Rush!!! Day 1
So today was my first glimpse into sorority life. I started to get ready at 4:40 and left at 5:30 to go to "Building" for my Rush Orientation. I didn't really know what we would do or how long it would take. As I left I saw all these girls really dressed up and I was just in shorts and a t-shirt. As I got outside, I saw a great migration of girls just walking in the same direction. I knew I was going the right way.
None of my friends decided to do Formal Rush this year. One is thinking about Informal or just waiting until next year. It seemed that all the girls were walking in groups. I knew I should have talked to the girls on my floor! I saw them getting ready, but they already made their clique. As I walked a girl asked me if I was going to the rush thing. She was by herself too so we started talking. She is really nice. She is a transfer student. When we got there we were split up by our last names so I didn't think I'd see her again. I walked up the steps thinking these are my first steps to Greek life. I stepped in and saw two rows of girls holding papers of names and numbers. One girl waved me over and I gave her my name. I was in group "#". I started towards the auditorium when a girl handed me a flyer and raffle ticket. They were raffling off a "cool item." I saw a girl who was in a row by herself so I sat down and started talking to her. She wasn't really peppy and didn't seem like she wanted to be there. So I texted. Another girl came and joined us. She was more entertaining than the first, but she kept ending the discussion. Luckily the presentation was starting.
I could tell right away that the Blank store was endorsing a bit of this year’s rush. They played a commercial about cheerleaders for "1 thing" saying "Other thing" was number one. Then two girls gave a presentation about the "Other thing." It was lame. Then they gave out the "cool item." 1-2-2....damn! Oh well, 3 numbers later a girl walks up not looking that excited to get her prize. Next others girls talked about basically nothing. Finally someone interesting came up on the stage.
A lady came up and started talking to us about the whole rush process and what we’d feel and what we had to consider. She stressed the 3 C’s: choice, community, and change. She was a pretty good speaker. She said there were 3 types of people who rush: the prisoners, the vacationers, and the explorers. She said if we got a math problem right the prisoners could leave…1000+1000+20+1000+40+1000+30+1000+10=6000. Wrong. 5100. The prisoners were still stuck. The speech ended.
They called each group out one by one. I got up at # and headed outside. That’s when the rain started! Our group started running to the Subject building, but other groups were running, too. Half of my group got lost, so we were late to the meeting. Another Gamma Chi found us and told us where to go. When we got there, we realized that our group had like 60 girls in it. They went through basically everything. We got a bag full of goodies including a rape whistle flashlight with a built in compass. At the end we even got an umbrella which helped with the rain. We went through the PNM book which was helpful. They made us write a note card with 8 things on it. Then we were told to make 50 more when we got home. I didn’t even have note cards! We got our recruitment numbers and left with people from the same dorms. I got home at like 11. I packed my bag ready for tomorrow’s rush and went to bed!
*Disclaimer* Anything with "---" has been changed to keep my identity a secret.
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