So I just got back to my dorm, everyone! Entering our rankings into the system took FOREVER, but more on that later. I think there's a party some people want to know about
As I walked into the
Sagittarius party I was picked up by an active who I had met from the previous rounds (and I feel bad because she had no nametag on and I cannot remember her name!). She was funny and wonderful and all those good things, and I was feeling good about myself and
Sagittarius in general.
Then I got bumped.
My new rusher was the exact opposite of the girl I had just been talking to. She was rude, condescending, nosy and complaining. She complained about how long recruitment took, how little sleep she got, the whole nine yards. Right before we did a little ceremony she rolled her eyes and said that because it's such an
old sorority we
have to do this ritual, clearly implying that she didn't think much of it. She also was very dismissive of the fact that most girls, actives and PNMs alike, were emotional and crying, which made me feel really bad about the fact that I was too. She didn't make much of an effort to get to know me and she kept asking me vague questions like how I felt or how things were going. She even talked bad about her own chapter, saying that most of the girls were perfect all the time and that all of them were pageant queens! The worst part was that she kept asking me which group I wanted to join, and while I tried to give evasive non-answers she persisted in asking how I felt. I was waiting for someone to come bump me again, but it never happened
I was sad that I had been paired with this girl, and sad that someone with such an attitude would be allowed to talk to the PNMs in the first place. Sorry for the long rant but she was just so horrible!! /rant
There were good parts though; do not despair! In the middle of the party the PNMs sat in chairs while the actives lined up in front of them. There was even a sister playing the violin! Then the president and a few other girls spoke about how much
Sagittarius meant to them (and they did not need notecards!), which was interspersed with one or two sisters singing. It was really beautiful, and I teared up when some of the actives started crying while describing how much their sisters meant to them. All the PNMs then put flowers in a vase, similarly to what I did at the other party, and then I went back to talk to the dreaded rusher. At the end I was walked out with a "It was nice to talk to you" full of attitude. Ugh.
Then it was off to rank! After taking a coach bus across campus that was standing-room only because four pref parties got out simultaneously, we walked into the student center and sat down in the theater used for movie showings. We weren't allowed to talk or use our phones because it was supposed to be "our experience", which got really frustrating because we hadn't brought anything else to do. The two Greek Life grad students ended up playing a "Get to Know Us" game where we guessed where they were from because while the PNMs weren't supposed to talk to each other they were allowed to talk to the grad students. Girls were sent upstairs to get in line again in groups of 30 or 40, and the line was very slow-moving. After about an hour (10:30 PM) we were told that we could go get food from the food court nearby, so we collectively ran out and did that. Then I got in line to be sent upstairs to where the computers where, then put in another waiting room. I chatted with the Director of Greek Life, and he was really impressed when I asked if he was the one in charge of sorority extension (thanks GC ladies and men!). We then got put in another line and were told that there could be absolutely no talking or we'd get moved to the back of the line; two girls behind me actually did get moved to the back of the line because they would not stop talking. I ended up picking up a book on graduate schools to read to pass the time. After another hour and a half of slowly shuffling through the Career Center I finally made it to a computer where I had the MRABA explained to me and then ranked (at midnight)
1.
Sagittarius
2.
Aquarius
Why
Sagittarius after my pref party fiasco? I kept and keep telling myself that one active does not a chapter make, and to quote something I read in a thread long ago the chapter could have held pref in a cardboard box with glowsticks and I still would have signed their name with my finest penmanship. That actually sounds like a really fun pref party, come to think of it. Anyways, I truly believe that I would be happy in either sorority, but that
Sagittarius is the right one for me. My mom and best friend have done an awesome job of not pressuring me to choose one way or another, so I can truly say I made this decision on my own.
We were supposed to have our bids delivered to us in our rooms at 4:30 tomorrow, but apparently my Pi Chi has class so I should get it around 5:15 and then have half an hour before we meet to see the Pi Chi reveal and run down the hill to our new chapters. I don't know if I'll be able to update GC in that half hour but no news is good news and getting a bid from either chapter is good news!
Thank you all so much for your advice and good thoughts! Tomorrow I will also thank the lovely ladies who either wrote recs or found them for me, but I don't want to give away what chapter I'm not a legacy to by doing that now. I'm so glad recruitment is almost done and by this time tomorrow I will be a new member somewhere!
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