My University of Southern California recruitment :)

[navane]

I love it when a recruitment thread has such a great ending! Congratulations!!

.....Kelly

[Blue Skies]

Aww, I'm so glad you found your home, kaeb! Fantastic!

[LucyKKG]

Congratulations!!! So excited for you!

[honeychile]

Congratulations on your SDT home, kaeb!

[barbino]

So glad that it all worked out for you and that you found your home -- and a smilie right back at you!

[kaeb]

Ok, so bid night is tonight! I've been hanging out with the sisters and having a lot of fun. one of the recent alumnae (is that the right word?) had my back yesterday in an awkward situation, so that was really cool. A bunch of us went to the game last night, too, and we won!

(I'm from Virginia, so we HAD to beat the 'Hoos)

[thetygerlily]

Aww, yay! I'm glad you are still loving it so much.

Alumnae is plural, alumna is singular. If you're bringing any men into it, alumni is the plural for alumnus.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

Aww, yay! I'm glad you are still loving it so much.

Alumnae is plural, alumna is singular. If you're bringing any men into it, alumni is the plural for alum.

Alumni is plural for alumnus

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Alumni is plural for alumnus

Or that what can I say- I never have to use that one when referring to myself

[Gusteau]

In our pledge manual there are all these pithy statements in the margins that I always imagined were yelling at me - which is good because how could I ever forget "Always alumnus, never alum!"

Congratulations Kaeb!

[NinjaPoodle]

Silent lurker here. Congratulations to you and Sigma Delta Tau!

[kaeb]

So just wanted to post a quick update, since now I'm on the other side of this whole thing. We're currently about 2/3 of the way through our spring informal recruitment, and it's so interesting being on the other side! I now want to go through and replay my informal recruitment to see what happened with this new knowledge!

While it really really really totally sucked that I did not have a good experience with formal recruitment, all in all, I'm grateful, because otherwise I would have joined Sig Delt and met all these fantastic women. I love each and every one of my sisters, and I can't wait to meet all of our new mems! I've met a lot of them, but not all of them yet. Being in Sig Delt was such a great decision for me, and I couldn't be happier. There are always girls who are down to do anything, from exploring Hollywood to an impromptu trip to Diddy Riese to watching the Social Network in the cafe to simultaneously loving/criticizing Spider-Man 2 and then watching LAPD bust up a nearby house party with a helicopter during moratorium. Everyone is so supportive and awesome and I love them all. Recruitment & the first few weeks of school & everything that goes along with that makes for a super stressful couple weeks, but I'm so glad I'm spending it with my Sig Delts.

adklfsakldfj just a lot of happiness/fulfillment here.

oh, and I'm also a chair this semester... kind of weird! Especially because I remember telling my preffer during house tours (I had her both days) that I'm the kind of girl who will do a job if no one else will, but won't usually run for a position... apparently, that's not the case!

[southbymidwest]

So glad to hear that you are happy and involved, kaeb. Thanks for the update!

[ellebud]

I am SO happy for you! You sound like you found the perfect fit. And btw, one of the hallmarks (in this old lady's opinion) of a great sorority/college experience: growing in ways that you never expected (along with the fun)!

And even though it is in Westwood: Diddy Reese rocks!

[myopicsunflower]

LOVE Diddy Riese! Well worth the schlep to Westwood!

I'm really happy for you and Sigma Delta Tau...happy that you found your perfect place and happy that Sigma Delta Tau has such a great sister in you!