MaggieXi's Retro Elon Recruitment Story - Page 4

33girl · #46 06-04-2007, 05:15 PM

ha ha ha Courtney got dissed. Been waiting for that in this story.

AnatraAmore · #47 06-04-2007, 06:16 PM

Can we know who Courtney ended up getting invited back to?

MaggieXi · #48 06-04-2007, 07:38 PM

I'll tell you all about Courtney's invites in due time! There will be a part where you will giggle just a little bit!

Ocalagirl · #49 06-04-2007, 09:06 PM

OK I am soo ready for more!!

sailboatgirl · #50 06-04-2007, 10:24 PM

AARRRGGHHH!!! I want to know more, more, more!!!!

MaggieXi · #51 06-05-2007, 10:58 AM

Sorry I took so long, little issue here at the office this morning. Anyway, back to the important things like Recruitment Stories!!!

After my nap, Sarah, Traci and I got to talking about pref. and they got me to stop taking myself quite so seriously that I wasn't invited back to Down Dog and Half Moon. That I had liked Lotus a lot after second round and Shanti is a good organization, despite any stereotypes and that I should be greatful that I was invited back. So I decided to go to pref will a good attitude! The rain had finally stopped too and it was actually nice out! So I ended up wearing a black sheth dress I wore to my aunt's wedding in November with a little bolero jacket remember it was 1997!!! and black heels with the jewlery I wore to prom. Sarah did my hair again and Traci did my make-up, and I ended up taking half the make-up off that Traci put on!

Courtney eventually emerged from her room wearing her planned pref dress which was a floral print and her eyes were still puffy from crying and she really still wasn't talking to anyone.

So off we went down to the greek courts, Traci and I gave each other big hugs and she went over to Down Dog and I went to get check in with the Rho Chi at Shanti. and then Lo and behold, I watched Courtney check in at Shanti too! I couldn't freakin believe it! But then again, according to her stereotype they were know-it alls just like her!!! Courtney wouldn't even look at me and stood off with a few girls and she was telling all of them that if you are invited to pref that means that you are already on their bid list and will get a bid from that sorority one of the Rho Chis overheard Courtney and told her that that wasn't necessairly true.

I am going to describe pref as I had it written down, most likely, you will probably be able to figure out the sororities at this point

We finally go into Shanti and its very quiet and lit up with candels and all the sisters are dressed in red. April picks me up at the door and announces my arrival which I couldn't help but laugh to myself about. April and I talked for a little bit about what Shanti ment to her and how it had changed her life. We then stood in a semi circle with a big table at the end adorned with candels and other sorority stuff. There was a speeches made by different people and then they each handed us some straw which apparently is significant to Shanti. I know that it was supposed to be a big deal, but all I could think about it was that I was allergic to straw and was hoping that I didn't start sneezing uncontrollably. Then some seniors read letters about what Shanti ment to them. Lots of the sisters cried, some of the pnms cried, I teared up a little. It was nice to hear how important the sorority was to these girls. During this point I looked over at Courtney and she looked like she was a zombie. Then we were taken up to this fountain and asked to take a rose petal and make a wish before putting it in the fountain and then it was all over and April walked me out and gave me a big hug!

On my way up to Moseley for Lotus I ran into Colleen, she was on her way to Shanti and had just come out of Half Moon and was very excited. Courtney ran up to her when she heard that she had been to Half Moon and asked her how it was. That was where Courtney was going next!

I then got to Lotus and waited there. I saw one girl from my Elon 101 Class there and she said she was excited for Lotus. We then went in, this room was decorated with candels and all the sisters were in white and were singing this really pretty song. We then got in a semi circle and Ann, the girl I met during round one came up to me and started talking to me. She told me how much she loved Lotus and at first she wasn't sure if she would like it, but that she had met her best friends here and wouldn't change it for the world. Then we all had our attention to a little ceremony in the front of the room and then two seniors read letters about how much they loved Lotus and how they had been chapter founders and how proud they were to have watched the sorority grow. I started crying and Ann gave me a tissue. They then sang a song again and Ashely, the girl I had met during first round was standing next to Ann went off key and I could hear them try not to laugh. And then I realized that I wanted to be friends with these girls and I made my decision right then and there!

Once the ceremony was over we went downstairs to meet with our rho chi who handed us these sheets of paper and then the director of greek life came in and told us the inns and outs about what we were about to sign. I listed Lotus first and Shanti second. While I knew Lotus was my number one, I thought that I could fit in in Shanti too. I signed my papers quickly and met up with heather in the hall. She was surprised that I was done so quickly and wanted to make sure I didn't suicide or something. I told her that I was really happy with my decision.

Then I went back to my room and watched Pretty Woman and ordered pizza with Sarah and Karen. Traci came back really late and she looked really upset. Apparently she was one of the last people to sign her papers and was really confused about who she should put first. I never saw Courtney come in, but I am sure she probably suicided Half Moon or something like that.

