Hey ladies! Contrary to popular belief, I have absolutely not written five pages. In fact, I'm in exactly the same place as I was when I posted that I wanted to finish 5 pages. However, I'm really hungry, and I can't think when I'm hungry, so while I'm waiting for my food to come, I shall post
Where we last left off, I had just visited
Grape a new and struggling local.
Next on the party list was...
Pineapple: I walked into the house, and I was shocked by how beautiful every single
Pineapple was exquisite. It was easy to see why they were considered a "top" house. Each girl had her own style, which really impressed me. There was definitely not a cookie cutter type of girl here. The girl that rushed me,
Ana, was a real sweetheart yet sophisticated. We were both on the equestrian team in high school, so we chatted about that for a while, before the conversation got a little stale. I felt like she was genuinely interested in me and my hobbies, and this impressed me even more. I left really loving this house and definitely ranking it in my top four.
Blueberry: The house was decorated so nicely on the inside. It was so warm and cozy! I believe this is the second oldest house on campus, and that really appealed to me because that meant there would be so much history and tradition in the sisterhood. I definitely wanted to be part of a long standing tradition (I realize now that this was a silly thing to want, not because tradition is silly, but because many many houses will offer tradition and history). Anyway, I loved that fact that it was very old...until I started talking to my Rusher. I don't mean to be rude, but she just seemed so unintelligent. To me she seemed the stereotypical dumb blonde type. Everything I asked her, she just giggled and gave some silly answer that was not really relevant to my question. It was such an odd experience. Then she bumped me to another sister, and she just kept talking about the amazing mixers and socials they have. She never failed to emphasize that they had the best mixers with the best frats. I could not wait for this party to be over and practically ran out of there when time was called.
Cantaloupe: This was another "top" sorority on UCF's campus. I remember thinking it was kind of strange that I was visiting all the "top" sororities in the afternoon - it was kind of draining, having to remember that I was meeting the "elite" sorority girls and that I had to give off that "elite" image to have a successful party. It's not that I wanted to join a "top" sorority because they were the top ones - I just didn't want to close any doors on myself. Sorry! Tangent! Anyway, Cantaloupe was...lovely. On campus they were known as the old money sorority. I thought they would be snobbish, but they weren't at all. They were all very prim and proper, but I felt like I had to be on my best behavior, and that was really exhausting. I think I talked about the weather with my rusher. Come on now, the weather? Overall, I had a nice time here, but I wasn't sure I could ever let my hair down with these girls.
Watermelon:
These girls were SO much fun. They were so inclusive and they just oozed sisterhood. What really impressed me was that, unlike most sororities during recruitment who strictly have one PNM to an active, after the first five minutes of the party, the pairs had naturally evolved into groups. My group was me,
Mattie (my rusher), Mattie's little
Jackie, Jackie's PNM and and Jackie's best friend and her PNM. I thought this was such a nice atmosphere, and much less stressful than a one on one. I left really loving the house. I really hoped I wasn't dropped from this house! I felt like I had such a good connection!
Starfruit: Last, but definitely not least! If you remember, both
Rachel and
Marie were positive that this was the house they would pledge. If this was true, I was sure I didn't want to end up here with them. We got inside, and I was immediately ambushed my friend from highschool! I was so excited to see her! I had no idea she was in
this house! She had told me she was in a sorority, but I never put two and two together. I had a GREAT time at
Starfruit, but in the back of my mind, I felt like wanting to pledge the same sorority as
Rachel and
Marie did not equate to a good situation.
Hybrid Mode
