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I adored my Pi Chi. She was the best!!
After we ranked, I returned to my hall and sat around with friends eating pizza and watching tv. We discussed the sororities, our favorites and some funny things that had happened during the day. I realized that I wasn’t the only one who was feeling anxious about the process, we all were. We all seemed really confused too. Our favorites seemed to change constantly. The next round we would only be able to go to 4 houses.
That night I talked to my mom, who wasn’t greek and really didn’t understand it, but with her “mom wisdom” told me to stop worrying about it so much and to just go with it. Eventually I would find my place, whether it was in a sorority or not. She made me take a couple deep breaths and told me not to take myself quite so seriously – which made me smile. She also told me that while she knew it was a stereo-type sorority girls are supposed to have fun, and that I needed to have some myself.
The next morning, I went to meet with my Pi Chi to get my schedule. She commented on how glad she was to see that I had a smile on my face and handed me my schedule for the day: Sunflower, Cherry Blossom, Orchid, and Lilac…Hyacinth and Daffodil had not invited me back. I was mad about Hyacinth – I had felt like I really had made a connection the day before! I was not surprised by Daffodil. Even though I had a great time during Philanthropy, I knew I wasn’t a Daffodil.
I took a few deep breaths, my Pi Chi asked me how I felt and before I knew it the whole story about the Sunflower “incident” started coming out of my mouth. I told her how confused I was because I really liked the Sunflowers I had met, but this one issue hung over my head and I was worried that if I became a Sunflower, this girl would make my life miserable. My Pi Chi told me that with 100+ girls, you won’t get along with all of them all of the time. People clash and since I keep getting invited back, some Sunflowers must want me there. I felt better talking to my Pi Chi and felt more comfortable with my invites when I left.
I returned to my dorm to find a few of my friends upset or angry. Apparently the cuts had been harsh. A few girls who had “known that they were going to be an X” no longer had that as a possibility. Some girls withdrew from recruitment, some were inconsolable, some tried to shake it off and go on, and some were keeping quiet because they felt lucky and didn’t want to brag.
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