A little disappointed

[Kansas City]

Don't worry Parfait. Get to know the chapters and let them get to know you. They will see your enthuaism and will take note of your roommate's lack of such. The chapter's know that you are two seperate people. I'm certain you will have a very positive experience once you actually get a full weekend on campus and get to know people outside of your residence hall and classes. Recruitment is the best way to meet new people and get involved in the university community and it all starts with your Gamma Chi group. Thoes ladies will be going through the same thing you are at the same time and will have many of the same fears, excitements and disapointments no matter the outcome of recruitment. Your roommate, especially if you were randomly placed, obviously will not have the same feelings towards activities as you so it's time to seek out others that have similar likes and dislikes. Good luck in finding your home. I hopeto hear how things turn out for you. ; )

[Parfait]

Thank you, the replies have all been great. =)

Unfortunately I'm quite ill right now so my social life has been put on hold. I was really looking forward to the game yesterday but was just too sick. It does worry me a bit for grades, although I went to the campus health center and got a note saying I was sicker than a dog and was told I'm allowed back to class until Tuesday at the earliest. I called my doctor's office at home who basically said the same thing. Thankfully it's a three day weekend so I'm missing just one day of each class.
Hopefully I'll recover by the time recruitment starts.

My roommate and I are VERY different people, I disagree with a lot that she says, but we keep it civil. In her opinion sororities would take her in a heartbeat but she wants nothing to do with such stuck-up people, which is kind of odd. :S I dunno, she brings it up in the middle of a conversation about something completely different. She's a bit stalker-ish and an odd duck, but overall she's nice.

[KDMafia]

Originally Posted by Parfait

In her opinion sororities would take her in a heartbeat but she wants nothing to do with such stuck-up people, which is kind of odd. :S .

I remember when my freshman year roommate decided to rush after talking to her sister. My roommate had the same view of being "stuck-up" etc of sorority women. Her sister was older and in Sigma Kappa. I remember one night her talking to her sister and she was telling her sister about how she would never rush, blah blah blah, and her sister said "so you think you're too good for a sorority?" and my roommate's response was "No, you guys think you're too good for the rest of us." And her sister responded, You're the one judging 50 girls without getting to know them" . My roommate tossed that around in her head and eventually decided to go through recruitment.

I always think about that when I hear freshman girls repeating the "stuck-up" line or girls that get cut from a top house and drop out because sorority girls are "petty." Judgement goes both ways, but at least the sorority women are willing to get to know any girl who's interested. Can't say the same about some PNMs.