Very impressive, Susan! I will go ahead and tell you that you are right about Offaly and Donna MILLER, aka Donna Mills! (And no need to edit, you're just very intuitive!)
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Back to the story...
Next day, back to the classroom. A lot of girls are already there and are talking about who they like and dislike. I notice that Pam and Joelle didn’t even go back to
Tipperary after they were saying it was the best chapter! Big lesson for me – stop listening to them!!! Pam and Joelle are stuck on
Kildare,
Waterford, and
Kerry. I wonder if they are really going back there or if they are just trying to impress everybody. Legacy girl is still harping about
Cork. I am glad for her, but she is getting annoying. Especially because she is kind of a homely girl and I wonder if they like her as much as she likes them! Melissa likes
Galway and
Kilkenny, and Kim likes
Galway and
Clare. I am beginning to see that we are not all impressed by the same things. I am learning a lot – quickly. Kim and Melissa both hated
Waterford, which was one of my favorites.
The Rho Chis pass out the lists of invitations. They warn that we probably won’t get anywhere near as many invites as last stage and we shouldn’t be surprised. We can choose up to 5. My paper lists:
Dublin
Kilkenny
Limerick
Waterford
Wexford
Whoa – hold the phone.
Wexford? I cut them after first stage. No offense, but maybe the whole paper is wrong! I ask a Rho Chi, who explains that a chapter can invite you back even if you have cut them – it just means that they really, really like you. (I was an idiot and accepted this explanation.)
A lot of girls are crying about their lists. Pam and Joelle are triumphantly circling theirs. They must have gotten all of the chapters they wanted. I sit down and circle all 5.
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I see Jenn and Shar back at the dorm. They ask how it has been going. I explain who I have left and they both are excited about my list. They tell me I have some really good chapters left. That makes me feel really good since they are sophomores and know the chapters and reputations better than I do. Jenn likes
Clare,
Kilkenny, and
Offaly. This makes me feel like a loser because
Offaly cut me after first stage! Jenn said she had a good rec for
Offaly so she feels pretty confident that she could go there if she decides that's what she wants. Shar likes
Kerry and
Leitrim. Again –
Leitrim is a chapter that cut me first stage, and
Kerry just dropped me. I wonder if I am not doing as well as I think I am. They advise me that 3 of my remaining chapters are really good and for the other 2 parties I should attend and “work on my game.” In other words, get a feel for the round and relax before the “good” chapters’ parties. Since they are sophomores, I figure this is sound advice. (I can't remember if we were required to go back to all 5 parties or not.)
Erin, my neighbor, is considering dropping out. She said that the chapters she liked had all cut her and she didn't have a full schedule for third stage. I don’t know what to say. Some of the chapters she still has on her schedule are ones that I liked. Erin is upset because after first stage she had like 14 invitations and now she has fewer than 5. It seems that a lot of chapters invite rushees back even though they don't want us, and because we aren't mind readers, we go back, eliminating chapters that were better fits. It seems that all of the "top" chapters have done this to Erin and I don't know what to say. She is convinced that she did something wrong at the second stage parties since the strong chapters all dropped her at the same time.
I haven’t seen the girls from across the hall, Laura and Anne. I wonder if they are still rushing?
Missy from our floor has been cut by
Cork and dropped out. She doesn’t even remember who asked her back (or at least she won't say.) As soon as she saw that
Cork cut her, she dropped. I guess she must have known a lot about them before she came here, because I can’t imagine being that dead-set after 2 parties. She's sort of strange anyway and whines a lot. To be honest, I'm glad to not have to hear her play-by-play anymore.
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The chapters eliminated this stage for me were:
Alpha Delta Pi
Delta Delta Delta
Sigma Kappa
Phi Mu
Happy guessing!
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