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Sorry, y’all. Things have been hectic. Day 2:
Cats- First house of day 2. I came much more prepared. I packed granola bars and snacks, a full bottle of water, and a sweater. Rush felt a lot more like wilderness survival than a formal, orderly process. My throat was shot, but that didn’t stop from being excited about this house. In my opinion, they have one of the most beautiful houses on campus. I was eager to take a peek inside. Line up time came and I ended up getting picked up with my line buddy to the front. Whew. She was much more relaxed today than yesterday. The first girl we talked to was a bit awkward. Nice, but awkward. Same thing with girl number 2. I had a nice chat with both, but you could tell the girls were a bit shy. I left feeling very neutral about them.
Black Bears- I didn’t know how to feel going into this one. I have 3 very close friends who all pledged here and lived in my dorm last year. I had already seen inside and had attended one of their events. I tried to be very neutral going in and not let the fact that I had friends here sway me. While waiting in line my line buddy to the back kept grilling me about reputations. Because I was a sophomore I was like a God of Sacred Knowledge and Things. It was getting annoying. I had fair/good opinions on almost all sororities on campus, which apparently wasn’t good enough for Tweedle Dee’s Chuck Norris’s twin. I was thus suspected of hiding information. Urgh. I was picked up again with my front line buddy. By now we knew all about each other pretty well, and started introducing the other to our rushers and talking for the other when we knew the questions. It was pretty funny as well as relaxing for both of us, especially as we started getting tired. The conversation was good, but not special. I left thinking about how this was my friends’ sorority, without really being able to picture me there as well.
Cardinals- The Cardinals were a local sorority on campus and didn’t have a house. I’m pretty sure they had Jewish values, too. I went to a classroom for their presentation and enjoyed simply sitting and listening instead of destroying my voice further. Their presentation was cute and the girls were nice, but I wasn’t feelin’ it. I wanted to be a part of something bigger, and the Cardinals were just starting out. In order to pledge them you had to drop out of recruitment, which I didn’t want to do. So, when I left the meeting, I knew already that the Cardinals were out.
Horses- Horses also had one of the prettiest houses on campus. Side note: I love houses. And looking inside on them. Does that make me weird? I got called in solo, which was a nice change. I totally wasn’t expecting a spark from this house, but boy, was I wrong! I talked on and on with my rusher about the joys and troubles of apartment life, and with 3 boys no less. She also lived off campus and shared stories of her own. I felt such a good connection with her and felt like I had a genuine conversation. I was so reluctant to leave, and I felt that she felt the same way. Horses quickly jumped to the top of my favorite list.
Alaskan Malamutes- By the last house I desperately needed to pee and felt extremely tired. I wasn’t so excited to go here anyway. I would give it a shot, but this was the only house in which I had already formed a negative opinion of. I knew they were in quite a bit of trouble last year for things that definitely don’t agree with my values. Of course, most girls were dying to get in. Hype for this house reached a head when a story circulated that a girl in the walking group ahead of us demanded a make-up break before going here because “Malamutes are like, the pretty house.” I couldn’t believe the ridiculousness. Either way when I walked in I was practically doing the pee-pee dance and had to ask to use the restroom. My rusher was very nice about it and laughed it off after. She switched soon after that and I got switched to another girl. We ended up talking about Teen Mom the entire time- I filled her in because she was too busy to watch. No questions about me. Just what happened on Teen Mom. I was fine with that. At least there was something to talk about. I knew I wouldn’t get invited back before I even stepped inside. It just wasn’t a sisterhood I wanted to be in.
When it came time to rank the decision was pretty clear. Cardinals could not be ranked and you ranked seven 1s and one 2 and one 3.
My top and bottom were pretty clear:
1 Horses
1 Ducks
1 Black Bears
Then came a jumbled middle of the pack with everyone else tied
Then 2 Nutria
And 3 Malamutes
I left that night exhausted yet pumped for philanthropy day and the game.
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