Three Really Fabulous UGA Stories All At Once

[aephi alum]

Same here. Come back dgdramadawg!

(And I'm hoping Patty ends up with Nancy. But only because that's my name. (Nancy, not Patty.) )

[dgdramadawg]

I'm back! My workplace considers GC to be pornography (I think I've posted that before), so I couldn't post at all today. I appreciate the funny comments that occurred in my absence, though!

I agree with all of you who have commented that it's neat to see how different girls viewed the different houses. It was especially interesting for me to hear their updates because they were SO honest about what they thought and yet often grouped chapters together that I would never have thought of as similar in my own years at UGA. I think they all reminded me that "tiers" only exist in the minds of those who already know they are there; PNMs who don't know anything about the "tiers" don't really perceive those divisions between groups. It's about the girls you meet, not about what you "heard" about the house and which houses you heard are similar to it.

Alright, onto prefs. I'm doing these by girl because there is only one overlap (Sally/Lucy both going to Lupita).

Sally's Prefs:
ESTEBAN
Sally found herself tearing up at this ceremony. She really saw the sisterhood and the connection between the girls. She wanted to be part of Esteban by the time she left the house.

LUPITA
Sally thought the ceremony was nice and the girls were nice, but she just didn't feel very connected to the girls. However, as she put it, if she had to choose a house based on the house itself, this would be it!

DEAN
Sally found herself tearing up at this ceremony! She felt the same show of sisterhood that she saw at Esteban and could see herself as part of Dean. As part of the pref ceremony, she was reminded that becoming part of a sorority was not just on campus at her school, but forever and more far-reaching than that.

Sally's Decision:
Sally had a really, really tough time ranking the houses on her card. She felt a strong pull toward both Esteban and Dean during their pref ceremonies, but couldn't figure out which should be first and which second. She reflected on what the Deans had said about the sisterhood reaching further than just UGA and thought of the other Greeks in her life: she has several friends who are Estebans at other schools and also had an alumna connection to Dean. She finally made her rankings based on thinking about which of those connections was strongest.
1. Esteban
2. Dean
3. Lupita

[dgdramadawg]

Patty's Prefs:
NANCY
Every moment of Nancy's pref ceremony was just further proof for Patty that Nancy was her absolute #1 house. She felt very comfortable and connected with the sisters and could not wait to be part of their sisterhood.

DOUG
Patty enjoyed Doug's pref ceremony, and she felt comfortable chatting and joking around there, but she just didn't feel the same connection as she did to Nancy. She would be happy here, but not on the same level as if she chose Nancy.

CELIA
Patty said Celia's pref ceremony was nice and the girls were sweet and looked beautiful. However, she spent the ceremony reflecting on it and just knew she would not ever feel as comfortable here as with Nancy or Doug. She promised herself in the beginning that she would not join a house where she didn't feel at home, and she just wasn't certain about Celia.

Patty's Decision:
Patty commented that she wondered whether she should have ranked Dean above Celia, since she might have felt comfortable putting Dean on her preference card if she had given them another chance. However, she just didn't feel comfortable with ranking Celia at all since she wasn't certain about the house. When she told me that she hadn't ranked Celia, I almost couldn't believe it... I mean, there are girls who would KILL to be Celias at UGA! She followed her heart, though, and ranked them:
1. Nancy
2. Doug

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Lucy's Prefs:
VANEETA
Lucy loved the ceremony at Vaneeta. The girls were so sweet and welcoming and she couldn't believe it had taken her until round 3 to see them as a favorite because she really felt they were perfect for her at this point!

ANDY
Lucy enjoyed the ceremony here and loved the girls. Because of this house's membership, though, she knew that joining this house would instantly define her by one aspect of herself and she wasn't sure that she was comfortable with that. She felt very conflicted about whether Andy would be the right choice.

LUPITA
Lucy enjoyed the ceremony and thought the girls were nice. She just didn't feel any sort of emotional pull to be part of their sisterhood.

Lucy's Decision:
At Vaneeta and Andy, Lucy felt different pulls to be part of their sisterhood, but she felt a stronger pull toward Vaneeta, so that made the rankings pretty easy. She did not feel a pull toward Lupita, but she still ranked them because she didn't DISLIKE the chapter, and she knew that they were good girls and wouldn't mind being known as one of them.
1. Vaneeta
2. Andy
3. Lupita