Why not hop on the bandwagon? Mine's alot different!

[ΣΣΣMagan]

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Finally, Friday aka Pref Night was here! By this point, I am excited beyond belief. I felt very close to both sets of girls and was very nervous and undecided.

Again, we were split into our two groups and escorted by panhellenic into separate rooms. The first room (the same as the day before) was dressed all in black. I walked in and we all sat down to watch a slide show. This is a good idea, I suppose, for people who know these girls or are familiar with greek life, but I was just bored. This went on for over 2/3 of the alloted time. But, I had good conversation with these girls afterwards.

Then I went into the other sororities room and was met at the door by Ashley. (I remember this name) She got me punch and food and made sure that all my questions were answered. They then introduced their alumnae and everyone got into a circle. Each of the current members held candles and took turns saying what that sorority meant to them. They then did a wishing well theme to 'make a wish' while one of the members sang and played guitar.

The pnms then filled back into the original room to fill out pref cards. I was the last person in there. Most if not all of the other girls had already made up their mind which one was their first choice. I just sat there and contemplated my options. A good fifteen minutes went by and I could tell that the greek advisor was getting a little anxious.

So, I finally ranked my choices on the pref card. (Since there were only two sororities on campus, you could either put both in the order you'd want, or just put one)

As I was leaving, I was stopped by the greek advisor. She asked me if I knew everyone in both sororities. I told her no, that I knew one girl from each sorority going into recruitment and a few of my fellow pnms. She seemed floored.

She was under the impression that I knew everyone because of how much I talked with girls from each sorority. She was convinced that I knew them all and really didn't believe me.

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[UGAalum94]

You know, I think there used to be an Alpha Gamma Delta chapter at your school.

[ΣΣΣMagan]

There was. At my school, the greek system was abundant "way back when" and evenutally died out. We are just working on getting it up to speed again. But yes, there once was an Alpha Gamma chapter at my school which closed in the mid 90's. =( Sadness.

[LOVEinZTA]

You know I've heard a lot of random reasons girls have chosen one chapter over another, but I don't think I've heard someone choosing because of the day of the week chapter meetings were held on! haha. I can't wait to hear more!

[ΣΣΣMagan]

To make a long story short, I chose Sigma and Sigma chose me. Even though their meetings are on Sunday, that's where I belonged.

[ForeverRoses]

IF you don't mind me asking- which pref ceremony was which?

[tld221]

Originally Posted by ΣΣΣMagan

To make a long story short, I chose Sigma and Sigma chose me. Even though their meetings are on Sunday, that's where I belonged.

hold on a friggin minute... the point of these threads are to make your stories long. don't spare us any details!

[ΣΣΣMagan]

Haha. Okay.

So, when I went through fall recruitment, I actually held three part time jobs and fifteen hours worth of classes (including three labs).

One of my jobs fell on bid-day and there way no way that I could get off of work. So, I was allowed to call in my bid during certain hours. (10-11, I think)

I had to be at work at 7:30 am, so I had been up since 5:30 counting down the hours until I would find out if I really belonged in either sorority.

Finally 10:00 came around and I went into the back office. I was shaking badly. I called the Universities panhellinic president and learned that the ladies of ΣΣΣ had extended me a bid along with eleven other members. Her next question was if I accepted the bid or not. DUH! Yes, I accepted the bid. Sigma was my first choice.

When it came down to it, I just felt more at home with Sigma. I felt like I really belonged there.

Our first meeting was the next day (Sunday) and I was overjoyed to be a part of something so wonderful! I would have never thought that I would have found myself in a sorority, but regardless, here I am. A proud member of Sigma Sigma Sigma.

I now hold four chairs: Awards, Social Co-chair, Violet Vibe/Communications, and Efficiency.

I will be going into my third semester in Sigma in the fall and I can't wait for it to start! Let the countdown begin.

I am super excited to see formal recruitment from the opposite side.

If you have figured out my University and the other sorority there, I hope I did not cast a negative shadow upon them. They are both great groups of girls. I am friends with numerous people in the other group.

Anyways - I hope y'all enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed typing it up. =)