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I'm glad some people know about allstar cheer to have some context! I was worried nobody would get it!
Here goes day 1 - open house round
Open house is over two days so we went to half the chapters on the first day.
Lady Jags – I was super nervous going in since this was my first house! But I was really surprised that it wasn’t nearly as scary as I thought it would be. I had good conversations at this house, but it was really loud. I spoke with three girls in this house and liked them, but wasn’t overly excited about it, because we just kind of talked about the typical stuff, nothing too exciting. This chapter had really cute shorts to match their tshirts.
WCSS - I was excited to go into this house as I had been in it before to move my sister in (the year prior), so it would be familiar to me. It was nice that nobody brought up my sister at all even though they all knew her, so I felt like my own person. I really loved the first two girls I spoke to here! The third I still liked I just didn’t get to talk to her as long. The president came over to introduce herself to me, which even though I knew was because I was a legacy, I was still flattered.
Lady Bullets - Everyone in this house was beautiful. I liked all the girls I talked to, and bonded with one of them over our shared hatred of pickles. One of the girls I was talking to introduced me to the next girl by the wrong name, so that was awkward, but otherwise a good experience.
SSX - I knew a lot of girls in this chapter from my church, but went in open minded. Two girls I know stopped by to say hi to me, which was a sweet gesture. I had good conversations here but pretty basic. I liked it though and felt like maybe I just needed to talk to a different girl, because the other people I knew in this house I really loved, so I figured I just didn’t click with the girls I spoke to.
GT Blink - One of the women who wrote my recs to this house actually told me she called the house and told them to make me feel at home! They definitely did, the president came to talk to me which was very flattering once again, and I really liked the girls. Before we went in to this house, it began pouring rain on us out of nowhere (it wasn’t in the forecast), so all the actives had to go to the basement and we came in to take shelter (b/c there was lightning). I was one of a few who brought umbrellas, but I of course shared with other girls which ended up being like none of us even had one because so many people were “under” such a small umbrella! Needless to say, we all looked a tragic mess but the girls were all super sweet and told us our hair looked good! I really enjoyed my time at this house and even emailed my rec writer that night to tell her.
TGLC - When I went into this house, I was paired up with a girl who went to my high school! However, we didn’t know each other in high school at all, so it wasn’t like I was paired with someone I already knew. Still, it helped us have a better conversation bc we had similar reasons for choosing this school (typical day 1 question.) The other girl I was paired with I really clicked with as well. I left this house really liking it and hoping to be invited back.
Smoed - In this house, I had okay conversations, but felt like I didn’t say much at all. I didn’t have awkward silences or anything, I just felt that I didn’t have much of a chance to tell the girl about myself and make a good impression. The girl I talked to was really outgoing and sweet though, and we talked about the honors college which was something that I hadn’t talked about in other houses at all so it was nice.
Peach - I knew some girls in this house from high school and from church, and one of my best friend’s sisters is in this house and told me she would “put in a good word for me.” I wasn’t paired with her, but she came over and chatted with me for a minute about how recruitment was going, which was really nice. However, the other girls I spoke to this day I just didn’t click with. We didn’t really have anything to talk about and there were awkward silences. I was really torn leaving this house, because I knew girls who I loved in this house and wanted to give it a second chance, but I also had so many other houses that I had better conversations at.
At the end of this day, I would’ve been happy to return to all of the houses. However, my favorites were WCSS, TGLC, and GT Blink. I knew that I would have tough choices to make when preffing tomorrow because while I had some I really preferred, most of them I was just like “oh this is fine, I enjoyed myself” and didn’t have strong feelings about most of them.
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