and they were who I wanted to be. To go along with this, I’ll also mention that when I was 18 I was immature, not very self-confident, and thought that my entire social future was based on which sorority I joined. I don’t want y’all to think that I’m still like this, I have grown up a lot! Still I think it’s important to realize that a lot of PNMs are like I was.
My parents were both greek but weren’t very helpful with prepping me for rush. I remember when they dropped me off at school my dad said “just be friendly and bubbly and people will like you.” I tried to take that to heart because I was worried that my insecurities with new people would really hurt me during rush. So the during the whole proces I kept telling myself “just be bubbly.”
We had 4 sororities. Since I'm going to France in a few weeks with some of my sorority sisters, I'll call the houses-
Bordeaux
Marseille
Giverny
Lyon
Yet another retro recruitment!
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