StarGazer08's Spring '08 Recruitment thread

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by honeychile

FWIW, when I went through Recruitment, two sororities would "neglect" to tell the PNMs that their dues were for 12 months while all the rest charged for eight. Pretty sneaky, would you say?

How can dues be for a 12-month period? Don't those chapters have summer vacation? (Sorry if that's an ignorant question.)

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

How can dues be for a 12-month period? Don't those chapters have summer vacation? (Sorry if that's an ignorant question.)

Some chapters have dues that are due during the summer. I guess you slap a stamp on a check and send it to the chapter.

[StarGazer08]

Pref Party

So I got invited back to: Cookie Mintster, Cheesecake Fantasy, and Founder’s Favorite! I was so excited but at the same time really worried because had to go shopping for a new dress and I’m kind of curvy. I ended up with a pretty printed wrap dress with cute turquoise heels to much the turquoise flowers in my dress. I wore the typical tiffany’s heart necklace and pearl studs in my ears.

Cheesecake Fantasy is first- I thought I knew what to except from reading other stories on here and my mother’s account but my school apparently does things differently. The PNM’s just stood outside and were let in when the time was for the party to start. It was so nice! Their ceremony came first and seemed well rehearsed and made me truly imagine myself (if I’m lucky enough) someday as a Cheesecake Fantasy. They sang some really sweet songs and it was really nice to get to see a different side of them. On a very superficial side I really like their badge though I’m of course NOT going to make my decision based on that. They had homemade little cupcakes with our names on it in frosting dyed the Cheesecake Fantasy’s colors. How cute! I talked to the girl whose friend I studied abroad with. She’s really sweet and said she heard a lot about me from her friend. However, I’m still wondering if I like Cheesecake Fantasy as much as I do because of my mom and aunt. Even though they didn’t mention a lot about their experience in Cheesecake Fantasy I still think it would be SO cool to be sisters with them and stuff.

Founder’s Favorite- Wow! A lot of girls got invited to this party. I’m not quite sure what this means but it was interesting to go from Cheesecake Fantasy to here. I feel so bad for the girls because they apparently didn’t realize when they party was starting and as we were let in you saw some people scrambling to their spots. Also some PNM’s came in late and it amazed me how many heads (both PNM’s and sisters) went to the door when this happened. Although their ceremony didn’t seem well rehearsed they did seem to have a lot of emotion behind it and even spoke one line that stood out to me. After the ceremony was over all the PNM’s went to go get drinks (the sisters poured for us) which was cute and baked goods (cupcakes shaped like Founder’s Favorite letters AND dyed their colors among assorted brownies and cookies). Due to the large amount of PNM’s here (there was about double PNM’s to sisters) not everyone got to talk to sisters. It was sad as some PNM’s were being rude. So, I made a point to talk to the sisters. Even though I’m not quite sure where I fit in here I still like the girls as people a lot and could see myself as friends with all of them. I left here having a good experience but not wanting to be a sister. Does that make any sense?

Cookie Mintster- I was really excited to be coming back here but ended up slightly disappointed. The ceremony wasn’t anything like the others (which of course, should be expected as all sororities are different) but it didn’t seem like they put much feeling into it. All throughout the week it seemed like they have a lot of love for Cookie Mintster so I cannot fathom why the ceremony fell so flat. However, the talking afterwards was very good and reminded me again how well I fit in here. I hope the Cookie Mintsters feel the same way.

After the parties have ended we meet again in our groups and have time to rank them. I keep on going back and forth in my mind between putting Cookie Mintster and Cheesecake Fantasy first. You should have seen me, I was practically going crazy! It came down to the fact that I had to see if I really fit in well at Cheesecake Fantasy or did I just think that because I was a legacy I should go there. Also, is Cookie Mintster me or just because I share the same interests as the girls could I be a sister. If this sounds weird and stressed it’s because that’s how I felt during ranking. I was SO afraid I made the wrong choice up until the last moment. Eventually, I ranked:

1) Cookie Mintster
2) Cheesecake Fantasy
3) Founder’s Favorite


I went to sleep so scared! What if I didn't get any bids? What if something happens? What if I made the mistake? Seriously... a girl can drive herself crazy with all these questions! My mother told me her own story about when she rushed (FINALLY!) and I think it really helped. It left me understanding that I will end up where I'm meant to be. I finally calmed down enough to go to relax and go to sleep.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

How can dues be for a 12-month period? Don't those chapters have summer vacation? (Sorry if that's an ignorant question.)

Honeychile's school has (or had) trimesters instead of semesters, so that may have something to do with it.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Honeychile's school has (or had) trimesters instead of semesters, so that may have something to do with it.

Since most of the sororities are in the one dorm, and two weren't, the ones in a house would justify it by saying that "there are still expenses during the summer", which, of course, is true. It's just that it really should have been figured into the same 8-month formula as the other GLOs.

And yes, the trimester bit. Lots of times, the sororities & the fraternities with independent houses would rent out in the summer to make some extra money. Living in one of those during the summer was part of the whole experience.