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Preference
Preference round was finalllllly here! I got my schedule back bright and early and it read:
Penguin
Turtle
Kangaroo
Turtle had brought me back! I was so glad. Meanwhile, I was a little disappointed that I would not be returning to Dolphin
, because it was the only chance that my roommate and I would be sisters, but I realized that I needed to remember the only person I was rushing for, was myself.
First up was:
Penguin- This house had an extremely beautiful pref ceremony. The sisters really spoke from the heart about their chapter, but for some reason I just couldn’t connect with what they were saying. I wanted to be placed with the active I had originally spoken with, but unfortunately I was preffed by the girl who wasn’t as upbeat. This could have been part of what influenced my decision, but no matter what the case, I just didn’t think that this was my house.
Turtle- I was a little disappointed by the lack of emotions I felt at the first house, so I was hoping this was better. I was preffed by the active who impressed me the first round. She was one of the sweetest people I had ever met and I really connected with her. She remembered little details that I barely remembered mentioning. Their preference ceremony was a little crowded because it was in the main room of the fraternity house, and by now the new nude pumps that I thought were a great idea, seemed worse and worse. Fun fact: Turtle’s pref ceremony is all standing haha. But I really enjoyed myself here and knew that this was it.
Kangaroo- I wanted to either really love or hate this house because I knew I was going to have a hard time making up my mind. I was preffed by the active who originally made me want to come back to this house. It turns out, she had organized the whole ceremony! Kangaroo’s pref ceremony is absolutely breathtaking and very centered around the PNMs. I loved being a part of it. This time when the girls in the chapter shared their experiences, I felt myself holding back tears as well. I really could see myself in this sisterhood.
Now what to do?! I called my mom (who only knew about Greek Life from what I had told her) and cried. She didn’t understand the tears, she said I should be happy that I found two wonderful houses, but I didn’t want to have to choose. Our ranking for pref cards is all digital. I knew that I wouldn’t be ranking Penguin, so I wouldn’t be guaranteed a bid, which was very stressful. I clicked on the remaining two houses with my eyes shut (which the Rho Gam helping me did not approve of). I looked at how I had chosen afterwards. Blindly, I had ranked……
1. Kangaroo
2. Turtle
I was okay with this ranking and signed off (digitally of course) on my pref card. The Superbowl was that night, so I went home to be with my family and watch the game (my roommate came along too. She had ranked Dolphin and only one other option, so we both had the chance of getting the terrible call, it was nice to at least be stressed out with someone. 11 am rolled around the next day and no calls came. We went back to school to pick up bids at 12 noon.
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Hybrid Mode
