My cousin's rush at USC

JennRN · #1 09-05-2008, 08:35 PM

Ok, so I know that Recruitment is done at USC (the California one), but I wanted to post my cousin's experience here!!

I waited until she was done because I left for the beach in the middle of it, and have been gone for a week and wanted to do the story in it's entireity when I got back! Also, no code names for me, just giving the info as she gave it to me.

So here we go! Convo Day 1.....

She went to 6 houses on the first Convo day. She visited:

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Pi Phi
Kappa Alpha Theta
Gamma Phi Beta

She said her Ro Chi's were very sweet, but one was sort of "intense" (not sure what that meant).

AXO-She really liked the girl that she spoke to, but thought the house was ok. She said, I guess it just all depends on who you get paired up with too.

Alpha Phi-She thought the house was really cute and she liked the girls, but was unsure if it was a fit for her.

DG-After Day 1, this was her top fave! She felt really comfortable here, and felt like the conversation was genuine and not awkward at all! She loved it!!

PiPhi-She said this would be her 3rd choice(out of the ones she saw today). She liked the house and thought it was nice, but wasn't crazy about the girls.

Theta-2nd pick after day 1. She thought the house was cute and the girls were really nice.

Gamma Phi-she thought the girls were really cute, but conversations were very awkward and forced. She felt like she didn't have alot in common with them.

Next up is Convo Day 2.....

FSUZeta · #2 09-05-2008, 08:41 PM

go jenn's cousin!

ms_gwyn · #3 09-05-2008, 08:43 PM

I just have to say, exterior-wise, AXO has always been my favorite house at SC

ellebud · #4 09-05-2008, 08:46 PM

Thank you! I am so curious to know how rush went at my alma mater, for your cousin and in general. Please hurry and post more!

JennRN · #5 09-06-2008, 11:26 AM

Convo Day 2.....

My cousin went to see the rest of the houses that she wasn't able to go to on the first day. Today she went to:

Kappa Kappa Gamma
Alpha Delta Pi
Delta Delta Delta
Sigma Delta Tau

I wasn't able to get much descriptions out of her (we played phone tag) except for that she thought the Kappa house was really pretty and she really loved it there!!

So after these 2 days the cuts start. The PNM's were to choose their top 7 to go to and cut 3. My cousin chose to cut:

Gamma Phi Beta
Sigma Delta Tau
Alpha Chi Omega

When we talked she said out of all the houses she saw over the first 2 days, her top three faves were DG (1), Kappa (2), and Theta (3)

JennRN · #6 09-06-2008, 02:26 PM

Day 3 was House Tours!!

This was the first day cuts were made, and PNM's could go to a max of 7 parties.My cousin had a full schedule of 7!!

She went to:

DG
Theta
Kappa
PiPhi
AXO
ADPi
Tri Delt

DG-This was her first choice after the first couple of days, but not so much on Day 3. She was first paired with a sister she really clicked with, but then was paired with another girl who she felt so awkward with. Conversation with girl 2 was really tough and there was no connection. She left the house not feeling so great about them.

Theta-They defiantely moved up on her list after house tours! She really liked it here and met alot of girls.

Kappa-another fave!! She had a great time here and was introduced to alot of sisters! She felt like special attention was paid to her here and she was really flattered. Definately a top fave for her!

PiPhi-She likes it here but isn't so sure about their campus reputation as a whole. On campus, PiPhi is known as the party girls (now don't get mad at me, I'm saying this to make a point) but she felt like-the girls are so much more than that, and they are so involved, and she didn't love that that was how they were known.

AXO-She had dropped them after Day 2 but was asked back for house tours. Again, she just wasn't feeling them.

ADPi-Didn't click with the girls and just wasn't feeling it here.

Tri Delt-She did have a good day here; likes it as much as she liked Pi Phi but isn't really sure.

At the end of House Tours, the pnm's drop 2 houses, so my cousin chose to drop:

AXO
ADPi

tangelo212 · #7 09-06-2008, 03:30 PM

Good luck to your cousin! Sounds like she has a lot of great chapters to choose from

baci · #8 09-06-2008, 04:04 PM

Ugh, left us hanging!

Football Fan · #9 09-06-2008, 11:14 PM

...Just to clarify the pnms rank the chapters. If a pnm is not invited back to a particular chapter another chapter will fill in the spot if she is on their invitation list.

APhiAnna · #10 09-06-2008, 11:56 PM

Excited to see how it turns out! I have very close friends in both Kappa and Theta at USC (and DG and ADPi for that matter...no Alpha Phis though which is ironic) so I am super stoked to see which sorority she ends up in!! Little hijack, but I think the Theta house at USC is quite possibly the cutest sorority house I have ever seen...it's like a little Barbie Malibu Mansion.

ellebud · #11 09-06-2008, 02:22 PM

...and then?

Nervousmama · #12 09-06-2008, 03:12 PM

gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more!

SigKapSweetie · #13 09-06-2008, 08:46 PM

Come on, don't leave us hanging!

tangelo212 · #14 09-07-2008, 02:02 AM

I knew a USC Theta too! She just graduated this year though. She's actually the best friend of my room mate from sophomore year (living in the Alpha Phi house!).
She visited our school several times, and if she is any indication of the chapter as a whole, then they are a lovely, intelligent, and friendly group of ladies!

JennRN · #15 09-07-2008, 10:30 AM

Pref!!!

So, the Pref ceremonies are held in the morning, then the girls rank their choices and bids are given out later that night! I got an early text from my cousin saying that she had been invited back to:

Kappa
Theta

Yay for her!! I told her to call me later in the day when she found out her new home!!!

Bids were going to be distributed at like, 6:30 p.m, I think and my cousin is in her room getting ready, when she got a call from her Rho Chi..............