Retro Recruitment:: a brutally honest story

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A FULL SCHEDULE!!!!!

Serena
Ryan
Seth
Marrissa

WHY WAS SERENA AND RYAN KEEPING ME?!?! I was so stoked! a 50% chance to end up in an amazing home. That stat made me so happy! SERENA!!!! YAY!!!! I could not wait to step through that dark, cozy house and meet more girls! what sophomore gets a great full schedule??? a lot of the freshman did not even have full schedules!

Reactions to houses that I got cut from:

Blair Waldorf- not too suprised. Cool house. Would have been proud to rep their letters. But was not crying over it. Afterall, I was going through as a sophomore. It's understandable.

Jenny- WHAT???? I wasn't really sad or anything. Just a little suprised, I just thought I made a good impression and I know my floormate was routing for me. Rumor has it that this house usually only takes freshman... well thats what I choose to believe . ha.

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I laid out my dress for recruitment.

Makeup...... check
Purse...... check
Heels...... check
Dress...... check

Sleeping sucked. In my head I thought:

What if that political conversation really messed me up at a chance at Serena?

I loved Jessie, but does she like me or is she faking it?

What if I have bags under my eyes since I am lying awake thinking about this.

I finally fell asleep and work up before my alarm even sounded. While I got ready I thought:

Should I prepare some questions to talk about? Should I have topics to talk about?

What should I talk about?

I literally have exhaused every good topic with Serena. The girls really knew a lot about me. I decided not to think of any topics or questions. If it was meant to be, then the conversation would flow.

I headed out the door and suddenly thought "DUDE WHAT IF SERENA'S NOT EVEN ON MY PREF LIST?!?!?!"

I was scarred to death.

I walked to our meeting place with so many twists in my stomach.

The Group Leaders were being so slow. They knew that a lot of girls were going to drop because their tops might not be on the list. They told us that if they saw us open the pieces of paper they were going to give us with our schedules, that they would take it away. They made a speech that basically told us NOT to talk to each other, this was supposed to be our own personal decision, they said to go to the houses no matter what and give them an equal chance FINALLY she passed out the pieces of paper.

I walked away from the group as instructed. My hand was holding my future. I KNEW if Ryan and Serena were on there, I would HAPPILY be in either organization. I did not walk to my normal 'lucky spot'. I just took deep breaths and then stared at the folded piece of paper.

I opened it and.....






























































































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So I was going to write this tonight, but after reading your comments, I couldnt keep you in suspense that long!

I breathed in deep, I needed serena to be on there. I did not know how I had opened up my heart so much in just 4 days. Those girls were seriousily like my sisters. I thought in my head "ok, just open and go!!!"

I op




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I opened up my schedule and:

Serena
Marissa

Reactions
Ryan: you all saw it coming. I actually was cluelss at the time it happened. I wasnt stressed out about it at all though. I mean, I came to the realization that I was trying to be someone that I wasn't and just felt like I always had to look prestine. I mean, whats a sister if you cant watch gossip girl/the oc in your pajama's with them? [FAST FORWARD: you guys were right. I made a few friends at ryan post-recruitment. they told me that a few girls really fought for me, but ultimately the girl who was talking to me thought it was tacky to talk about another sorority. how was I to know? I thought I was supposed to talk to them as friends. another LEARNING EXPERIENCE/TIP: you are supposed to be their friend. Afterall, they want to be friends with their sisters, but the reality of the situation is that you have only known them for 20-30 min. They have to work hard to make you like them, that you need to output the same energy. For example, if she talked about seth negatively, I would have thought that she-- and the rest of her sorority-- was a (insert b word).]

Seth: Thank the lord oh might! free at last!

Serena: My heart jumped out of place when I saw them on the list

Marissa: It really made me fell so wierd that they were on my list. I was told that I if you only had one recruitment party that day, and you have completed all the events, then youwere garanteed a bid to the sorority on your schedule. I was hoping that Serena would be the only one (or Serena and Ryan), but now I have to suffer through another sleepless night???? lame. And how am I supposed to make myself look uninterested when I already tried?

I walked to my first party, Serena...

[ASTalumna06]

We just waited forever for that update, and now you're making us wait some more?! ahhhh!

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

We just waited forever for that update, and now you're making us wait some more?! ahhhh!

Yeah, but at least she finally told us which pref parties she was going to. Pretty sure we would've had a few heart attacks around here if she didn't at least tell that part!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Yeah, but at least she finally told us which pref parties she was going to. Pretty sure we would've had a few heart attacks around here if she didn't at least tell that part!

True true. I just get so impatient with these things!

I need to stop procrastinating and actually do some work