Small School Recruitment

[greyhoundrescue]

Anyone interested in a small school recruitment story, circa Spring '04?

[AlphaSweetheart]

yes

[greyhoundrescue]

lol, I hope your "yes" is going to be echoed by others! Since I have free time at the moment and I love the Recruitment Stories forum (I usually go by another screen name that reveals my affiliation), here we go!

First, my ground rules:
1.) I will NOT reveal the geographic location of my school because it will make the school VERY obvious for anyone in the know.
2.) If you figure out the school (and by deduction who I am), congrats, but please don't post it here.
3.) At the end of the thread, I will PM anyone who is interested the code and school name and location.
4.) I'm going to refer to the school as Small School.
5.) Small School's NPC sororities:
Maybelline--a very "girl next door" image
Revlon--definitely the pearls and twinsets image
Stila--the fun-loving, stylish image
Small School also has one NPHC sorority with its own recruitment.

Ok, let's roll!
I graduated from high school in 2003 but already had a year of college under my belt at the same time (I took university courses for high school credit). So, I came to Small School as a freshman with sophomore credit standing. I had a very high GPA, was very active in extracurriculars, and volunteering in high school, but I was never the "popular girl". I was always more of a wallflower. I come from a family with NO Greek life connections (except for a grandmother who desperately wanted to be a member of a certain GLO, but was barred from doing so because she lived off-campus--this was the Midwest in the '40's) and I was basically clueless about Greek life and recruitment.

I LOVED Small School. It was the perfect opportunity for me to open up and step out of my shell. For the first time in my life, I had a slew of friends, a social schedule that was hectic to say the least, and a very *exciting* dating life. One of my new close friends, I'm going to call her Coco (for Coco Chanel :-)) and I became fast friends with several affiliated girls and guys--three in the same sorority, one from another, and most of the guys from the same fraternity. Coco's sister was in a sorority at another school, but Small School did not have that GLO.

Small School has formal recruitment in the Spring (well, January actually). In late November, they held a Greek Life open house and Coco and I decided to go. Despite receiving admonishment from my family for even considering going Greek (my mom is an alum of one of the big schools in Florida from the '70s and she had very negative experiences/perceptions of sororities. She was definitely GDI all the way!), I decided to give it a whirl. Coco; however, did not. Her boyfriend at the time was opposed to her pledging and for whatever reason she decided not to go through recruitment (don't worry, you'll hear more about Coco later ;-)). I paid my money and went home for Winter break.

All break, my family teased me about even thinking of pledging, but I did my homework. I was very impressed by the number of Greek women in Congress, on the Supreme Court, in high positions in every company and field. I was nervous that, while it might be right for me, no sorority would want geeky ol' me. Finally, I returned from break (early for recruitment).

[greyhoundrescue]

The first night was the meet up with our RX's and dispensing of crucial information. We were also split into our "basic" recruitment groups. I was surprised to see how FEW girls I actually knew going through recruitment. Small School is VERY small--I thought I knew everyone. lol, I guess not.

As I said, Coco decided to not go through. Two older girls I kind of knew through extracurriculars ended up in my group (sigh of relief). Let's call them L'Oreal and Burts Bees. A girl I was friends with, Wet'n'Wild, was going through...or, thought she was...Turned out her grades were just not going to make the minimum GPA for recruitment. :-( My roommate, CoverGirl, was going through (yay!), but we weren't really friends. A few other acquaintances and friends were going through, including Avon.

After the meeting, I went back to my dorm and tried to chill out. I was SO nervous. CoverGirl (I think she was more confident than I was) and I kept going back and forth on outfit choices for the next night. Clothes settled, I spent the rest of the evening freaking out in my boyfriend's dorm (he wasn't going Greek, though I still think he would have been perfect for any house). Coco and I ended up hanging out a bit, since she was also over at her boy's dorm. I could tell she was really sad that she wasn't going through, though. :-(

[greyhoundrescue]

At this point in the game, my (mental) rankings were:

Maybelline and Revlon were tied.
I was pretty sure I was not a future Stila.

hmm, who knows? *eyebrow waggle* and evil laugh.

