Sweet Caroline's Super Short South Carolina Story

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A Yankee goes South! A family friend of mine, whom I shall call Sweet Caroline, went through recruitment at South Carolina with a happy ending!

We grew up in a small town, our families know each other, our brothers played football together, she has been one of my mom's (physical therapy) patients, etc. Although Sweet Caroline was in a magnet program at one of the Nation's top-ranked public high schools, had a great GPA, earned a service award, played field hockey and lacrosse all 4 years, was a co-editor-in-chief of the yearbook senior year, on Homecoming and Prom Court, I knew these things made her a good candidate for sorority membership, but would she stand out?

Greek Life was not on Sweet Caroline's radar until I mentioned it to her. I spakred her interest, and once the guidebook arrived in the mail, she talked to her parents about it and decided to give it a go. I found her recs for 9 of the 10 groups (all except Alpha Chi Omega--and this was not without trying! I asked a friend from high school, a friend from college, and our APH delegate), and I gave her a crash course in recruitment conversation.

The following groups are at South Carolina:
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Phi Mu
Zeta Tau Alpha

Round 1: Scholarship Day
She remained mum after round 1 about her favorites. She said although it was very loud, she enjoyed the high energy and felt comfortable during recruitment. She said after 3 parties or so, many of the chapters seemed the same. I cautioned her that she might not have a full schedule, and that the average PNM probably won't.

Round 2: Leadership Day
Sweet Caroline received a full schedule, with 7 of her top 8 chapters! She visited:
Alpha Chi Omega
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Zeta Tau Alpha
I didn't get a chance to talk to her after this party. I was at Steelers training camp and then her first day of class was the next day.

Round 3: Philanthropy Day
Another full schedule, with 4 of her top 5 chapters:
Alpha Chi Omega (I guess not having a rec didn't hurt her!)
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Zeta Tau Alpha
She told me at this point that she's getting a much better feel for the chapters and her top choices are Chi O and Tri Delta, though she likes the other 3 as well.

Preference
Sweet Caroline got both of her top two for preference! She loves both of these groups!
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta

BID DAY
Sweet Caroline got her first choice...














































CHI OMEGA!