Well, I'm bored, so here it goes.
It's Friday and I feel like my week has gone swimmingly! I wore a Karen Scott linen skirt that was all kinds of bright colors and a pink top. As I was walking to my group's meeting place a sister of Phi Mu and the Greek advisor were standing in the hallway. The both commented on how beautiful my skirt was. I gleefully said Thanks, and continued on. (but, after such a comment, I knew I had chosen a memorable outfit
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At this point, a lot of girls were upset with their results. One girl in my group was a far off relative of an ADPi founder and had been dropped, so she was upset. Another girl in my group told me the story of her friend who quit because she had been dropped by Chi Omega. And, a lot of girls in my group were griping about being invited back to Sigma.
I went up to my favorite Pi Chi, Amanda, who was about to hand out invitations. Of course, I am always last because my last name starting with W and I could barely contain myself waiting for my invites. I practically snatched it out of her hand as she teasingly handed it to me. I opened it and was THRILLED!!! She said that I reminded her of herself when she went through recruitment because she was also super excited.
For Skit Night, I was invited back to:
Alpha Chi Omega
Sigma Sigma Sigma
I quickly texted my sister the results before they made us give them all of our stuff. Needless to say, I was thrilled. While I was really enjoying Tri Sigma, I also recognized that Alpha Chi Omega was a great group of women and I wanted to see more of them as well.
First, I visited
Alpha Chi Omega. Their skit was about a freshman woman who rushed and was excited to be excepted in AXO. The skit was great and I was able to spend a good amount of time talking to the only African American member of an NPC org on our campus at that time. I really admired them for their diversity. We talked about rising gas prices and just random stuff. At the end of the night all the sisters got in a circle and sang a song. I could tell that all the sisters of this org were really close to each other. I could see myself happy in this org.
Last, I visited
Sigma Sigma Sigma. Of course, I was thrilled to see them again. Their skit was 80's themed and they sang all sorts of songs changing the words to fit Sigma. The first girl that rushed me didn't have much to say. She just kind of looked at. I don't think she was good at small talk. The second girl that rushed me started a conversation that I found really odd for this situation. She started talking about how people around campus and in her classes will turn up their nose at her or refuse to do group work with her when she's wearing letters because of the stereotypes surrounding greeks. I made a few comments about how she could break down those stereotypes and how many times people are intimidated by something unfamiliar with them. So, maybe they weren't being mean, they were just uninformed. I also talked about how a lot of things have that kind of social stigma around them, but that many times, such things never turn out to be true. I tried to keep good conversation, but I found it odd that she would choose to discuss that at recruitment. I wasn't sure what to do.
I finished recruitment tonight feeling a little unsure about it all. I wasn't sure how things had gone at Sigma because of the strange conversation topic. But, I realized that some girls may not know what to talk about at rush and I also realized that I wasn't going to click with every single sister, no matter what chapter I joined.
Tonight, I ranked the chapters as follows:
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Alpha Chi Omega
I went home, thrilled for the weeks ending and almost being done with recruitment. I called my sister, who, of course wanted every little detail. During her recruitment, she was dropped by her chapter of Alpha Chi Omega, so I wanted to make sure that if I joined this chapter, she would be okay. She said she had found her home in Alpha Gam and she wanted me to be happy where I went.
I went to bed.....only hoping for the best. And, realizing how lucky I was to have come this far.
Hybrid Mode
