My Recruitment Story

[keyplayer]

Mom here: she had to cut to 4 for round 3, not 5.

[jenidallas]

Please continue your story. While others are nitpicking some of the details, I am 95% certain I know the school because some of the facts sound similar to those of another person I know who rushed there this past fall. (And no, I'm not going to out you!)

[AXOmom]

As a mom - I like hearing moms' perspective. I can relate.

As a reader - thanks for the recruitment story. I love reading them!

[melindawarren]

Side note: why is this on the Sorority Recruitment board and not Recruitment Stories?

But either way, I actually like the dual perspectives. When I finished my recruitment story, my mom tried to create an account on here (we adjusted her spam filters and everything, but she never got an activation email), and I hope no one would have accused us of sock-puppeting if she'd started posting!

[keyplayer]

Because we mistakenly put it in the wrong place. Neither of us has ever participated in an on line forum before, so we just messed up. I don't know how to move the thread, but anyone with more sophisticated abilities is welcome to move it to the recruitment stories section. I didn't even realize it was in the wrong place until you mentioned it. Sorry.

[melindawarren]

Originally Posted by keyplayer

Because we mistakenly put it in the wrong place. Neither of us has ever participated in an on line forum before, so we just messed up. I don't know how to move the thread, but anyone with more sophisticate abilities is welcome to move it to the recruitment stories section. I didn't even realize it was in the wrong place until you mentioned it. Sorry.

Oh, I'm sorry! No, I didn't really mean to you guys...I was more trying to hint that maybe a mod could move it.

[keyplayer]

The next round we could have up to five houses, but I only had four: Belle, Tiana, Ariel and Mulan. I was so excited to have Mulan on the list still, and the others I was willing to look at again, though I admit I was sort of focused on Mulan. The others to me were just places to visit until I finally made it home. Having only four seemed like a good thing at that point, because I knew exactly where I was going and it meant wasting less time to get there.

I got to start at my favorite house, and was once again blown away. We did a craft for the philanthropy and it was really cute and the girls I spoke with were so genuine and sweet. They all seemed so beautiful in their cocktail dresses and heels and so put together and I wanted to be a part of that group more than anything else. It was my top pick before I even looked at Tiana and Belle again.
Ariel was fun and everything, but the girls were wearing super preppy, super girlie outfits and I had no idea if I’d fit in with them if that was what they liked to wear. I was able to joke about wearing kids sized clothing with the girl rushing me, but I knew it wasn’t for me.
Tiana was good; I talked to a girl who had rushed me earlier in the week and we got along pretty well, but I still didn’t feel any real click. I liked the craft we did and the philanthropy they supported. The girls here were so nice and everything, but there was just something telling me it wasn’t it.
At Belle, I was so surprised. Their philanthropy was a cause close to my heart and I was rushed by the same girl who had rushed me the day before. We joked about how we were going to light our heels on fire at the end of rush and we talked so much that I never even started on the craft. Another girl joined our conversation and even though it was obvious she wasn’t close to the girl rushing me, it was so cool to see them interact. You could tell they loved each other and cared so much about the other even though one was a senior and the other was a sophomore and they might not have been super tight. I mentioned this and the first girl told me about how even though it’s a big sorority, the girls are close and even if you aren’t, if you need a friendly face on campus and you see a girl wearing her letters, you’re automatically best friends. They sit together in classes on the first day and eat together so no one feels awkward and I just loved that about Belle. This round certainly gave me a new perspective on the sorority.
I knew I was getting rid of Ariel as I narrowed it down to two, and that Mulan would be my first choice, and Belle was my second. I went to bed that night envisioning going to pref night at Belle and Mulan and then getting my bid from Mulan. It was perfect, at least in my head.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by keyplayer

The next round we could have up to five houses, but I only had four: Belle, Tiana, Ariel and Mulan. I was so excited to have Mulan on the list still, and the others I was willing to look at again, though I admit I was sort of focused on Mulan. The others to me were just places to visit until I finally made it home. Having only four seemed like a good thing at that point, because I knew exactly where I was going and it meant wasting less time to get there.

I got to start at my favorite house, and was once again blown away. We did a craft for the philanthropy and it was really cute and the girls I spoke with were so genuine and sweet. They all seemed so beautiful in their cocktail dresses and heels and so put together and I wanted to be a part of that group more than anything else. It was my top pick before I even looked at Tiana and Belle again.
Ariel was fun and everything, but the girls were wearing super preppy, super girlie outfits and I had no idea if I’d fit in with them if that was what they liked to wear. I was able to joke about wearing kids sized clothing with the girl rushing me, but I knew it wasn’t for me.
Tiana was good; I talked to a girl who had rushed me earlier in the week and we got along pretty well, but I still didn’t feel any real click. I liked the craft we did and the philanthropy they supported. The girls here were so nice and everything, but there was just something telling me it wasn’t it.
At Belle, I was so surprised. Their philanthropy was a cause close to my heart and I was rushed by the same girl who had rushed me the day before. We joked about how we were going to light our heels on fire at the end of rush and we talked so much that I never even started on the craft. Another girl joined our conversation and even though it was obvious she wasn’t close to the girl rushing me, it was so cool to see them interact. You could tell they loved each other and cared so much about the other even though one was a senior and the other was a sophomore and they might not have been super tight. I mentioned this and the first girl told me about how even though it’s a big sorority, the girls are close and even if you aren’t, if you need a friendly face on campus and you see a girl wearing her letters, you’re automatically best friends. They sit together in classes on the first day and eat together so no one feels awkward and I just loved that about Belle. This round certainly gave me a new perspective on the sorority.
I knew I was getting rid of Ariel as I narrowed it down to two, and that Mulan would be my first choice, and Belle was my second. I went to bed that night envisioning going to pref night at Belle and Mulan and then getting my bid from Mulan. It was perfect, at least in my head.

Cocktail dresses on philanthropy round? And you liked them better than the too preppy Ariel because you're a tomboy? Hmm...

[AZTheta]

It's not that big a deal and if a moderator feels like moving it, it'll get moved!

carry on...

[victoriana]

I don't care what anyone says, this is an interesting story to read! I hope you finish it

[amIblue?]

More story please.

(yes, I am a recruitment story whore)

[amIblue?]

Welcome to Kappa! I thought you might be a sister from your user name.

I love a Kappa ending.

[keyplayer]

Mom again: I also have to applaud my daughter's Pi Chi. She later told my daughter that she knew all along that she belonged in KKG (her sorority), but she always gave my daughter totally unbiased advice, even when my daughter almost dropped KKG-so much so that my daughter was happily shocked when she found out that they were now sisters!

[jenidallas]

Yay!!! I knew from the beginning of this story that there were a couple of outcomes (from your first comments) - SO happy for you!!!

[KKGCaroline]

Congratulations & Welcome To Kappa Kappa Gamma!

I too had a feeling of a blue & blue ending based on your user name!

Head on over to the Kappa forum and introduce yourself!