My University of Iowa Recruitment Story!

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Round 1, Day 2

Seattle: Loved the first woman I spoke to here and felt like we bonded instantly, but had somewhat of an awkward conversation with the second. House was very pretty though.

Dallas: Very sweet, but didn’t love the house, nor did I really feel like I clicked.

Houston: Structured their event with a “speed dating” format so spoke to the most women in this chapter, maybe 4 or 5. It was nice to speak to so many sisters, but at the same time I never really had the chance to get a feel for what this house is really like. The women were gorgeous but I honestly can’t recall a single detail of those conversations.

New York: Smallest chapter on campus so one chapter woman rushed 4 PNMs. A little awkward at times but I had to cut the rusher some slack, it’s not easy leading such a large group.

San Diego: Possibly the most beautiful house, conversations were nice and flowed well. Spoke a lot about major and extracurricular activities here.

Los Angeles: Beautiful house and the sisters were absolutely stunning but I honestly can’t remember anything about the conversations I had here.

Boston: House was also incredibly beautiful and sisters were very pretty as well. Conversation here seemed very superficial though (centered around reality TV and shopping in Iowa City), whereas I would rather speak about academics or extracurricular.

Miami: Really clicked with the women rushing me here, absolutely gorgeous women yet again but had an amazing spark and spirit to them. Felt like I could see myself here.

San Francisco: Beautiful story book house, sister I talked to here was so much fun to speak with and we really emphasized academic similarities which is always interesting for me. Really loved this chapter.

After Round 1 was over, we all headed to the computers to select our top 11 that we could return to for Round 2 and rank the 3 chapters we would like to return to the least. I ordered everything from 1-14 so I would know where I stood even though the ranks really only mattered from 12-14.

Washington, DC
Chicago
Charlotte
San Francisco
Miami
San Diego
Boston
Houston
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Dallas

Seattle
Atlanta
New York

I would however like to emphasize that despite a few awkward moments here and there, recruitment round 1 was an amazing experience. I could so easily tell that every single woman in every single chapter was a part of an incredible sisterhood. Ranking the chapters was impossible after only 20 minutes spent at each, I would have been thrilled to return to any of them.