Round 2: Philantropy
My roommate and I were extremely nervous about cuts because we were both upperclassmen. I remember waking up at 6:00 a.m. and my stomach dropping. I hated that we had to get ready before we got our party schedules, my palms were sweating (NOT normal for me) and I was shaky. When our rho gammas (who I loved) knocked, I ran to open the door and found: I had FIVE parties out of eight! I was super excited, but contained it a little for the sake of my roommate and suitemates, who all had three. Yes, three. I quickly finished getting dressed in a white flowy tank and pink skirt and set off after calling my mom of course
. I had back, in order of visits:
1.
Elizabeth
2.
MR. DARCEY
3.
Mr. Collins
4.
Kitty
5.
Mr. Bingley
I was sad about getting released from my early favorites
Mary and
Charlotte, but was over the moon that Mr. Darcey wanted me back! They were arguably the top house on campus and made such good grades I was a little surprised. No surprise that
Mr. Bennet and
Lydia had cut me. As I lined up for Elizabeth, a freshman that had graduated from my high school walked by and said hello. She was on her way to Mary, and that stung a little. I started thinking well maybe if I was a freshman I would be having a full schedule! Looking back I see that was not the case at all. I talked to freshman girl in my walking group that night that had received four houses back
Elizabeth: I liked this house, but still didn’t feel too much. I liked their philanthropy, but the girls did not seem very excited about it. Overall I suppose they were just a very chill house. I talked to a girl that was from the same town as me and she was nice but asked me the same basic questions.
Mr. Darcey: As I was walking to this house, I couldn’t help but notice everyone in line was very put together/gorgeous and the guys at the fraternity house next door kept eyeing us. Can I just mention that my school has some fine looking young men? Anyways I had two rushers here, but felt that they were a little fake. They kept asking if I had questions but never seemed super interested in what I had to say. As I was leaving, the girl seemed to be glad it was over, but claimed she wished we could have talked longer. I wrote that I did not know if I was going to get asked back, but I still loved the house.
Mr. Collins: At this house, I had a super awkward girl. She was very sweet, but visibly nervous. I had to supply almost all of the questions, and had many awkward pauses. However I brought out the nerdy side of myself and she seemed to perk up tremendously. I guess I couldn’t help but have good conversations! I liked their philanthropy; it was a cause very dear to my heart.
Kitty: I liked this house more today, but they had SO MANY GIRLS lined up outside their door! It was like they hadn’t even made cuts! My eye makeup had started to mess up a little and was irritating my eyes; I had to apologize for squinting so much. The girls were all very pretty and put together, their clothes reflected their philanthropy. I wrote that I sort of had a wall in conversation with my rusher, but after finding common ground we had a good conversation. My suitemate from last year was also in this house, but she didn’t rush me or even find me. I didn’t know if this was good or bad.
Mr. Bingley: I LOVED this house today. My rushers started out good, but just got better and better. They were all so excited about their philanthropy and I saw that as a very good sign. The third girl I talked to was the Philanthropy chair and I admit it, I was reading a lot into this.She talked to me over half the time, so I felt hopeful about getting asked back. We had such a great conversation, and after the video they showed, I was in love. I made sure that I told her how great of a time I had. If I wasn’t a Mr. Bingley I was going to be really sad.
After ranking the sororities, which was super easy since we had to maximize our option I just wrote them all down, I talked to my roommate who had also attended Mr. Bingley. She was a legacy, and we were both in love with them. We had a friend who had inside on knowledge (lived with two Mr. Bingley’s) and said that grade cuts had already happened. I thought if they went on conversations as well as recs I should be good. Right? I also talked with another upperclassman on our hall that was a legacy to Mary. I hoped she got them.
Hybrid Mode