[FSUZeta]

i love your code names.

[jayneelizabeth]

I'm going to guess you go back to Stila and Revlon for skit night and end up in Revlon

[WCsweet<3]

Ditto with jayneelizabeth

[AGDee]

Maybe it's Maybelline... (can't get that lil jingle out of my head while reading this one)

[greyhoundrescue]

Wait and see, ladies, wait and see! btw, the jingle is NOW in my head too, whoops!

The fourth night was Skit Night and I remember wearing a very cute skirt with a sweater. When I got to my mailbox, I found out that I was invited back to two parties:

Revlon
Maybelline

Frankly, I wasn't really sad Stila had cut me. I just was never going to be a Stila. I was happy, though, that my two favorites were still on slate.

We lined up and went tromping around campus for the parties.

Maybelline: Wow! Can I say energy?!? These girls put on a great show with a ton of singing, dancing, and more of that clapping from before.I was matched with a girl I knew, which was nice. This was the first time all week I was tapped on the shoulder as we were leaving with the, "I really hope to see you at Pref".

Revlon: Their skit was adorable! Honestly, best skit I've ever seen and I survived a decade of spending the whole summer at Girl Scout camp! This time I was paired with a girl I knew very well. At one point she asked me (kow I know this was a MAJOR no-no) how strongly I felt about Revlon. I got the impression she was trying to say I had a bid if I wanted one, but if I didn't, to let her know. I felt uncomfortable to say the least, so I remember mumbling something like, "oh, wow, you ladies are all so great! I think I will be happy no matter what happens." hmmm, yeah, probably not the smartest response there, but I could honestly not think of a way to answer with out it coming off bad.

I didn't head straight back to my dorm, because I was WIRED! Goodness, I'm sure I drove my boyfriend insane that week!

[greyhoundrescue]

Ok, before I go into my rankings, I need to give you guys a bit of relevant information about Pref Night and getting bids at Small School.
1.) You can only Pref two houses.
2.) Any house you Pref is basically a guaranteed Bid (note, I said BASICALLY).
3.) You don't have to Pref a house to receive a Bid on Bid Day if you attended all the rounds.
4.) Snap Bidding and COB also occur after Bid Day with the standard regulations.

After the 4th night, I knew who I wanted. Or, at least, thought I did.
So, the setup looked like this:
Maybelline
Revlon

I was only invited to one Pref. Which one?

[tangelo212]

I'll say you go to Revlon, just for the sake of being different! And because maybe you mentioned the uncomfortable conversation to throw us off

Also, and I'm sorry this is a little off-topic, I'm thinking from your username that you volunteer at a greyhound rescue kennel?! I have volunteered with Greyhound Pets of America since 2002, and my family currently has 2 adorable greys (we adopted my first for my 12th birthday, but she passed away summer 06)! They are such sweet, silly, and loyal dogs!

[greyhoundrescue]

I don't have time for a full update, but I did want to add that, yes, I work with a greyhound group. Funny, I've come across some other Greeks with greys recently. Very neat! I've had my pup for a little over a year now and she is so sweet.

Oh! I did want to leave a clue for everyone to chew on: All the information at Recruitment at Small School I gave in the last few posts is very important, but not necessarily for me...*evil laugh echoes*

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by greyhoundrescue

I don't have time for a full update, but I did want to add that, yes, I work with a greyhound group. Funny, I've come across some other Greeks with greys recently. Very neat! I've had my pup for a little over a year now and she is so sweet.

Oh! I did want to leave a clue for everyone to chew on: All the information at Recruitment at Small School I gave in the last few posts is very important, but not necessarily for me...*evil laugh echoes*

Does Coco COB?? She must be relevant somehow because I don't think you would have mentioned her otherwise!

[lovespink88]

what happens! i wanna know! AH!!