Did you get your first choice sorority?

[ZetaGirl22]

As far as my pref houses, yes, I did get my number 1, and I was totally thrilled on bid day. I KNOW I could have been happy in my number 2 though, they HAD been my #1 until skit round (which was the round immediately before pref)

[Buttonz]

COB here, but I chose the second option...I went through rush and pledging for a local on my campus, dropped 3 weeks before my class got in, and then did COB with another chapter and SDT (checked both out) and was offered a bid to SDT and 6+ years later here I am with the most amazing sisters one could ask for!

[ThetaDancer]

Yes

[DoubleTDG]

I guess I am technically in my second choice. I was a COB girl but had been told if I went through formal I would get a bid to my first choice. I decided to look at COB just to see what the sorority girls were like, and found I loved and still love DG.

[WVU alpha phi]

Alpha Phi was my first choice from day one, so I was thrilled to open my bid day card to find them on there. I also preffed DG, I think I would've been happy there but they had some 'reputation issues' throughout my 4 years at school.

[natalieann]

Can anyone tell me how the recruitment process goes? Do you write down your choices then they pick? This is my first time going through recruitment and I want to make sure I know what I am doing when I first go in there.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by natalieann

Can anyone tell me how the recruitment process goes? Do you write down your choices then they pick? This is my first time going through recruitment and I want to make sure I know what I am doing when I first go in there.

The Recruitment Counselors (Rho Chis/Pi Chis/whatever) should explain this to you in an orientation or something BEFORE recruitment, but this thread explains the process a little:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=54403

In general, you are NOT just writing down choices, it is a MUTUAL selection process.

[OneHeartOneWay]

I knew I wanted Sigma Kappa from day one, and I was so glad when I opened my bid card and saw their name!

[AnchorAlum]

I absolutely got my first choice and never regretted it for a moment!
I think I would have been okay with my second choice but later on when I was a senior I looked at that other house and their membership was no longer so swell.

[Leslie Anne]

Mine's another long story. (And I don't know how to add a link to it.) But I voted Yes since the question was based on who you Preffed.

[sarahsmilehawk]

My chapter was probably my fourth or fifth choice out of 13, based on open house impressions. But I only went to one house on pref night, so technically, my chapter was my first choice. Now I can't imagine myself anywhere else.

[HeavenslilAngel]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

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.

Same here. We were a local at the time that I went through COB but I received a bid and started jumping up and down. We then affiliated with ASA so I'm a proud founder of my chapter.

[sassygal]

I got my first choice. I pledged 2 houses and could have seen myself in either one. The only difference was the one I pledged housed 40 women and the other only housed 8. I wanted the full sorority experience and I'm glad it worked out (the food at number 2 preference night was much better though). At the beginning of recruitment I wanted to be an Alpha Phi though because I loved the look of their house. Now that my friends is what an 18 year old is looking at First impressions do count!

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by sassygal

I got my first choice. I pledged 2 houses and could have seen myself in either one. !

You preffed.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by sassygal

Now that my friends is what an 18 year old is looking at First impressions do count!

This sentence needs some commas.

Originally Posted by sassygal

Now that, my friends, is what an 18 year old is looking at First impressions do count!

Better.