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Miami’s recruitment process is such that you come back from winter break a week early. During that week you go through open house and first round. But, then you have to wait an entire WEEK to know which houses you got invited back to for second round. So, on Friday my Greek Life Guide (similar to Rho Chi) brought my list back. Though you could go back to a maximum of six houses, I was invited back to these four:
Diamond
Turquoise
Peridot
Amber
I was pretty devastated when I received my list. I had liked Diamond and Amber, but Garnet was not on my list! I had gone through recruitment assuming I would be a Garnet. I burst into tears and wanted to drop out of recruitment. My Greek Life Guide was great at consoling me, and she encouraged me to just go back to the houses, check them out and give it another shot.
I went back to the houses, and tried to be as open minded as possible. During second round, the houses either do a craft or a skit.
Diamond – the skit was a Room Raiders type skit that was pretty funny. I still really liked the girl that continued to pick me up, and the other girls I spoke with were really down to earth and friendly. I was still very bummed out about Garnet, but I really started to like Diamond. I felt that I would fit in here since the girls seemed very real and friendly.
Turquoise – I continued to increasingly dislike this house. They performed a skit, but if I describe it, it would totally give away what house it was. The skit was not funny, and the girls I kept talking to seemed disinterested and never had much to say. I kept feeling as though I had to carry the conversation along, and I was getting very frustrated. I was still upset about Garnet and going to this house was making it worse for me. I know I was being somewhat immature at the time, but I was still very upset.
Peridot – Again, I talked to the one girl I really liked, but the rest of the sorority was not feeling right for me. I was also nervous because the girl I liked was a senior, and I hadn’t met any underclassmen that seemed similar to me. The skit was okay, but nothing out of this world.
Amber – I really started to like Amber a lot more in this round. The skit was a Disney Princesses’ Musical. The girls sang and danced and were so funny. I really started to fall in love with this sorority!
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Now it was just time for me to sit around and wait to see where I was invited back to for Preference Round.
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