Recruitment Story!

[JadeScrambled]

At the end of the day I decided to arrange the chapters like this:

New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Houston
Washington
Chicago
Phoenix
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Portland
New Orleans

We were allowed to be invited back to 9 houses the next day so my bottom 3 were Indianapolis, Portland, and New Orleans. I went to bed very nervous for the next day. Most of the girls I had talked to had family members in certain sororities. I didn't even have any letters of recomendation.

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We met at the union the following morning to find out what parties we would be attending that day. I was very shocked and relieved to find out that I had a full schedule. Especially because a lot of the girls in my group (even ones that were bragging about how many connections they had to the sororities) didn't.

It looked like this:

New York
Los Angeles
Houston
Washington
Chicago
Phoenix
Atlanta
Indianapolis

So I got cut from San Francisco, but overall I was really happy with how it had worked out. Right after I found out where I was going, I got super excited because it was house tour day! The houses were all so beautiful and I couldn't wait to see the inside of them.

[APhi4Ever]

Go Houston!

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by JadeScrambled

We were allowed to be invited back to 9 houses the next day so my bottom 3 were Indianapolis, Portland, and New Orleans. I went to bed very nervous for the next day. Most of the girls I had talked to had family members in certain sororities. I didn't even have any letters of recomendation.

I'm confused - did you mean you could go back to 8 chapters out of 11? You said you ranked your bottom 3, and that you had a full schedule of 8 (including one you'd ranked - meh, stuff happens), so I'm guessing that round 2 was 8 chapters, not 9.

If I had to pick a chapter to cheer for based on code names, I'd say "go New York" - mainly based on my personal connections to that city.

<awaits next part of rush story>

[JadeScrambled]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I'm confused - did you mean you could go back to 8 chapters out of 11? You said you ranked your bottom 3, and that you had a full schedule of 8 (including one you'd ranked - meh, stuff happens), so I'm guessing that round 2 was 8 chapters, not 9.

Oops yeah something is strange there. I think it's because I was trying to make sure I told this right so I went to the recruitment thing for this fall at my school and they have added another chapter since then so it changes things. For some reason I still feel like it was 9 though. but I guess I'm just crazy haha

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New York
I remember that this was my second to last party of the day. I think the fact that it was dark out added to how pretty I thought this house was. The whole chapter just seemed very elegant. I knew that this was one of my favorites.

Los Angeles
This house was beautiful on the outside. I found it quite dark and small on the inside. I found myself really liking all the girls I met here, so the house didn't concern me at all.

Houston
This house wasn't one of the stunning sorority houses, but It just felt so cozy and nice inside. I also kept meeting girls that I absolutely loved. During the house tour the girl that I had met in round on and talked about bikes with came over and we chatted for a second too.

Washington
This house interested me because there were all of these paintings on the walls everywhere. It actually kinda struck me as a fairytale thing. The girl that was showing me around was an art major which excited me because that's something that I'm interested in. However at the end when we sat and talked, the girl I was talking to freaked me out by saying she had shared a toothbrush with a sister before because they were that close. That may have been my funniest moment during recruitment.

Chicago
I thought this house was neat the first time I stepped foot in it. It had the same appeal as it did in round one. They were planning renovations so the tour mainly consisted of talking about how everything was going to change. It felt pretty easy to talk to the sisters here and I liked it.

Phoenix
This house was more modern than the others and quite a bit smaller. It was kind of disappointing, but the members all seemed like they were having a good time.

Atlanta
Since this house was quite a bit newer than the others, it didn't have that historical type feel to it. It just felt like a really big house. I had to admit it was nice though. The girls were all so energetic.

Indianapolis
This house was ok. Agian I just really didn't have much of an opinion on this group. The girl giving me the tour seemed sweet though.

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So I ended up ranking them in this order:

New York
Los Angeles
Houston
Chicago
Phoenix
Washington
Atlanta
Indianapolis

By bottom 2 were Atlanta and Indianapolis.

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It was sisterhood day and we were allowed to visit up to 6 houses. I got my card and it looked like this.

New York
Los Angeles
Houston
Chicago
Atlanta
Indianapolis

Phoenix and Washington had cut me, but I wasn't super excited about either of those houses anyway so it wasn't a big deal.

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New York
Again I loved this house. I was having a very entertaining conversation with the girl about strange things that had happened during the week, people tripping and losing things and such. It felt like this pary went by so fast. The girls were all wearing the cutest dresses and I remember thinking about how much I would like to be doing what they were the next recruitment.

Los Angeles
You could tell that the girls were very passionate about their philanthropy. They were also all dressed up so nice. I didn't have as great of conversations as I had in the past here, but I left still thinking it was one of my favorites.

Houston
I actually figured out from their philanthropy video what chapter my recruitment guide belonged to. Several of the other girls in my group noticed as well. Oops...haha. I wasn't very close with my recruitment guide, but I did still like this house a lot.

Chicago
This party was nice. It just felt comfortable. At this point it wasn't my favorite house, but I did like it.

Atlanta
I had fun at this event too. It was more focused on the activity rather than the video wich was a good change of pace.

Indianapolis
I think this is where I finally gained an opinion on this house. It just wasn't my favorite place to be. The girls were nice, but not the type of people that I would typically get along with.