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	| No, but I received a bid from another sorority and it worked out GREAT! |      | 45 | 24.86% |  
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				08-06-2009, 09:30 PM
			
			
			
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				Did you get your first choice sorority?
			 
 
			
			I just wondered what the breakdown would be -
		 
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				08-06-2009, 09:35 PM
			
			
			
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			Thanks,  this should be fun!
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			Yes and no. Probably more yes than no. (Yes as in, I got my first choice) 
I say this because "first choice" doesn't necessarily mean first choice on your preference card. Many PNMs get cut from a chapter that they considered their first choice before preference.
 
When I went through, I was enamored with one chapter and they cut me before preference. I did cry, I was upset, but I also got over it pretty quickly. After going to all of my preference parties, I knew I could find my home in any of the chapters that invited me back. I ranked Sigma Kappa first, so yes I did get my first choice and I was psyched to be there on bid day.
 
ETA my recruitment story
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				08-06-2009, 09:41 PM
			
			
			
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			I was thinking "first choice from among your pref. parties" - sorry for any confusion. But I guess it works either way - however you wish to interpret it.
		 
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				08-06-2009, 09:44 PM
			
			
			
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					Originally Posted by SWTXBelle  I was thinking "first choice from among your pref. parties" - sorry for any confusion. But I guess it works either way - however you wish to interpret it. |  I answered yes because at the time of filling out our pref cards, I wasn't stuck on trying to get another chance with the chapter that had cut me.
		 
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				08-06-2009, 09:48 PM
			
			
			
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			Do you want non-formal recruitment girls to answer? I mean, I was a COB girl so I only rushed one sorority, and I got a bid. So technically, I got my first choice, lol.
		 
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				08-06-2009, 09:51 PM
			
			
			
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			Sure - the more the merrier. If you want to explain a bit, do. I thought it would be interesting for pnms to see the range of experiences we've had.
 eta - As of now, it's 50/50 between first choice and non-first choice but it worked out GREAT.
 
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			Option number 2 here. If you want more details, read my recruitment story here.
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			Smile Awhile I love you're recruitment story. Its one of my favorites   
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			I'm excited to see how this turns out!
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					Originally Posted by violetpretty  Yes and no. Probably more yes than no. (Yes as in, I got my first choice)
 I say this because "first choice" doesn't necessarily mean first choice on your preference card. Many PNMs get cut from a chapter that they considered their first choice before preference.
 
 When I went through, I was enamored with one chapter and they cut me before preference. I did cry, I was upset, but I also got over it pretty quickly. After going to all of my preference parties, I knew I could find my home in any of the chapters that invited me back. I ranked Sigma Kappa first, so yes I did get my first choice and I was psyched to be there on bid day.
 |  Ditto here - I was in love with with a chapter (and only slightly less enamored with another) before pref, but neither invited me back for pref.  So while I did get my first choice at pref, it wasn't necessarily my first choice overall.  Though of course now I'm enamored with choice    
And I voted same as you VP
		 
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			My first and only choice!      Hooray COB!
		
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			I did get my first choice, but in retrospect - and as much as I bleed azure blue & white! - I think I would have also been content with my second choice.  My Retro Recruitment thread is here .  Also, had I gotten my second choice, I would have transferred to the school where I had a major scholarship, and hoped I could have affiliated there.  
 
No complaints, though!    
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			Where's the "it's a long story" option?    
Long story short, I went through NPC sorority rush, dropped out before prefs, and rushed and pledged a local sorority.  A couple of years later, my local became a chapter of AEPhi.
		
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			I did not get my first choice.I liked another sorority on my campus (ADPi) because I felt that the girls there matched with me more academically and goals-wise, and I felt I fit in socially at Pi Phi.  Looking back, I think I made the wrong choice, and am incredibly happy that my second choice got me!
 It was really close when I was deciding, and I almost flipped a coin to decide.
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