Round 2 of formal recruitment was veeery long. Each group of PNM's attended five 45 minute parties. I'll be calling the sororities
Ariel,
Belle,
Cinderella,
Pocahontas, and
Aurora.
My group visited
Aurora first. I was pretty taken aback by the whole singing and chanting as soon as we walked in the door, I really wasn't expecting it considering how low key round robin had been the night before. My conversation with the girl that walked me in seemed a little forced and awkward to me. After doing their activity, I really was not feeling like I fit in with this group. They just didn't seem very close, and I was definitely sensing some of their bitchiness towards each other. I started to worry that it might just be me, and that the whole process would feel this way.
Next, we went to
Cinderella. They had a really cute theme, and their activity was actually fun. I felt like I really loosened up here. I didn't have anything really in common with the girl that escorted me in, but there weren't too many awkward lulls in the conversation. I was introduced to several other girls that I got along with, and could see myself being friends with. Visiting this chapter really put me at ease and I was happy to feel a connection with them. I realllly wanted to be invited back to these girls!
For our third party, we visited
Pocahontas. This is a new chapter colonizing on our campus. Girls from other chapters were there to talk to us about what it meant to become a colony member, and the benefits that it would bring. I was impressed with how close they seemed, but was kinda turned off by how little they knew, and wanted to know, about us. Some of the girls I talked to didn't even know where in the state they were. I believe that they were just trying to get their name out there, and were not actively recruiting. On the bright side, they had yummy snacks
Next, we went to
Belle. I loved these girls!! They were so energetic and welcoming. They seemed to be genuinely having fun talking to all of us, and hanging out with each other. I really liked how connected they seemed to be. Their theme was sooo adorable!
My last party was at
Ariel. I know I've been saying this for all the groups, but their theme was so cute! They clearly spent a lot of time preparing. I got along well with the first girl that I was introduced to, and even met another girl from my hometown. Even though most of them were nice girls, they definitely seemed awkward. Something just didn't click.
At the end of the night, I ranked the sororities like this:
Belle
Cinderella
Aurora
Ariel
Belle and
Cinderella were definitely my favorites. I ranked
Aurora above
Ariel because they were many of the girls I spoke to's first choice. I know listening to "tent talk" is never good, but I figured I wanted to see what all of these girls had seen!
At this point, I felt no connection to either group.
We didn't rank
Pocahontas because they were dropping out of recruitment after this round, and we were told that they would be back in a few weeks to officially colonize. After a long night, I was really tired but excited for the rest of recruitment!
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