Since it's a little slow... my recruitment story!

[SWTXBelle]

Yea for a Triad story!

[quickredfox]

I think I know your school, but can I have the code too please??

[kchaptergphib]

Oh, fantastic story! Such drama, such detail! I had a Funshine bear growing up I, too, need to know the school and the code. I thought about googling, because without a Gamma Phi, I knew it wasn't a lot of "northern schools," and deferred recruitment should have narrowed it down, but I still don't know... I'm thinking New England somewhere... so add me to the PM list, please!

[tld221]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

now i want to see what happens! i wanna know which org has your "back" in the end.

::still rooting for Funshine::

[LucyKKG]

Awww! How awful! Well, pref sounded nice but ommmg poor you!

[FSUZeta]

thank goodness you had an xray and what good friends kristen and mackenzie were. i am on pins and needles waiting to hear more.

[baci]

this is a wonderful recap...truly enjoying it.

[spirited*pnm]

Just a note: I am planning on changing my username after I finish this thread (I just wanted my name for this to fit the theme/I want my new name to be something related to my chapter!).

So at my school we have to wait all day until the evening to go pick up our bids. Kristen had ended up suiciding Laugh-a-Lot, and I was praying and hoping that Funshine would be on my bid card. Funshine was definitely my favorite by a significant amount; I would be extremely disappointed if Funshine didn’t extend a bid, but I also felt it would be OK if I got Wish, or Laugh-a-Lot, but I wasn’t sure if I’d be as thrilled or excited about it.
In the meantime, the PXs visit PNMs who were not extended bids. Unfortunately, Kristen’s PX came to her room and told her that she was not offered a bid at Laugh-a-Lot, but that Birthday Bear offered her a snap bid. She declined Birthday’s offer—this chapter was really small and new at the time and Kristen was a little shy and unsure of herself and wanted to be in an “established” chapter. Honestly I think she would have been an asset to Birthday Bear and could have really helped this new chapter strengthen. In retrospect, I think if we had rushed this year she would have liked Birthday Bear, they have gotten their numbers up in recent years and actually filled (all or nearly all) places in their pledge class this past recruitment. I felt bad for Kristen, and I had a feeling that she didn’t want it to be ME of all people, comforting her since I hadn’t gotten any bad news. This was tough on me actually; I totally sympathized with her (I would have been really upset too) but it was tough to be sad for her and happy/excited for myself at the same time. It wasn’t like she resented me or something or held a grudge, it was just one of those things where she was like, “How can you understand? Everything’s going perfectly for you, etc. etc” (I guess my broken back had slipped her mind).

Anyway, I left my dorm about 30 minutes before our PX meeting time to make sure I had enough time to shuffle there and not be late! This was very exciting! Katie revealed that she was…… a Funshine! Then she passed out the bid cards and I discovered that I was a Funshine too!!!!! YAYYYYY!!!! Surprisingly no one else in my group was a Funshine. Nicole and Mackenzie received bids from Good Luck Bear. On the envelope was a note saying where the chapter and new pledge class would meet, this was so exciting! Turns out I actually ended up not knowing ANYONE in the pledge class (what are the chances?), but they are my closest friends today! My little trip a few days ago was to go visit a bunch of them who moved to the same city


Oh, and Funshine is also more commonly known as…



































ALPHA PHI!!!!!!!!

[lauralaylin]

Yay!!!!! Congratulations! I loved your story!

[violetpretty]

Congratulations to you and Alpha Phi! Are we allowed to know at least the other chapters you preffed (if not the whole code)? Did any of your other friends rush again?

[APhi4Ever]

OH MY GOSH! How exciting to read an Alpha Phi story!!! Congratulations and welcome to Alpha Phi!

[Benzgirl]

Congrats!

Ok, I figured out from the story where you went to school. My boss went there too and I would love to hear which bear her chapter was. My best guess is that she is a Grumpy.

I've seen your pledge class picture and would love to know where you were.

[spirited*pnm]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Are we allowed to know at least the other chapters you preffed (if not the whole code)? Did any of your other friends rush again?

I can PM anyone who wants to know the code, I'd rather not publicly post it. Amy and Lauren did not rush again, Kristen wanted to do COB for fall but then only 2 chapters were under total and doing it (Tenderheart and Birthday). She actually did go through formal again 2006 but I believe she experienced heavy cuts as a sophomore going through again and ended up dropping out I think.

Originally Posted by APhi4Ever

OH MY GOSH! How exciting to read an Alpha Phi story!!! Congratulations and welcome to Alpha Phi!

I hadn't noticed/read many (slash ANY) Alpha Phi stories on here! ...and I was actually initiated Spring '05

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I figured out from the story where you went to school. My boss went there too and I would love to hear which bear her chapter was. My best guess is that she is a Grumpy.

I've seen your pledge class picture and would love to know where you were.

I can send you the code too. I am from PC 2005, and we're wearing black shirts with gold letters on them in our photo (just to make sure you're looking at the correct one!). The rows are kind of hard to tell apart, I guess we weren't too organized with the arrangement. I am in the sort of 2nd to back row on the left side, kind of between a light teal arm and a dark teal arm. I was sad that we didn't have big wooden letters, but some lovely fraternity men made them for us this year so we had them in our most recent pledge class photo, which made me really happy!

ETA: Benzgirl, I tried sending you the code, but your inbox is full!

[MSKKG]

I'd like to know the code and which college. Thanks!

BTW, great story.

[FSUZeta]

hooray!! what a great thread.