My Winter Recruitment Story in 2010

[BadRomance]

Sorry that it's take me so long to reply! I've been meaning to but this summer is just crazy insane busy! But I can't really remember if I preffed one or two since recruitment was last winter. Sorry about the confusion everyone! :S

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by BadRomance

Pref Party:

Today was the day that we would see what pref parties we were invited to and by the end of them we would have to chose which sororities we would accept bids from. To my surprise, I had been invited to One Tree Hill's pref party but not Weeds'. I didn't feel as discouraged not getting invited back to Weeds' pref party as I did when I didn't get invited back to Nip/Tuck's second party. I got ready to go to One Tree Hill's and was excited to see what they had done for their party. Instead of having it at their house, they had their party in a historic and beautiful room on campus. All of the girls were in black pin dress and they were all mingling with us. Right in the middle of the party, the girl that was in the same class as me came up to me and read me a letter that she had written for me for the party. Since we had french class together, she wrote it in french which I loved because it made it personal. After she finished she hugged me and I asked if I could keep the letter but then she reminded me that I couldn't take anything from the room. I completely forgot and wished that I could keep the letter. ): After everyone had their letter read to them, the senior girls went to the front of the room and one of them read something they wrote about how One Tree Hill had transformed them and how they hoped that whatever sorority we chose, we would also have the same experience. 14 girls read their letters and I couldn't help but to be touched by their experiences and I began to cry. I thought it was strange that I was crying and I thought that these girls would for sure think I was a weird-o for crying even though I didn't know these girls. Before I knew it the Rho Chi's arrived and announced that it was time to leave. I hugged the girl from my class one last time and left the party hoping that I would get a bid from One Tree Hill. However, if I didn't, it wouldn't be the end of the world and I could always rush next year or just support Ridley and Marie and not be a part of greek life.

While all of the other girls had to choose between what sorority to choose to put as their first, second and third choice, I wrote One Tree Hill as my first choice and then Weeds as my second. I thought that even though I wasn't invited to their pref party, I was told that I should put down two choices just to be on the safe side, and so I did. As soon as I walked out of the Rho Chi room, I regretted my choice and wanted to go back and take back putting down Weeds. Now all I had to do was wait and hope that I didn't get a phone call telling me that I didn't receive a bid.

The entire day went by without a call. Ridley, Marie and I all went to dinner that night and kept our cell phones on the table as if we were expecting a Rho Chi to call and deliver us the bad news. Dinner came and went and we didn't receive a call. When 6.30pm came, we looked at each other and sighed in relief! We all received bids!! Now we just had to wait until 7pm to see which sorority we got a bid from!

As we walked to the Rho Chi room, we tried to figure out which sorority we got a bid from and just when we thought it was all going smoothly, a Rho Chi stopped us at the door and said she needed to talk to Marie. Ridley and I walked into the Rho Chi room and sat down and waited for Marie. When we saw her walk into the room, Ridley and I knew what was going on. Marie didn't get a bid and didn't get a phone call. Although Rho Chi's tried calling her...the call never went through. Ridley and I broke into tears as we hugged Marie but strangely enough Marie didn't appear sad at all! Marie guaranteed us that she was fine and that it wasn't meant to be. Ridley and I promised that we would hang out with her after bid day activities were through and she told us not to worry about her, to bond with our new sisters. And with that said, Marie walked out of the room and went to her dorm.

Ridley and I were sad to that Marie wasn't experiencing this moment with us, but at the same time we were excited to see who our bids were from. I was more nervous than excited because although I really wanted a bid from One Tree Hill I could also receive a bid from Weeds.
-Karla

Originally Posted by BadRomance

Sorry that it's take me so long to reply! I've been meaning to but this summer is just crazy insane busy! But I can't really remember if I preffed one or two since recruitment was last winter. Sorry about the confusion everyone! :S

That's a whole lot of weird details for someone who couldn't really remember.