A totally bitchen '80s rush story

[FSUZeta]

so chicken salad instead of tuna salad, huh?

[33girl]

So, this is another thing about deferred rush that is awesome. Everyone on our floor was supportive of us girls that were rushing and kept popping in and out of our rooms to keep us from going insane.

Around 2ish, one of my friends came to my door letting me know Molly had gotten a phone call letting her know she'd been released from rush and hadn't gotten a bid from Ormond. I immediately went over to her room without even thinking about my own fate. I felt so terrible for her and wished I could have done something to make her feel better. At the same time, I couldn't help feeling like she had set herself up for disappointment.

Finally the 4 PM mark passed and I hadn't gotten a phone call so I knew I had gotten a bid. I had NO idea what to wear and ran down to Nancy's room to ask her advice. She was all "ack! Ack!! Get back in your room!! They could be here any minute!!" I finally decided on a flashback sweater (so named because the cleavage was in the back instead of the front) in one of Merry Go Round's colors because I definitely wasn't going there. LOL.

While I was waiting, I started thinking that maybe I should have suicided and that putting down three groups might backfire on me. I remember thinking distinctly "oh crap! I don't want to be an Ups & Downs!! I want to be a Foxmoor!!"

Eventually I heard rustling outside my door. This is how our bid night worked - the sisters decorated your door while you were waiting (not knowing who was outside) and then knocked when they were done. This seems like the longest 5 or so minutes of your life while it's happening. Finally, I heard a knock on the door. I took a deep breath and went over and opened it to see sisters of....


















Foxmoor

which as you all know is

ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA!!!

[33girl]

I was absolutely delighted. While Ups & Downs had definitely given me something to think about, I knew I wanted to be in ASA the minute I put my pearl in the bowl. Part of the reason I chose them was because they were smaller than Ups & Downs (although they cross-rushed many of the same girls) and I was afraid of getting lost in the shuffle. I wanted a group where I could stand out and be valued for who I already was, not molded into someone else, and I was pretty sure I had found it.

As we were walking out I glanced into the TV room and saw Molly in there with one of our dormmates and she was crying. I felt horrible but I knew I couldn't run over or anything. I trusted our friendship was strong enough to get through it. (This kind of stuff is one of the reasons they discontinued having pickup this way. But to be fair, you had plenty of time to get the hell out of Dodge/the dorm and not have to see it.)

When we got downstairs the Ups & Downs chapter was there also waiting to go upstairs. Kimberly came over and gave me the biggest hug in the world and said "You made a good choice. Congratulations!!!" (I have chills while I'm typing this by the way, because it seems like yesterday.) I still don't know if that meant "thank God you went with them because you missed getting a bid with us and I would have felt like crap" or "we gave you a bid but I totally understand your going here instead and I know you'll be happy."

It turned out they were there to pick up Nancy, which really surprised me - not because I didn't think she would get a bid, I knew any group would love to have her, but because she didn't seem like their type. I had a lot to learn about things like that!!

We then went to the ASA house for bid festivities which included sisters only stuff and then we opened up the house for a party. Most of the other groups had a mixer with a fraternity but we did this which I liked - that way anyone who was important in your life could come over and share your special night with you. The two sisters I had connected with at theme were ecstatic to see me. They told me "we thought we had Molly, but we were really afraid we lost you." When the party wound down, Natalie walked me home and my Greek life began.