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Luckily on the first day, we only visited 6 houses. Whoever had the idea of splitting up the houses is definitely the most caring person to all the PNM's in the horrible summer heat. In regards to my references, I believe there were 3 houses I didn't have references to. Those houses were Twix, Airheads & Starburst. At my school, I'd say references are pretty important since we had over 800 girls rushing, so always try to get references because anything that can make you look better helps! I also knew 2 girls affiliated with sororities at my school simply because we went to the same high school. I wasn't best friends by any means with them so I definitely was approaching recruitment with an open mind.
Day 1 list:
1) Snickers
2) M&Ms
3) Almond Joy
4) Nerds
5) Reese's
6) Airheads
From my own research, I got 3 out of the 4 houses I was most interested in learning about so I was super excited to get the day started!
Party 1: Snickers- I'm pretty outgoing so I knew the 15-20 minutes would fly by. When the doors opened and the girls were singing with SO much energy, I was mesmerized. Now, my last name is towards the end so I got a little bit more prep time to mentally prepare myself. When I finally got into the house, the decorations had a special meaning to me that I discussed with my rusher. She was so sweet and I loved talking to her! We had a lot in common and we instantly clicked. When the time was up, I was so sad to leave. I would have been content with just visiting this house!
Party 2: M&M's- Through that unavoidable tent talk, I had heard this group of girls was the "party" group. However, I knew several girls in this chapter at other schools so I was going to make my own assumptions while visiting. It was going to be hard to beat such a great experience at Snickers but I ended up really liking M&M's. The two girls I talked to were beautiful, very fun & easy to talk to. However, I didn't get that sense that I wanted to stay there forever like I did with Snickers.
Party 3: Almond Joy- Being the 3rd party, the PNM girls were starting to get a lot more comfortable in the houses with what to expect. However, this house really wanted you to get a feel for their house and that feeling just wasn't meshing with me. They made it more of a house tour and informational session than a one-on-one type process. I found the rushing awkward and not for me. I knew this house wouldn't rank high on my pref list.
Party 4: Nerds- I was really excited to visit this house because it was one of my top two houses that I was most looking forward to visiting. They didn't let me down because my rusher was super sweet. I didn't click as fast with her as the girl at Snickers but I knew I wanted to come back to this house. They definitely embodied the kind of person I wanted to surround myself with.
Party 5: Reese's- After already visiting the 3 houses I really wanted to visit, I felt these last two houses were more relaxed. Going into Reese's, my rusher was absolutely gorgeous. I was a little intimidated because she seemed so well put together to basically judge every word you say. However, I put on a smile and talked like I would any other person. She seemed a little bit more distant and I couldn't really read her. I figured I wasn't going to get invited back. I wasn't that concerned with being invited back to this house or not. Every house I visited was great, I was having an amazing time & it was really changing my outlook on sorority life.
Party 6: Airheads- When I finally got into this house, all I could think about was the noise level. It was crazy loud in this house! I have bad hearing to begin with so when the active and I were talking, I simply had to nod my head at times because I had absolutely no idea what she was saying. I knew this house was going to be last on my drop list. Maybe I just had a very bad first impression but I guess that's the way things go during recruitment.
Since we still had to visit the other 6 houses the next day, we did not preference. However, this is how I ranked them in my journal:
1) Nerds
2) Snickers
3) M&M's
4) Reese's
5) Almond Joy
6) Airheads
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