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Round 3: Sisterhood
I sent an early morning text because I thought this round might be brutal. I was worried about her getting cut by her favorites, so I tried to hype her up a bit.
This email with her invite list hit a little different. By now, after speaking to various girls, she realized how fortunate she was to have a full invite list back! 6 houses wanted her to return and now she was definitely in a more positive mindset than the last time she had a full party list. Mainly she was just happy to see February and June still on her invite list. She saw that May had cut her but she had prepared herself for that. She was surprised that July hadn't asked her back but she really wasn't bothered as there wasn't anything memorable about them. September also didn't ask her back but the feeling was mutual. She only figured out that the "stick up the butt girls" didn't ask her back because November was still on her party list and she had rated them dead last.
Her Sisterhood round was a FULL day in order:
June
August
February
October
November
December
She was happy to see November and December at the end of the day because she said the day before it was hard to maintain high energy from the first to the last party. (Imagine how the actives feel after having to be on for 12 parties!)
Since the next round was pref and the PNMs go from 6 to 2 houses, I told her it was crucial to let the houses know that she liked them (looking at you February, June, and October) and to start thinking about how she specifically wants to rank the bottom 4 as there was a strong chance that one (or both) might be the ones she has to pref. She said if February wasn't on there she might cry. I also advised her to start paying attention to the girls outside the parties--because some of them could be potentially preffing these houses as well the following day.
June--had a great conversation, quite a few girls "dropped in to say hi or tell her how cute her dress looked" She liked that the girl she was talking to made a point to introduce her to another active that was from her home state and actually lived in a neighboring city from where we used to live (we have been all over the state due to my husband's job). She liked that they seemed to make an effort to make her feel like she would fit in there. They also had another dance party exit and she said the girl she spoke with took a polaroid with her to put on their sister wall.
August--while she originally had some positive bias because of the reputation from home, she definitely realized this was not as strong a house on LSU's campus. While she said the conversation was easy and natural and she wouldn't be upset to be there, it definitely wasn't moving into the top 2.
February--sisterhood only pushed this house further ahead. The conversations were natural, she loved how easy going the girls were. It just felt right. Clearly the frontrunner.
October--every visit with this house made her like them more and more. She said when she walked in, she saw one of the girls she had spoken with during philanthropy and the girl's face lit up. She really liked them. She said they were a strong number 3 and if they ended up in her pref round, she wouldn't be upset and she could see herself being happy in this house. I think she spoke with VP of membership at this house but honestly it could have been a different officer.
November--she felt bad but this was not her house. She met a lot of girls that held offices here and she couldn't remember all of the offices.The girls were nice, but it just wasn't for her. She said if this ended up being her only house she would probably drop and take her chances with COB because she could see herself in just about every other house.
December--this house moved up after sisterhood round and she was feeling better about it. Clearly not a strong enough impression though because she had nothing specific to say other than she spoke with some other VP or President--I can't remember honestly.
Going into her Pref selection, she ranked
February, June as her top choices
then in order
October
December
August
November
She said really December and August both hit about the same but apparently December had a better reputation from what she could tell so she put them higher. (Not sure where she is getting her info other than other PNMs)
This was by far about the most stressful night waiting to see who would invite her back to pref.
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