another spring 2008 live recruitment thread!

[EskimoGirl]

i wrote this last night, but it wouldn't let me post it for some reason:

today was philanthropy round. we found out last night which houses we were going back to for this round. when i got my schedule, i immediately scanned for mulan and cinderella, and was in shock when i realized the cinderella was not on my list. i seriously LOVED this house and every single girl in it i spoke with. i could not figure out what had happened and why they had cut me. it really hurt that they did not want me to be their sister. but, after venting with my friend, who was also cut from one of her top choices, i decided to be happy that i still had mulan, which i loved just as much as cinderella, and a full schedule. the other houses i visited for philanthropy round were snow white, pocahontas, and ariel.

PHILANTHROPY ROUND
snow white- the first girl who met me at the door here today wasn't very interesting. she took me on a quick tour of the house and was friendly and everything, but she didn't really make me want to be a part of snow white. i also had a hard time keeping the conversation going with the second girl i spoke with while we did the craft. BUT, i absolutely loved talking to the last girl i met today. and i also got to say hi to another snow white i had met on the first night and really really liked as well. however, i still left knowing that although i enjoyed myself at snow white in the end, there were two houses i wanted more, and so i would not be ranking snow white as a top choice.

ariel- every single girl i talked to in ariel was so sweet and really fun to talk to. i had such an easy time carrying on conversations with these girls about really random things. i had a really fun time here today, and the hour went by pretty quickly. now that i'm typing this i realize that i probably should have ranked ariel higher on my list than snow white, but i feel like as hard as i try to keep an open mind, the sorority's reputations are still having some influence on my decision making.

pocahontas- i found out that my twin sister accepted a bid from pocahontas at her school last night! so that definitely made me a little more interested in considering pocahontas at my school, because i think it would be really cute if we ended up in the same sorority. i had always liked the pocahontas girls. they all seem really outgoing and fun and easy to talk to. i did, however, not recognize a girl i had met during open house round and really liked today, and i think she may have been offended. i really hope that doesn't mess my chances up at pocahontas. i really really want to return for pref night!

mulan- i cannot say this enough: I LOVE THIS HOUSE! every single girl i talked to in mulan today was so sweet to me. they all told me that they had heard so much about me from my friend, and that they were really glad to meet me. all if of them seemed so interested in making sure i was happy and felt welcome. i want these girls to be my sisters so badly. i'm a little worried because during one of my conversations with two of the girls, my twin came up, and they asked what sorority she was in at her school, and then later they asked what houses i had seen today, so i really hope they don't cute me because they think i'll end up joining the same sorority as my sister. i REALLY want to be in mulan. i hope that came across, and i really hope to return her for pref round. i would be absolutely crushed if they cut me.

we then went to post office to rank our houses. when i got there, i was still a little nervous about the whole situation with mulan and pocahontas. but the girl i spoke to on panhel says that really shouldn't affect anything and not to worry about it. i ranked my houses:

1.mulan
1.pocahontas
2.snow white
3.ariel

tomorrow we have a break from rushing. and wednesday is pref round. i am such a mix of excitement and nerves right now.