Did you get your first choice?

[AOII_LB93]

Well, back in the day, when it was called rush and not recruitment, I went into fall rush really liking AOII a lot, they were super nice to me before rush(no dirty rushing, they were just really sweet, and not fake) and the other houses on campus were just out and out rude. I even heard one girl say on the first day of school (from another chapter on campus) that she never wears letters to school because she didn't want her professors to get preconceived notions about her. At the time, I thought that was bogus, and I still do...but I digress.

Anyhow, during rush I went in with an open mind and all the other houses wowed me a lot. I really liked two in particular. When pref came around I flipped a coin to see who I was going to pref, house A, house B, or AOII. AOII was naturally on the list, so it was basically between A and B. B won the toss, and I went to their pref 1st. The whole time I was there I felt like I wanted to be in that house. I went to AOII and really wanted to be back at house B because they were more like me (blonde, lots of ex-cheerleaders, etc). So I put house B in my #1 spot and AOII in my #2 spot.

Bid day: I was nervous, but I picked up my bid, and at first I was really bummed, I wanted so much to be in the other house, but after reflecting on how their members treated me prior to rush I realized that they were just kissing my *** because it was rush. I went to bid day, and made the most of my four years. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be in the other house. I know now that I did not belong there at all and that AOII is the best place for me. I am now an adviser for my chapter, and realized that I am an AOII forever. I could never be anywhere else.