I fell asleep early, happy with my decision and really thinking that I was going to get a bid from Lotus or Shanti.

OldAOPi · #52 06-05-2007, 11:24 AM

OK - red dresses, pieces of straw and rose petals? Is there a reason that sounds familiar to me?

I think I might know that one....

SmartBlondeGPhB · #53 06-05-2007, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by OldAOPi

OK - red dresses, pieces of straw and rose petals? Is there a reason that sounds familiar to me?

I think I might know that one....

Even I thought those were pretty big hints.........

OldAOPi · #54 06-05-2007, 11:38 AM

Smart Blonde - not sure if this was just a midwestern thing but if I said brown checked gingham dresses .... (this was the 70's) would that have rung a bell to you?

SmartBlondeGPhB · #55 06-05-2007, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by OldAOPi

Smart Blonde - not sure if this was just a midwestern thing but if I said brown checked gingham dresses .... (this was the 70's) would that have rung a bell to you?

Nope but I pledged in 1987. Now I probably would have guessed us with color though.

violetpretty · #56 06-05-2007, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by OldAOPi

OK - red dresses, pieces of straw and rose petals? Is there a reason that sounds familiar to me?

I think I might know that one....

I thought it was wheat?

ETA: Well we all know you definitely don't go Shanti...

susan314 · #57 06-05-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JessSigKap

I thought it was wheat?

ETA: Well we all know you definitely don't go Shanti...

Maybe she just wrote it in her notes as straw...I'm assuming it really was wheat?

I think we also have a pretty good idea of who Warrior was, considering that one of the chapters that was there when she rushed is no longer on campus.

AOIIalum · #58 06-05-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JessSigKap

I thought it was wheat?

ETA: Well we all know you definitely don't go Shanti...

I'm pretty darned confident that it was wheat, and if it wasn't, it certainly should have been!

MaggieXi · #59 06-05-2007, 01:32 PM

It was actually Wheat, but for some reason I had written down Straw. My best friend is an AOTT and she always reminds me its wheat because she had a little of it in her bouquet for her wedding.

MaggieXi · #60 06-05-2007, 02:43 PM

I'll finish up my story here so other people can get to telling theirs.

Finally bid day arrives and if you didn't get a bid, the Rho Chi's would come and knock on your door to tell you. Of course, with a whole hall of girls we would knock on other pnm's doors just to freak them out. While running around I saw Heather my Rho Chi on my hall and started to panic and almost cry immediately. She came up and gave me a big hug and then told me she wasn't there to see me, she was there to see someone else with another Rho Chi and just wanted to say hi. I was a Rho Chi my senior year and it really really sucks to tell someone that they didn't get a bid face-to-face so we sometimes took another Rho Chi for moral support for ourselves.

Happy that Heather wasn't there to see me, a bunch of us attempted to eat some lunch, which none of us were hungry for and got ready for bid day!! Jon called me while I was getting ready and started giving me a hard time. I just told him I had to go. I am really starting not to like being with him anymore.

Finally we were ready to go, a bunch of us - Courtney included, walked up to Moseley and sat in our Rho Chi groups and I was so nervous!!! There was a big speech and then the Rho Chis revealed themselves and Heather was a Lotus!!! Then they handed out the bids and made us SIT ON THEM during another speech made by the head Rho Chi and then 1-2-3 we got to open our bids!!!! And I am now a proud new member to......ALPHA XI DELTA (Lotus-- shocker I know). I ran up and gave Heather a huge hug. The girl from my Elon 101 class was also a Lotus and we were so freaking happy!!!

As for my friends:

Traci went Half Moon
Karen went Om
Colleen went Shanti
Torey went Down Dog
and Courtney went Half Moon

Sarah ended up dropping out of Elon the end of first semester of her sophmore year. She never joined a sorority, but she was still with her boyfriend. Later I heard she had become a hair stylist.

Traci and I were really good friends and roomates until our junior year when Traci became really depressed after a bad break up and bad grades. She ended up transferring to Queens College in Charlotte.

Colleen ended up marrying Shanti's sweetheart after they graduated.

Torey was roomates with one of the girls in my new member classes and I saw her a lot. Even after Freshman year, we were always friendly with each other.

Courtney became obsessed with Half Moon and became the pincale of sisterhood. You would have never known that prior to recruitment that she thought were just "regular" girls. I didn't see much of Courtney after the end of Freshman year. Of course Traci did, but never really hung out with her.

As for me, Anne who preffed me became my Rose Sister and Ashley who couldn't sing at pref became my Big. My jiunior year I became the Recruitment Chair for AZD and my senior year I was a co-head Rho Chi.

So thats my story. If you want to know exactly which sorority was which, pm me as I am afraid if I list them here I will get blasted.