I am done ranking and I feel really good about it.
First I went to the Orchid house. It was another one of the houses that I liked, but it wasn't a favorite. I still want an invite from them, though!
I talked to 4 or 5 girls. One person I talked to had done Early Fall Start like I am doing, so it was nice having someone to relate to that knows what it's like doing rush and having finals the same week.
Then I went to the Lily house. I loved it. Someone that I knew from high school was in it and I got to talk to her which was fun. A couple people I talked to were going into teaching, which was awesome because I have tutored kids before and felt like I could relate to them.
Next was the Sunflower house! I was so glad to be back here after Greek Weekend. The girls I had met remembered me and made a trip over to say hi! It felt so nice to be remembered... I mean during Greek Weekend I only stayed there for what, twenty minutes? Half an hour? We had a lot to talk about here because I talked to a lot of biology majors and pre-med people which is what I'm interested in at this point. These ladies impressed me so much again! This is a favorite house.
Then I went to the Daffodil house. I had a better experience this time around compared to Greek Weekend. I think a lot of the chapters try to match PNMs with sorority women with similar interests. So I got to talk to some science women again. It was great getting advice about classes and stuff. The women felt like people I could be friends with but I don't know. Something didn't feel right. I would not mind at all going back and getting to know the women better but at this point it doesn't feel like the house for me.
Next I went to the Forget-Me-Not house. Wow. They have a great GPA and seem to have a lot of girls in hard majors. I met one girl who was "very blond"... you know, a pretty girl that people might not think was very smart... and she was an engineering major!!!! That impressed me so much. They seem like amazing women. I also got some good academic advice from the women.
The last house before dinner was the Iris house. Now remember, I hadn't had lunch! Therefore it is amazing that I clicked with these girls on an empty stomach. We didn't talk about school but we still had tons to talk about... random things but it was fun to talk about something different at this point.
After dinner, I went to the Lavender house! I loved it. I got along great with the women. We were really different but we still had so much to talk about. I felt really really good about this house.
Last of the open houses was at the Violet house. I liked this one a lot too. I had easy conversations with everyone. Maybe it was just that the day was almost over.
Today I started ranking chapters. We ranked our top ten all as #1, then our eleventh as #2, twelfth as #3, etc. It was really easy to pick like the top five and then the rest were really hard to decide. Here's how it broke down though and I'm happy about it:
1.
Holly
Peony
Lavender
Sunflower
Iris
Lily
Violet
Carnation
Daisy
Forget-Me-Not
2. Orchid
3. Rose
4. Tulip
5. Lilac
6. Daffodil
7. Primrose
I put my #1 into two groups because it seems like there is a bit of a gap between them... and then it seems like there isn't a gap between the second part of the first group and my #2-7.
I'm so excited and nervous about invites tomorrow!
Day 2 of Open House Events!
It's sad, but you can really tell how selective the houses are by who is invited back. I feel like most of the girls that got invited back were prettier than me. I have really loved the girls I have met in this house though... I just hope they feel the same way!
Hybrid Mode
