Fall 2008 Competitive Recruitment

[purpleparrot]

I am really bored so I thought some of you would like to read my recruitment experience from fall 2008-I have kind of always wanted to put it on here. I attend a very competitive (in Greek life and everything else lol) SEC school with 16 sororities and a formal weeklong recruitment in the fall. I knew how competitive it would be, so I got a good amount of recs ahead of time and researched the recruitment process so I know what I was getting myself into. Most of the girls that went to my university from my high school rushed, so I knew a lot of sorority women and a lot about many of the houses, but I still wanted to go into it with an open mind and just go where I felt I fit which was very hard to do while knowing about most of the houses already. Although all that research helped, only the actual experience could really prepare me. At orientation we found out our rush groups and met our Pi Chis, so round 1 we just checked in and headed to our first party. I am gonna start with round one and leave ya'll hanging for round 2 which I will post tomorrow! Round 1 was 16 20-minute parties and it was almost 2 years ago so bare with me since some of it is hard to remember and gets a little vague. I am doing the sororities by color cuz I couldn't think of anything else haha.

Lime Green
Yellow
Magenta
Lavender
Navy
Sky Blue
Teal
Forest Green
Silver
Gold
Dark Purple
Orange
Black
Coral
Crimson
Brown



Orange=This was my first party and I could tell that the girl rushing me was as nervous as I was, if not more. I was blown away by how gorgeous all the girls looked, and how rehearsed and perfect everything was, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. We toured the house and had a good conversation, then they did a cute skit which I certainly was not expecting. The party wasn’t really enough time to tell if I really fit in there but overall I enjoyed myself.

Magenta=I had a really good friend in this house and I already knew I liked these what I had seen, but I wasn’t totally certain I would fit in here. However, the girl who rushed me was really cool, and we had a really funny conversation.

Lime Green=I really knew nothing about this house or even that it existed, so I went in blindly. I could tell the girl who was rushing me was super nervous. She was nice, but the conversation was just ok. I got bumped off to another girl that I clicked better with, but I still wasn’t sure how I felt here. Once again, the party was too short for me to really tell.

Yellow=This was the house where all the girls from my high school generally went. There was probably 10 girls from my high school in each pledge class and some girls rushing with me I knew were going to end up their because they had active older sisters. I knew it was a great house, and I am friendly with most of those girls, but I didn’t see myself wanting to be sorority sisters with them. I tried not to let that get to me, and I went into the party and ended having a really good time with one girl, but not so great time with the second girl.

Lavender=The girl who rushed me in this house was really funny, but we pretty much had nothing in common. They all seemed really party-oriented and a different style than me and I could sense that I probably wouldn’t fit in here.

Sky Blue=This was a house that I had been interested in prior to recruitment, and I really enjoyed my time here. I talked to a really laid back girl, and I am kind of that way myself so it was an easygoing time and a lot of fun.

Navy=I had heard this house was really athletic and I was into sports in high school, so surprise surprise that ended up being what our conversation was about. It was a good time but not too memorable.

Black=I had a pretty good time here. The girl who rushed me was super sweet and we clicked rather well, but once again it wasn’t terribly memorable.

Forest Green= This was a weird experience for me. Their house was absolutely gorgeous but all the girls seemed very robotic. They had their arms behind their backs the ENTIRE party and their skit seemed really cheesy and they mentioned something about being “future soccer moms” which really turned me off.

Dark Purple=The girl I talked to here was super sweet, and she had at one point been a cheerleader for my school. I couldn’t really share that in common with her, but we talked a bit about being athletes and our dedication to it and all that. She was so sweet that she almost had a maternal quality to her, but I really enjoyed it.

Teal=I had a great time here. The girl I talked to had a lot in common with me, was so sweet and so funny and we had a funny conversation about both being yearbook staffers in high school. I knew a few girls in this house (acquaintances), and I could certainly see myself here.

Brown=This house had a great reputation, but I ended up being rushed by a girl that wasn't really like me. She was sweet, but conversation wasn't that great. I had a slight feeling I wouldn't end up back here next round

Crimson=This was another house I had kind of an awkward time because the girl who rushed me was so intense. It was like she was playing 20 questions with me and barely let me get a word in. Then she passed me off to a girl who didn’t talk much at all.

Coral= I started off being rushed by a girl who didn’t have much to say and kind of said awkward things because she must have been nervous, but then I got bumped to a hysterically funny girl and ended up having a really fun time after that.

Gold=The girl I talked to was very nice, and I ended up having a very good time here. We got on topic of food because their philanthropy was oriented around it and that was a funny conversation.

Silver=From what I knew of the house I was almost certain I wouldn’t fit in, and although the girl who rushed me was very nice, It kind of ended up being how I thought it would be. Great girls, just not for me.

It was a crazy two days, and now it was time to rank. We rank them in the order we like the best with our bottom 5 being our "drops" because we have 11 parties during round 2. I don't remember exactly what order I ranked them in but I do know my bottom 5 so I will give you those (least favorite to most favorite):

5. Crimson
4. Forest Green
3. Silver
2. Black
1. Lavender

I tried to drop the houses I had the worst time at, but since I was a naive freshman I did take reputation into consideration a little bit and I'll admit I was more inclined to give the "better" houses a second chance. I just hoped I would come back tomorrow with a full schedule and see my favorite houses on it!