Symbal's Recruitment Epic!

[Symbal]

Hi, I'm new here. I'm Symbal, and I attend WVU as a transfer sophomore. This is my rush epic.

At WVU, we have 8 sororities.

My sister was in a sorority at Thiel College, PA many moons ago, and through her I am a legacy to one of the sororities on this campus. She's the only Greek in my family and was very excited that I, her little sister, was attempting to go Greek. My recruitment is all this week, and I just ended Phase two of rush.

Sunday, I had to miss all of rush because of affairs that needed settled out of state. It set me off on the wrong foot, unfortunately.

Monday, I got an invite back to four sororities, one being my sister's sorority. I went to three of them Monday and yesterday. I could not attend one due to a class conflict.

I attended XYZ sorority on Monday and instantly fell in love. They were most helpful and amicable. They were very down to earth and diverse. After some short activities, tehy showed us the house, and I was very impressed. Their fees were affordable as well, and their in-house fees were also very affordable. They answered all of my questions well and made me feel appreciated as a PNM. They are currently on my number one spot. (fingers crossed!)

I attended the sorority of my sister, and realized off the bat that this would be a very poor match for me. I think the sister escorting me about knew that too, and at one point she told me in no subtle terms that I probably couldn't afford the sorority since I am low income. In short, I did not feel welcome, and my questions were not answered in a straight forward manner.

I visited ABC house about an hour later and found that they were most wonderful! They had a lot of charities and activities that I agreed with and admired. The girl escorting me seemed much more nervous that I was! We got along well and they answered my questions to the best of their abilities. We made some crafts and performed a small activity with the goal of donating one hour of charity if the goal was attained, and I donated an hour.

It's the break day today, and Skit Day is tommorow. This is tougher than I thought! Picking a sisterhood for a lifetime is a little trickier than expected, especially when you found two good matches, and hope they think that of you.