A recruitment story with a bittersweet ending.

[lovespink88]

Can't wait to hear it! I would root for pink, cause it's my favorite color, but by the way you're talking I have a feeling it doesn't end well with them...So go green!!!

[alexa6789]

The first night was house tours. We would visit all five houses and then at the end of the night, rank the houses and drop our least favorite.

Pink: My first party. I was picked up by a very nice girl at the door, who I had a lot in common with. I assume this was because this sorority is very big on matching girls to PNMs according to the info they filled out on the applications. I loved meeting all the girls and I kenw that this was the house for me. I left that first party irritated that I had to go to four more houses that night, because I already knew Pink was the one for me.

Purple: I felt uncomfortable at purple. They were a newer sorority on campus and I kept getting passed on to different actives while there at the first party, which resulted in me having to answer "what's your major" like four times. The house which they were in, which was the biggest and most beautiful had only been giving to them because another greek organization had to leave campus. It was their first formal recruitment in the house. I felt a lack of tradition there.

Green: Green was the smallest house on campus. The girls were nice and the theme they had for the first night was cute but I was unimpressed by the fact that they lacked a house mom and cook, which meant no chapter dinners and all meetings would be held in the living room for lack of space elsewhere. The girls seemed to agree with everything I said which was quite annoying. It was almost like they were trained to do so.
Red: I liked the girls at this house a lot. This was the first sorority on campus and had a lot of history at the school. It was also great nationally. I wanted to like this house but I still felt disconnected at Red. I felt like the conversation wasn't quite there. I could have tried harder at this house if I didn't have my mind set on Pink.

Blue: I was so tired by the time I got to blue that it was kind of a blur. The girl that picked me up at the door was very nice and peppy and easy to talk to. It wasn't the awkward conversation that I had experienced at other houses. I loved the house, and it was the most beautiful inside. She told me about the great traditions they have at Blue, and I was intrigued by that. I liked this house, but I had heard bad things about it from all the other PNMs that I was rushing with. They had told me that this house wasn't well liked and all they did was study. Studying was important to me but I wanted to join a sorority to make friends and be social, so maybe Blue wasnt the house for me.

At the end of the night I ranked them:

1.Pink
2.Red
3.Blue
4.Green
5.Purple

I dropped Purple that night, but in retrospect I wished I had dropped Green. I guess it didnt matter at that point though because I definitely knew I didnt want to be at either of those houses.

The next night was Philanthropy night..check back for more : )