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Hello All!
Sorry, in the midst of starting school I haven’t had the change to check this thing in a while. First off, I was a little taken aback when I hear that someone could think that I was a part of spreading a rumor to make my school seem “elite”. That could not be farther from the truth! The main reason that I voice my concerns or thoughts on this forum is that I know that I am speaking to knowledgeable people that could perhaps spread some of that on to me. As I have said before, I know nothing about this experience. Am I sad that it didn’t work out for me? Of course! But, as always I know that everything happens for a reason, and I have faith that perhaps informal is better for me.
When I voice these “rumors” as many have referred to them to, it is because I had trusted adults and friends from my life come to me with this information. Of course, some of them might be coming from a hard place, but it is out there…and I wanted people to know every side of this experience. People leave recruitment sometimes very hurt. This I have learned for sure. Many women even from this forum have pm-ed me about their experience. Some of them too made their choice to drop out; some of them had the decision made for them. And I guess that is the part that I wasn’t prepared for. The many women that by round two had been eliminated from the process. It just seems sad to me.
I guess perhaps the only thing left that I question is how on day one (where there was, I think we all can agree – more than the usual amount of women there) we were all guaranteed that if we maximized our options, there was room in at least one house for us. Yes, we were told it might be cramped – but we were told it was going to be there. Now, bid day passes us by with pledge classes ending up at around the same numbers as last year - if we were informed that there was housing for all of us , why are only a few (as in, the normal amount) doing informal? When apparently there are empty beds in these houses that were planned to be filled? And sorry if I sound bitter or angry…honestly I am not. Especially me, who made the choice to drop, I just got…mad I suppose, when I got phone calls from friends after they got THE phone call the morning of bid day in tears.
Oh, and as far as that “informal” bit that I talked about last time…you were right, it wasn’t informal. I guess that I actually made some sincere friends over the course of this whole thing, and we had a great week…even though I wasn’t officially in their newest pledge class…
Thank you all for listening…and for my girls at UW who have pm-ed me – whoever you all really are – I wish you all the best! I hope you all – greek or not – are enjoying your first week of the school year!!!
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