A BSC Retro Recruitment Thread

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I've been lurking on here for a while, but I haven't seen a W&L recruitment story. I figured I'd add mine, especially as I haven't posted on GC yet so no one knows which one I'm in!

When I was at Washington and Lee, there were five sororities (Alpha Delta Pi now on campus also):
Chi Omega
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi.

For this story, I'll refer to them as
Kristy
Claudia
Stacey
Mary Anne
Dawn

Rush is delayed until the start of the winter term in January so all fall is spent going on "rush dates" and settling into the rhythm of the school.

I started school off by doing a pre-orientation trip. My pre-orientation trip leaders were a Kristy and a Stacey, and the Kristy lost no time in sharing what she, and most other people considered to be the campus hierarchy with "Claudias and Kristys at the top, but Stacey arguably as good, then Dawns and Mary Annes". I didn't really care what she had to say, other than to think that I probably wouldn't fit in with the Kristys.

Throughout the fall I found myself meeting tons of Mary Annes. I didn't really think of myself as being rushed so much as just having a ton of friends in Mary Anne. I also met a few Staceys. I don't know that I interacted with any Dawns, Kristys, or Claudias. I knew a Claudia from my hometown and when she didn't take me on any rush dates, I figured I wasn't going to be a Claudia. Luckily, my best friends were also friends with all the Mary Annes. Before the winter break, we discussed rush week and how we would probably all join Mary Anne together and that we would probably try and "cut" Claudia/Kristy first.