Eirbear's Retro Recruitment Thread

[Leslie Anne]

Congratulations on being asked back to all four! It's so nice when the ball is in your court.

[Eirbear]

I'm glad you guys are enjoying reading this!

Friday night finally arrived. Fortunately, Sisterhood round was scheduled to start a couple hours later than Open House had a week before, so band didn't conflict this time and I had plenty of time to get back to my room and get ready for the round. I got dressed in the outfit I had picked out--a black skirt, nice button-up blouse, and some nice black shoes--and did my hair up as best I could (I'm rather challenged in the hair-styling department) and put on some make-up. It came time for our floor to leave for the student union again with Janet and Jessica. All the PNMs and Rho Chi's looked great, and while we were waiting for our assignments in the student union, there were a bunch of people who walked by and stared. We all got quite a bit of amusement out of it. We finally left for the rounds. These rounds are the ones I don't remember quite so much about, and I don't know why. I remember snippets, and the more "unique" stuff that was done, but the specifics are kind of missing.

Galinda--My first party of the night. This one was in the Pharmacy building. The theme was a movie theme. We had popcorn and after settling down a bit (after looking at pictures hanging on the walls), we all sat down to watch a movie slideshow of their chapter. I enjoyed seeing it and noticed that I was even more excited for Bid Day and getting the chance to become a member of one of these chapters. Again, I was paired with a sister I felt I reallly connected with.

Elphaba--The second party of the night at the Business building. I was paired with a sister I liked and we had a good conversation. Like the Galindas' party, we saw pictures decorating the walls and we also watched a movie slideshow of the chapter's times together. Overall, I had a good time.

Nessarose--The final party of the night. I don't know why I always ended up as Nessarose for the last party each night, but I guess it was just one of those great ironies of Recruitment. This one was also in the Business building and had a Wizard of Oz theme (one half of the room had old black and white pictures, the other half had current pictures in color, and there was a cardboard rainbow joining the two together). I was paired again with the sister from my section in marching band. We had a good time talking, and we ended up in a group of sisters. Then we saw another movie slideshow, the sisters sang a song, we (the PNMs) all wrote down a wish on a piece of paper. We tied the papers to balloons, walked outside, and set them loose.

At the end of the night, I was a little stressed. I didn't know what chapter I'd cut the next day before Preference. I liked all three of them, but I could only go to two Preference parties at most. But, I was really looking forward to the next night's round, so I tried not to dwell on it too much.

[Leslie Anne]

Hmm, sounds like Elphaba made the least good impression. I'm sure it will work out in the end.

[LOVEinZTA]

*bump* more!

[Eirbear]

Saturday finally arrived. It was a football Saturday, so I had early morning rehearsal, which meant I would be late for cuts. Jessica said that she would wait for me to get back. As soon as practice was over, I jogged back to my dorm. Jessica met me at my room and asked me if she could come in. We walked inside, she closed the door, and she told me I had only been invited back to one chapter for Preference--Nessarose. While I was happy I had been invited back and relieved that I didn't have to make a choice for a cut, I was rather sad that only one chapter wanted me at their Preference. Jessica advised that I still keep an open mind about the other chapters, because I would get a chance to rank all four anyway after the party tonight. She said even though I was only going to one Preference didn't mean that my chances were gone for any of the other chapters.

After a football game, a hurried shower, and a changing of clothes into a black dress, it was time for Preference. Our floor met Janet and Jessica at the end of the floor, forced one of the PNMs' boyfriends to take a group picture of us (as we explained..."when girls get dressed up, we have to take pictures"). We made our way to the student union again. Nessarose's party was taking place in the second floor ballroom, and I was going to second round with all the others who had only been invited back to Nessarose (or one party). Therefore, we spent the whole first hour of the night sitting in a couch area of the student union outside the cafeteria with a couple Rho Chi's. Finally, it was time for our round. We lined up alphabetically and headed up the stairs.

