My rush at UCLA

[UCLAgirl]

Sooo sorry about being so late with this. But the days have been long and we haven't gotten back to the dorms until 11 pm all week. Also classes started on Thursday so I have been busy with homework and such. Things are good though!

Third Day:
I know that today is pref but we got back so late last night that I was pooped.

Today I visited:
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Delta Delta Delta
Gamma Phi Beta

11. The first house sang a song that made us all want to cry. I like the girls in this house but I just don’t know how well I would fit in. (Alpha Epsilon Phi)

3. I really like this house. The girls are all genuine and their skit was absolutely darling with little orphan Annie. It seems that every house found a way to make fun of the lemon water that we were served all week long. It was cute. (Alpha Delta Pi)

2. I love this house I really do. Their skit was “------- after Dark” and some of those girls could really sing and dance. I just feel so comfortable in this house. I love it. (Delta Delta Delta)

1. This house again was pressuring me but I didn’t really like that. The rush chair and president came up to me again and girls that I have never talked to were always saying “I’ve heard so much about you”. As much as I like the girls I can’t really see myself in this house. (Gamma Phi Beta)
I decided to keep houses 2 and 3 and drop the others. Tomorrow is preference!

Preference Night

Today I got my preference list and they were my top two:
Delta Delta Delta
Alpha Delta Pi

2. This house was Tri-Delta and I loved it. For preference I wore a strapless bright blue dress and black heels and full pearls. It was perfect that I wore pearls because the pearl is the new member symbol for tri-delta. I was called to the stairs by the girl that I talked to the first day and that meant a whole lot to me because she had to be the first person to say that she liked me. I love talking to all of the girls there and I was able to talk to two of my favorites. They then gave us each a fake pearl bracelet to wear and we went into their living room and in a circle they sang a nice song to us and had 10 girls in a delta form all saying what the sorority meant to them. Then we all took turns and with the second girls that preffed us we went to the pool of water in the middle of the room and put our pearl bracelet in it making a wish. I really do love this house and I put them as my first choice. They sang the “hmm linger” song as we were all leaving.

3. This house, Alpha Delta Pi, was very pretty except for the fact that they put a pledge pin around your neck. I thought that was a little too much. They greeted us with candles and we all were to blow them out with our pref sister to then make a wish. I was the first called out and that made me feel special. Also their ceremony included candle passing and it was beautiful. All of the girls there were crying and now I can see why so many of my peers rushing want that house as their first choice. I felt that their friendship was great. I ranked them second.

I was asked to pref two other houses as well though I didn’t go to their ceremonies. They were Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Epsilon Phi. I just feel more me in Delta Delta Delta. I really really hope that I can get a bid from them. Wish me luck!

BTW: On my campus the houses didn't invite everyone back. They all only invited back girls that they wanted to be a part of their sisterhood. Tri Delta and AEPhi all cut girls that did want them. I was a bit taken back from lenaimoon's statements. Everyone here is so pro Greek that there are no better or worse houses, just ones that may or may not fit your personality more.