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DAY 2_HOUSE TOUR!!!
omg, girlies! im soo excited! Here are the houses I was invited back to:
Tri-Delt
Theta
Kappa
A D Pi
AXO
AEPhi
I was soo happy to be invited back to Kappa and Theta, as well as surprised, because they are pretty top on our campus! As soon as I found out where I was invited back I instantly became nervous but I kept as cool as possible! I just had to worry about impressing my top 2 the second time around and I sure hope I did! I find out tomorrow, but anyways, I'll let you know how today went.
I'll go ahead and list them in order of how I went to them.
Tri-Delt was the 1st house and I was a little apprehensive about them because the night ebfore I had ranked them 9th out of the 10th. I had to carry too many of the conversations and wasn't getting a great vibe the first night.
This time around was a lot better, but I can honestly say that I STILL don't see myself in this house. We had pretty good coversations about the philanthropy and about the girl's pen friend and how she send letters to a girl who just graduated high school with cancer. I am still very impressed with their philanthropy and think that that is probably the best thing they have going for their house. One of the girls I talked to kind of put me off because she didn't know very much about her sorority. I had asked her if there was a mascot and at first she stammered a bit and said Pandas and then a few minutes later said, oh, wait, I think we are dolphins. This was kind of the gist of the rest of the conversation with her. After that, I talked to a really nice girl who was very cheerful and all. She was losing her voice from talking so much during rush but still had a good attitude. The only real problem with this house is that they would always ask very early in the conversation questions which put me on the spot, like, "Is there anything you want to ask me specifically?" and things like that. I still like the houses where we just kind of end up talking and never have to stop and think about whether we should be doing or saying this or that (nothing illegal like name-dropping and stuff, but, you know, random chatter). I asked her a lot of questions and she was really pleased that my questions weren;'t your run of the mill ones. I asked her what made her bond with Tri-Delt stronger than her bond with her friends out of the greek system, what her most memorable sorority experience was, whether she had had an y cool experiences with meeting other Tri-Delts when travelling just by wearing her letters, etc...
So, I had a good time there and all, but I could not see myself hanging around these girls, going to the movies, chilling in our pj's and doing things I like to do. I looked for girls that I felt reminded me of my friends back home or people I admire and look up to. I didn't find it here so much as at the other houses.
The house itself was very cute, beautifully furnished, and all, so that was another nice point about them. At the end I ranked them once again as 9th.
I had a break in-between, and then I had my next house.
Theta
It was as awesome as ever, once again! The first girl and I talked about our trips to Paris and bonded over the clothing store, MANGO. As soon as she mentioned it, i couldn't help it, I squealed because that is my absolute favorite store in the world. So our conversation kind of veered towards silly chatter but it was a break from the old , "whats your major?" routine. So many people I've met are so well-travelled it's almost scary and so many know people who have done Semester at Sea, which I'm totally considering doing some day. After that I met a few other girls in the house and they were all very sweet. I'm so tired now that I can't remember the entire details on the house and all but I know their president's room was SWEET!!! They also looked like they had a lot of fun activities throughout the year. I ranked them as #1!
After this was lunch.
Kappa-
Very beautiful girls, very peppy and genuinely nice girls. Had the best conversations of the whole day there. Very beautiful backyard and looks like they have fun events. Every girl that I had met yesterday made sure to say hello and when I was leaving so many people called out my name. They made me feel so special. I met their president and we talked about how we both went to Havasu during Spring Break. I could totally see myself here. I ranked them #2 but in my heart, they are tied with Theta.
ADPI-
Why is everyone so cute? That's the best word to describe them and I think one of the girls described it there best when she said that they were comprised of girls who would've been great in any house, but found their home there. Everyone was very warm and chill...lol..sounds silly, huh? I met their president or recruitment chair and she was extremely personable! The last girl I talked to was an adorable redhead with the prettiest, friendliest smile I've ever seen. We talked about our dogs and this is my all-time favorite topic because I'm a major dog-lover and have 4 back home. I can see myself here, I ranked them 3rd.
AXO-
Met a girl who had spent a year in Germany. Very cool because she is minoring in German(Did I mention I love learning languages?) and she seemed very fun, if a bit on the wild side. I think this house is composed generally of good-natured girls. My only apprehension is that they seemed almost too diverse on first glance. It is hard for me to get a good feel of a house if everyone seems to kind of be soo different from the next. Maybe it was just the luck of the draw and I just met all different types of girls randomly, but I felt a teeny bit off-kilter. I can sort of see myself here but only time will tell. I ranked them 4th. their house is massive! 3 stories high!!!
AEPhi-
These girls invited EVERYONE back. Their house is really small and not nearly as nicely decorated. They don't have a cook or I don;t think a house mom either, so they seemed to be extremely untraditional, which is okay for some people, but I'm kind of looing more for the greek experince. We were required to go to everyone that invited us back and at first I was so dreading going becauise if it were up to me, I wouldn't go, mainly because I had had a hard time holding a conversation with these girls the day before and I already knew I didnt want to be there. A lot of the rooms inside had lofts for the 3rd roommate and at one point, one of the rushers said, hey, if you want, you can climb up there and check it out. she was rushing me and another girl and I didn't kno what o say to that and she said, "Go ahead, go up there" and it just got really quiet, I felt uncomfortable becuase I could see the loft ffine from where I was and it didn't look all that appealing and I was wearing heels (!?!?) The rest of the conversations were okay and some of the girls I met were indeed very nice girls and pretty spunky, but I just knew they weren't for me. I ranked them 10th.
Then my group met up on campus and we had to rank all 10 (even those we hadnt been invited back to). I put
#1Theta
#2 kAPPA
#3 a D pI
#4 AXO
#5 DG
#6 Pi Phi
#7 APhi
#8 Gamma Phi Beta
#9 Tri-Delt
#AEPhi
They had us put all 10 because it is possible that someone who dropped us before may decide to pick us up again, though it is not very likely. If that were to happen, I'd be happy if it were DG. Tomorrow is the 1st day of school..odd to start on a thrusday, huh? then at 530pm we go to find out our 4 that we will go to for theme night from 6-10. then we narrow it down to 2, so the week's almost over...*sigh*..im so glad I made it this far, I just really hope that I can hang on to my top 2, I would die happy! lol..but i would still be very happy in ADPi and quite possibly AXO!
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