A Bookworm's SEC Rush!

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by ErinHope

And let's be completely honest. I wasn't sure I wanted to be invited back to Lord of the Rings when I wanted so badly to be a Great Gatsby. (a Daisy Buchanan? Is that what we would be called? lol)

I went home and went to bed. We could visit up to 6 sororities during skit round, and there would be 4 parties for day two of skits. I could still have up to 5 sororities for this round! I was still nervous, but had faith that tomorrow would be a better day.

I really hate that this school is only giving you half a schedule for each round. It seems awfully nerve-wracking and pointlessly cruel. It would be much better to give you the whole schedule for the whole round, even if it's on two different days.

[ErinHope]

Originally Posted by KDCat

I really hate that this school is only giving you half a schedule for each round. It seems awfully nerve-wracking and pointlessly cruel. It would be much better to give you the whole schedule for the whole round, even if it's on two different days.

There are pros and cons to both ways.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by ErinHope

There are pros and cons to both ways.

What are the pros? I just don't get it.

[XOtillIdieO]

Originally Posted by KDCat

What are the pros? I just don't get it.

Yeah, I don't understand this either. Seems to me like it would keep the PNMs' hopes up for their favorite houses, but what if they're not asked back? PNMs will be wasting time thinking about their preferred chapters when instead they could have been spending the first day learning to love another!

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by KDCat

What are the pros? I just don't get it.

I'm with you. Normally I can see both sides of an argument (a true Libra) but I'm having trouble thinking of the pros. The best I can figure is that by only getting a little at a time, you focus on the houses that day. You don't know (unless it's in your first half) whether your favorite kept or cut you, therefore you can't dwell on that. Therefore you look at each one individually without getting caught up in what's printed on a sheet of paper. However, if that's the goal I would think they'd only release each invite right before that party- not half & half. Regardless, I know it would've driven me crazy when I was going through!! I think I'd feel constantly anxious with not knowing what's coming next.

ErinHope- I love that you could identify where you should've ranked differently. I think many of us have thought through that, but for me at least I didn't realize my mistakes until after I went through recruitment as an active. I wouldn't change where I wound up, but the journey could've been better You are light already years ahead of where I was!

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by KDCat

What are the pros? I just don't get it.

Yes, this would just make me more nervous, too.

[ErinHope]

Originally Posted by KDCat

What are the pros? I just don't get it.

And this is where I get to respond with the pros! I think overall it is better to give the full schedule for each round. But in my case, I am so thankful I had all day Friday to confront the fact that all I had left was Lord of the Rings. As nervous as I was Thursday night for the first round of skits, I don't think I could have borne finding out that everyone cut me as soon as I arrived for the parties. I might have been crying in their party!

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by ErinHope

And this is where I get to respond with the pros! I think overall it is better to give the full schedule for each round. But in my case, I am so thankful I had all day Friday to confront the fact that all I had left was Lord of the Rings. As nervous as I was Thursday night for the first round of skits, I don't think I could have borne finding out that everyone cut me as soon as I arrived for the parties. I might have been crying in their party!

I see your point.

You have a great attitude. You would be an asset to any chapter that choose you.