Hi again!!
So I just got back to my apartment from info night and I'm excited to tell yall my story! And thanks to everyone for the goodwill!
First off, sororities.
There are four sororities on campus and two of them are Panhellenic.
We'll call sorority one
Blue October and sorority two
Metric. Two bands I'm really into at the moment
All the pnm's were emailed with more detailed recruitment info than what was originally given out at Meet and Greet. We were told to meet in a room in the Student Center at 7 pm, casual dress. I got there at 6:55 and was surprised at some of the girls' interpretation of casual. I don't think that pajama pants, gym shorts, and ratty old hoodies qualify as "casual" for recruitment, but hey, that's just me. Upon entering the room we were told to sign in and were given a sheet that explained about the parties and how bidding works and when cuts will be made, etc. Some general Q&A went on for about 45 mins, then some general socializing took place, and at eight o'clock we were split into two groups and each group went to a party. My first party was at
Blue October. When we (pnm's) walked into the ballroom we were greeted by extremely loud singing and each of us was given a feather boa and led away by a sister to a table. Each table sat four - two sisters, two pnm's - and the tables had the most gorgeous table decorations. Two plates of assorted cookies, some confetti and an oversized margarita glass with a blue beta fish and blue rocks at the bottom. The rest of the ballroom was just as exquisite. It was definitely clear that these girls were focused on recruitment and making us feel special. Some serious time had been spent on this room. The first sister I talked to was very nice and we had a general discussion about the sorority but there was no real connection. She took me around the room and showed me the t-shirts and began to talk more about the social events when another sister came and took over talking to me. This girl, for whatever reason I cannot explain, made me feel SO uncomfortable, I really don't know what it was, but I was definitely glad when the next trade-off came. This girl, we'll call her
Susan, was my favorite person of the night, and my rush crush! We talked about everything from the sorority to everyday life and I felt that we had made quite a connection. While I was conversing with her everyone was asked to sit down and watch the slideshow. The slideshow, which consisted of pictures from their sisterhood and their philanthropy and various social events, was very entertaining.
Susan explained to me where the pictures were from and why so-and-so event was so special, and so on ond so forth. When the slide show was over another rotation occured. I was so sad to leave
Susan but she assured me that we would talk tomorrow
The next sister I talked to was
Jane, and I really liked her. She went over the more parental, as she called them, details of being in a sorority, like dues, fines, ateendance and whatnot. She was also the first to tell me about the new housing that is supposed to be opening next year. She and I didn't get to talk for a long time, as the party was soon over. After the party we went back to the meeting room and were told to fill out a survey of the party, and write down our three favorite things about it and three improvements. I had no improvements to suggest, I thought it was amazing. The next party was for
Metric. I was initially excited about coming here as this was my "ideal" choice before recruitment, but I knew that it would be hard to top the experience I just had at
Blue October. The song sung here was very cute and I still have it in my head now! The ballroom for
Metric was disappointing as far as decorations go. It actually wasnt decorated. There were two sets of wooden letters on each side of the room, the conversation tables, a display table, and a serving table. After being led off and seated by a sister the VP spoke and introduced herself, and all the other sisters around the room stated their names, majors and office positions. I personally thought that was really useless, its not like we could remember all that, plus we had already done this whole introduce yourself game at Meet and Greet. A slideshow about the sorority was shown, and it was not at all entertaining. Informative yes, but it did nothing whatsoever to capture attention. Pnm's and actives alike were playing in their hair and checking watches. When that slideshow was over the conversation began. At my table there were three sisters and three pnms. It started out awkwardly but quickly picked up, and I really enjoyed the sister who I was sitting with. She and I and another sister had most of the conversation at the table, another pnm contributed every now and then and the last pnm was just sitting there like a rock. She was so reluctant to speak, but I think it was she was nervous, not disrespectful. We talked for around fifteen minutes and then everyone was asked to go to the serving table and get ice cream, and then we all sat back down. I applaud
Metric on how they did rotation, you didn't even know they were switching until you sat down and another group of sisters was there! It was very smooth and well organized. Upon sitting and eating our delicious sundaes and floats and such, another slideshow was shown. This one was very entertaining and focused on socializing and philanthropy. After the slideshow we were to converse with the new group of sisters at our table. I was very shocked by the actives' behavior. They started talking only to themselves about random stuff not having anything to do with recruitment and completely ignored me and the other two pnm's. I was kind of offended and tried, somewhat successfully, to bring the conversation back to its proper focus. We only "talked" to these girls for about ten minutes, and then we were dismissed. Back in the meeting room we were asked to do the same survey but for
Metric this time. From hearing the conversations from other girls in the room it seeme like most of their feeling echoed mine. I left with mixed feelings.
I came into recruitment with my own thoughts about the sororities based on what I had heard around campus and Facebook, and my notions were completely shot to hell tonight. In my head, I was a
Metric, and didn't want to but wouldn't really mind getting a bid to
Blue October.
I loved
Blue October. These girls were really focused on their sisterhood and their sorority and you could tell that they all really liked each other, and being in
Blue October had impacted their lives for the better. I'm also not going to let one bad experience with a sister greatly impact my choosing. I'm so looking forward to tomorrow night. The only thing that I don't like, and it's so superficial, but I don't like their letters OR their colors.
Metric was very lukewarm, I only liked two of the sisters out of the six I had met, and they didn't have all their stuff together. I'm probably out of place, but I don't feel like they know how to recruit properly. They seem to be focused mostly on social events. Diverse group of girls is a plus, and they gave us ice cream, my favorite food ever
And I ADORE their letters, colors are just okay.
I will be posting tomorrow night after philanthropy!
Also if anyone has guesses about the school I go to/ sororities, feel free to pm me. I don't care about keeping it a secret, I just want to keep up the suspense for the sake of the story
). I only know about two people in this entire university, and I thought that I was going to be walking into the event room by myself, which I did, and be standing around talking to nobody. The event started at 8 and I had a class that ended at 7:10, which meant I had to hightail it all the way across campus to my dorm and get ready. Which is exactly what I did, and surprisingly was ready by 7:55. After a few frantic calls between my best friend and my mom I worked up enough nerve to walk into that room. I was immediately picked up by two gorgeous girls and they struck up a conversation with me and all my fears were allayed. They were so nice and funny and I enjoyed the little chat we had. I had no idea what sororities they were in because all of the sorority girls were wearing their Panhellenic shirts. After signing in and getting my nametag I was led to a circle of girls which consisted of myself, two other pnm's, and three sisters. The conversation went really well and was definitely my favorite of the night. All of us were majoring in the same thing, and we all share a profound love for Vera Wang bags! The sisters then rotated around the room and about three more rounds of conversation took place. Then all the girls played a couple of getting-to-know-you games and we took TONS of pictures. A few more minutes of general socializing took place and then we were done! Everyone was invited to come to Info Night by different sisters, and then we were dismissed. So that was the first day and I really enjoyed myself and had a good time, and I will continue this after Info Night!
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