A Yummy Slightly Old Recruitment Journey

[AXOrushadvisor]

I'm curious about one thing. You are using the same codes, but are the groups the same or different?

Really fun story. You had me hooked at "my daughter"! I also like the fact that your not stringing this out

[sigmagirl10]

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor

I'm curious about one thing. You are using the same codes, but are the groups the same or different?

Really fun story. You had me hooked at "my daughter"! I also like the fact that your not stringing this out

I am guessing that the groups that she uses the same names for, they are the same group.

[*winter*]

THIS is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing. As a transfer, there's a lot I can relate to in the story.

I'm also curious- is a Donut at this school the same sorority as a Donut at the last school? Not that it really matters, but I'm just curious.

And all this dessert talk is making me hungry!

[greekmom2]

1) Yes, the code and chapters they represent are the same. University of Tie Dye doesn't have a chapter that isn't also at Party State. It was interesting for her and proof that even schools that are fairly georgraphically close (8 hours) can have chapters that are significantly different in personality.

2) No, it's too long to drag out. I've been the victim of drug out recruitment stories that end abrubtly. I promise I will finish this one today.

*****
Saturday – At 11:03 I got a call (yes, oddly enough I still remember the exact time). “Mom, I think I’m going to drop out. I just don’t think I’m meant to be in a sorority. “ I asked her what happened. They could have six on their list. She had four which was fine given she was a sophomore by credits, a junior by age, and she had something like a 2.8. One was her first choice, the Root Beer Floats. She also had Donuts, Chocolate Cake (both of whom she liked fine) and the Brownies (whom she wasn’t sure about but wasn’t against). I wasn’t seeing the problem. I knew she was a little disappointed about Raspberry Parfait, but she had gone into this with much more realistic expectations, and without a group she was dead set on getting.


I asked her why she wanted to drop out when her favorite group was still on her list. She said it was because this had happened before, and she was sure they would drop her tomorrow. She figured it would be easier for her to drop before they cut her. Okay.


Two unlikely sources changed her mind. She had a break at the beginning this round, so that left her with about an hour to decide for sure whether she would drop out of rush or stick with it. Amy, the teammate who went with her to the fraternity party had a brother named Jason in another fraternity. Brooke had met him, and they had all hung out on a couple of occasions. Amy lived in Brooke’s dorm and they had gotten close. Brooke called Amy to tell her that she was thinking about dropping out and why.


Amy, the independent, told her to rethink that. She told her that Jason hadn’t gotten a bid to a fraternity where his HS buds ended up, but had gotten one to his present fraternity. He wasn’t going to accept, but their mom told him to give it a chance, and now he didn’t want to be anywhere else. She told Brooke she could drop out any time before she signed a bid card, so she might as well see it through until pref. 30 minutes later Jason called. He reiterated the same story. He asked what sororities she had. When she mentioned Chocolate Cake he told her how much he respected (yes, I swear a 20 year old college boy did say respected) that group in particular and liked the girls. She started to think she needed to give this a little more time, so she decided to give it another day.