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[66Camaro]

Originally Posted by DoubleRose

I'm confused, you got recs to chapters that weren't at your school? Or did the ladies from Orange, Royal and Green just offer to help find recs?

I had a blue 65 Mustange in college, so I'll cheer for Midnight Blue for your sister

What happened was, the woman from Hunter Green Metallic had a connection to our mother. We, and our mother, knew nothing about sorority rush, but the woman from Hunter Green Metallic said that it would help to have recommendations, even if they weren't from chapters at our school. She hooked us up with some of her friends, who were from Bright Orange, Royal Blue, and Silver Streak, and they wrote the recs for us. Looking back years later, I realize that Mrs. Hunter Green Metallic must not have been active in the local Panhellenic, where we could have gotten recs to chapters at our college, so she may have tried to get us recs from wherever she could in an effort to help us out. We went along with it because we just trusted what she said.


And if anything in my thread doesn't make real sense, please remember, I am writing this as I was when I went through rush- an 18 year old girl who knew nothing about college, sororities, dorm life, or being away from home.


Oh, and let me edit this in, just in case anyone is wondering how I mentally ranked the chapters from that first night, here it is. It was hard, because I didn't have a truly negative experience anywhere, but my baby college girl rushee brain thought:

1. Violet Sparkle- I'd had a great time there, and had been glad to see my high school friend.
2. Candy Apple Red- I'd had a great time there too, but I gave them second chair to Violet probably because of my friend.
3. Sky Blue - I had doubts about making my schedule work, but I had a good time at the party and the girls were nice.
4. Midnight Blue- The girls had been friendly, but our conversations had seemed a little weird. I did want to give them another shot.
5. Silver Streak- The girls were trying so hard to make the party work, and they had been friendly. I just couldn't rank them last.
6. Jet Black- I wasn't sure what kind of impression I made since I was tired and it was the end of the night. I mentally ranked them last because I didn't know any better, and because I still wasn't sure I wanted to be in a place where that sophomore badmouther wanted to be.