Howdy everyone! I've been really busy with my first month of college, with football games, classes, joining organizations, and all of the fun new member activities, but I've finally gotten around to writing down my thoughts from recruitment.
Before we begin, I'd just like to warn you all that I won't be posting the name of my sorority at the end of my story. After writing out my entire experience (highly recommended by the way), I realized that I would be far too recognizable if I were to give up which sorority I joined. A lot of my decisions are based on my personality and personal experiences, which are a bit different from the "norm," and I just want to be safe rather than sorry. I will definitely give several hints at the end though, but I just won't confirm 100%!
So a little about myself first. I'm the first person in my family to go Greek, but I do know a lot of women who are Greek. I am not really religious at all, despite me attending a religious private school for 10 years. Even if I were religious, my parents are not the typical Protestant/Catholic that a lot of A&M families are. I'd say that I skew more liberal on a lot of issues, especially compared to other A&M students, who are quite conservative on the whole. I prefer Stromae to (George) Strait. As for my personality, I can be quite sarcastic (see Cara Delevigne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8_UrA8qEHI) but I really do try and keep a lid on it, especially when I'm talking to people I've just met. I'm kind of a huge nerd, and I'll try anything "weird" at least once. I never partied that much in high school at all, and my number one priority is taking care of my grades, but first and foremost, what I'm looking for in a sorority is to see whether I "click" with their values and their active members.
For recommendation letters, I tried to get two for each sorority. If I could get two personal letters, great, but if I could only find one person I knew personally for a sorority, I just sent in that one letter and didn't bother asking my area panhellenic for someone to write an "info only" rec just because. If I didn't know anybody personally for a particular sorority, then I just went in one "info only" rec and didn't bother with a second. I asked my friends' mothers, older brother's female friends, and teachers. I got two personal rec letters for about four of the sororities, I got one personal rec for 4 or 5, and then I got "info only" recs for the remainder. I didn't have my parents ask their coworkers or friends for recs because they told me that if I wanted to join a sorority, it would be up to me to do the research and the leg work to make it happen.
Texas A&M has 12 sororities participating in formal recruitment:
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Zeta Tau Alpha
I tried to come up with something clever to work as the code, but failed miserably, so I'm just going to go with the last 12 things that I attempted to cook, just because I'm hungry.
Green Juice
Osso Bucco
Cioppino
Clafoutis
Takoyaki
Quiche
Barbacoa
Ginger Snaps
Pot Pie
Milk Tea
Paella
Ramen
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