suzieQ's Fall 2006 Rush @ UW!

While formal fall recruitment at the University of Washington is from September 10-16th, "Greek Weekend" was this past weekend! Greek Weekend is where girls stay for a day and a night at a sorority house, and also visit four other houses.

There are 16 sororities at the UW! Sooo many names to keep track of.

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 have decided to use the names of flowers to be discrete.

Carnation
Daffodil
Daisy
Forget-Me-Not
Holly
Iris
Lavender
Lilac
Lily
Orchid
Peony
Primrose
Rose
Sunflower
Tulip
Violet

This weekend I stayed with the Peonies. Almost everyone this weekend at all of the houses was a freshman. The other years had vacated the houses for the weekend. I really really liked the Peonies. Not only do they have a huge, beautiful house, but they have really great girls. I also like how all 90+ girls stay in the house together (no one lives out or in an annex). Three Peonies hosted me and another Greek Weekender. They seemed sweet and fun and smart, and this was probably my favorite house. After we had lunch and saw part of an off-season football game (Huskies vs. Huskies, purple vs. gold) we went on house tours.

We started out at the Sunflower house, who I believe have had one of the highest GPAs for the last year or something. It turns out I went with elementary school with the Sunflower who gave me the house tour! And, she let me know that one of my best friends from elementary school was there and after the party I saw her walking down the street and said hi! Anyway, that was cool. The Sunflowers also had a beautiful house. It wasn't as elegant and classic-looking as the Peony house, but it had just been remodeled and it looked great. They had huge closets, so that was a plus! This party was much like recruitment would be, after the tour we sat down and talked, and then a few more girls rotated in and talked to me. Very structured, but the girls seemed nice. All in all, I really liked this house.

Then I went to the Primrose house. We had a house tour and then had apetizers and talked. The house was not as nice as the others I saw. The are about to start a remodel so I'm not quite sure I would like to be in this house during college. (I hate construction! My high school is undergoing like a 40 million dollar remodel and it looks horrible right now). Also, only about 40 girls lived in the house. And the juniors and seniors live in an annex. I'm not too crazy about that. I'll keep an open mind though, because I had a great conversation with the girls I ate with. It was super laid back... not organized like interview after interview. It's sad but at the UW some of the members of the chapters look alike. Many chapters have no overweight members, while the Primrose house was more diverse.

Next I went to dinner at the Lavender house! Oooh it was soo pretty and it was one of the houses that didn't have a website so I was glad to finally see them. They were really nice and the girl I was with even let me stay and have seconds instead of going on a house tour! I was told that they have a beautiful house. I only got to talk to one girl, but from what little I know about the house I like it.

Finally I had dinner at the Daffodil house. I was greeted by a girl whom I didn't like in middle school, which kind of ruinned it. I really didn't feel like I would fit in with the girls here at all. Desert was good and they had a cute fashion show about what to wear and not wear during recruitment week. They also had such a big and beautiful house. I was freezing though... I think they had their windows open after it got cold. Anyway, I'll keep an open mind but this was my least favorite house so far.

After the weekend, I would rank them:

Peonies
Sunflowers/Lavender tie
Primroses
Daffodils

Sorry to remind you, but there won't be another update on rush until Septmember! I just knew I would forget all of this if I waited that long. I can't wait for the real recruitment to begin!