My Unique Recruitment Story

[Calliope]

Again, I'm really sorry but there's good news and bad news:

Bad News - my recruitment doesn't end with this post.
Good News - I have it all written already so updates will come quickly!!

I know that I'm lacking on details, but in all honesty I think I've already given away too much. Plus - my recruitment story started back almost a decade ago now, so there's been a lot of time for the incidental details to get fuzzy!

I don't really know how "unique" this really will wind up being, but to me it seems pretty out of the ordinary! With that, let's continue...

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Eventually rush ends. Rachel gets a bid to Slytherin. Everyone else that I am good friends with get bids to Hufflepuff. I spoke with Greta a few other times that semester and tell her how disappointed I am that so many girls who received bids decided to eventually drop out from pledging. Someone like me who really saw the value of the sorority for what it was, would never have dropped out of something because it was too hard. Great apologizes again, and tell me that I can try Informal Rush in the Fall.

Enter Fall of my sophomore year. I am now a sophomore and it’s time for informal rush to begin. I visit Greta again to tell her I’m still interested. She informs me that none of the sororities have opted to do Informal Rush this semester. Great. Foiled again.

So Spring comes again and I sign up for Formal Rush one more time. It’s me and what feels like a bunch of freshman. I already feel awkward and wonder if this is something that I really want to go through again. I come to the conclusion that yes, I do. I owe it to myself and I owe it to the group of girls who are my sisters in spirit, whoever they may be. Ultimately, I believe in the system, I know that I would have a lot to offer the sorority. I am going through formal rush again.

Truth be told, much of my second rush is a blur. I do remember that I still was heads over heels in love with Hufflepuff. I felt a lot more confident this time around because I had a lot of friends in all of the sororities, but the most in Hufflepuff. In fact I’d say I was almost inseparable with about 15% of the sorority. (We're a small school - everyone knows pretty much everyone)

However, Rachel (my roomie from Freshman year) took special care to introduce me to as many people in Slytherin as she could. I no longer felt that Hufflepuff was the only group for me. I would be perfectly happy in Slytherin as well. Of course, I would still prefer Hufflepuff, but never let any of the three groups know that. But I definitely hinted to Hufflepuff that I kinda loved them (but knew despite all of that, I could be happy anywhere.)

So next is pref day. Dejavu. I am the last person with an appointment for the day. I am so freakishly nervous that I’m going to have a repeat of last year. I sit down with the Rho Chi. She asks me to hold on a moment. Darn, I think to myself. Here we go again.

To my surprise, she apologizes for the wait, but I was a little early and she had to run to the restroom because she hadn't taken a break all day. What? Am I not going to Greta’s office?

She pulls out an envelope. I open it and listed on there are my prefs for the next night…

Slytherin.

That’s it.

I’m disappointed, but I figure I will make the best of it. I liked Slytherin and I love Rachel. I know that people don’t always get their first choice, but things do turn out for the best. Maybe I am meant to be in Slytherin.

However, there’s another problem…