A 10 year anniversary retro thread

[chesney214]

Seeing as it will be the 10 year anniversary of when I went through Recruitment (yikes), and as there has been a sudden resurgence of retro Recruitment threads, I thought I'd post mine for anyone who's interested. As a bit of background, I have been on GC for a couple years and am writing under a different name so as not to give away the ending.

As a high school senior I didn't know much about sororities (except what I had seen on Beverly Hills 90210 or in the movie Dying to Belong – which was of course completely accurate), but I knew I wanted to join a sorority. I loved the social aspect, the ability to make a bunch of new friends, and the thought of being involved in a national organization. The school I attended had a Greek preview of sorts which I went to in the spring, and of course I fell in love with a particular house...as well as found a couple other houses I liked.

Rush, as it was still called when I went through, took place a couple weeks before school began and you could either live in the dorms or commute from home. I wanted to live in the dorms, but my parents wouldn't pay for that and I couldn’t afford it on my own. I ended up staying with my aunt and uncle, where I could easily take the bus to the university.

Now onto the good stuff - the schedule was a full week.
Day 1 - Orientation
Days 2 & 3 - Open House (visit 8 sororities each day, a total of 16 - each one performing a song during the party)
Days 4 & 5 - House Tours (tour up to 5 sororities each day, a total of 10)
Day 6 - Skit Day (visit up to 6 sororities and see a skit they presented)
Day 7 - Preference (visit up to 3 sororities for their pref ceremonies)
Day 8 - Bid Day

The sororities on my campus were:

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Phi
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Kappa
Zeta Tau Alpha

I'll name all the sororities after NFL teams

Dolphins
Rams
Bengals
Patriots
Packers
Bears
Colts
Ravens
Raiders
Cowboys
Giants
Eagles
Jets
Saints
Titans
Panthers

I don't remember all of the details of every day, but I'll post as much as I do remember.

[DreamfulSpirit]

I love the code names! Going for my favorite team, which is also my hometown team...GO PANTHERS!!!!

[ree-Xi]

GO PATRIOTS! (But also go AXiD!)

[twinkle555]

DAAAA Bears!

[gee_ess]

Yippee! Bring it on..

[LucyKKG]

Holy Pahellenic, Batman! That's a lot of sororities! I'll root for the Packers since the 49ers aren't on there.

[violetpretty]

I hope Sigma Kappa isn't the Ravens, Patriots or the Cowboys. Since my team is not on there, I'll cheer for the Giants.

[BlueHenTheta]

I'm rooting for Theta of course, but since I don't know which one that is I'm going to have to go with my hometown team - the Eagles!

[spirited*pnm]

(except what I had seen on Beverly Hills 90210 or in the movie Dying to Belong – which was of course completely accurate)

I saw Dying to Belong a few years ago on Lifetime. Not a funny movie by any means, but there was one line where a character got annoyed with someone and said, "JUST DROP IT!" which was actually quite morbidly ironic/eerily humorous considering what happens in the film.

Also, go Titans!!!!!

[chesney214]

Day 1 - Orientation
All the girls signed up for Rush (about 500 of us) met up in a big hall on campus and were addressed by the girls on Panhellenic. We were then divided into our rush groups, where we met our Rho Chi's (there were two per group). There were one or two girls in my group that I clicked with, but most of the girls I was weary of. They seemed in another league than me (in terms of the way they dressed, wore their hair and makeup, etc). I should say that I was totally clueless appearance wise. I didn't wear much makeup, I didn't know how to dress, and I didn't wax or pluck my eyebrows (which looking back now I desperately needed to). After orientation I was pretty nervous, but very excited.

Next up...the first day of Recruitment!

[piphiangel314]

Oh this is exciting!

Let's go Cowboys!

[baci]

Let's go!!!

[luv n tpa]

Considering my Giants won the Superbowl this year, I'm rooting for them to win over the OP, too! =)

BTW, I can't imagine going through recruitment with 16 chapters! I thought having a Round Robin with 4 (small) sororities in one giant room was overwhelming.

[honeychile]

Hmm... not sure if I can participate without a Steelers sorority!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Hmm... not sure if I can participate without a Steelers sorority!

I know, but at least this way, we don't have to pout if she doesn't like the "Steelers."