We were introduced one by one by one of the sisters, and we were each escorted over to the tables by a different sister. When my name was called, I saw the sister from my section walking over to me. She lead me over to another table and we stood until the sisters sang a song and then we sat down. At the table was the two of us and the English major sister I had met at Open House. We had a really nice conversation and snacked on desert and then everyone was instructed to go stand in a circle. They performed a small ceremony and then we were escorted back out of the ballroom. The hour seemed to have gone by really fast.

Downstairs, we had to line up outside the closed doors of the activities room. We were let in in small groups, assigned seats at various tables, and were handed a card to list the chapters in our preferred order. After thinking for a really long time, I finally wrote the chapters down in my order from most want to least want--

Nessarose
Galinda
Elphaba
Fiyero

I felt pretty good with my list, signed it, and handed it in. On the way back to my dorm room I started feeling a sudden mix of excitement and nerves. What if Nessarose decided they didn't really want me that much after all? What if the Galinda and Elphaba both kept their minds made up that they didn't want me either? What if I only ended up with a bid from Fiyero--whom I hadn't clicked with at all, but they did invite me back to Sisterhood? What if I didn't get a bid from anywhere? I was pretty sure that with all these emotions and thoughts and fears rushing through my head, I wouldn't sleep very well that night. In case you're wondering...I didn't.

[AlwaysSAI]

HA!

So excited for Bid day!!!!

Go Nessarose!!!

[Ocalagirl]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

So excited for Bid day!!!!

I know me too!!

[Eirbear]

I had a huge problem with staying asleep once I had woken up early on Sunday morning. I kept myself occupied at my computer as long as possible, but that only lasted a little while. Eventually, I got dressed and wandered across the hall to my friend's room (we're acutally roommates now, and became roommates only a couple months after Recruitment...but I digress...). After bothering her for a bit, she finally gave in and went with me to Sunday brunch. I couldn't eat very much, because I was really nervous for the day's events. By the time I got back to my room, it was just about 1:00, which was when Janet and Jessica had told us to all be in our rooms with the doors closed. They had told us that they might not be on our floor at exactly 1:00, but that was the time they had to meet to pick up the bids, so we needed to be ready by then.

I sat at my computer for a while and called one of my high school friends to chat for a bit. Finally, a bit before 1:30, I started hearing screaming throughout the dorm. I knew this meant that on one of the three floors of my dorm some Rho Chi's had just delivered a bid to someone. I waited with baited breath. Not long after 1:30 the one sound I had been most looking forward to finally came--a knock on my door. I hurried to the door, opened it, and found myself standing face-to-face with Janet and Jessica, both smiling. They handed me an envelope. I held my breath and opened it. I pulled out a small card and (I'm not going to lie) I squealed. I had just recieved a bid from.....



















Nessarose!

Also known as....




















Alpha Xi Delta!


Jessica grinned at me and asked if I wanted to accept my bid. I said yes and she told me that the floor would be heading over to the field house to meet up with our new sororities in a couple hours. After a little while in my room alone, I got tired of waiting, so I went out in the hall--all the other PNMs from my floor, as well as our Rho Chi's, were all sitting in the hall talking, so I joined them.

It was finallly time to go over to the field house. All the PNMs that got bids and all the Rho Chi's stood out in the hallway of the sports center. All the sororities were inside. After a bit, we were finally told to go inside, line up in front of our new sisters, and then on the count of three, we would all run over to our new sororities. I went in and found the Alpha Xi's standing together, and I joined my new pledge sisters as we lined up in front of the cheering sorority. When the head Rho Chi said, we all ran to each other. I was welcomed into the sorority by the sister from my section--she gave me my bid day shirt, a gift bag, and a balloon and we took a LOT of pictures. The other English major sister tackled me. We caravanned back to the house and spent a memorable afternoon hanging out, playing ice breaker games, and just enjoying the day.

The English major sister--her name's Liz--eventually became my Big.

Nessarose--Alpha Xi Delta
Galinda--Delta Zeta
Elphaba--Zeta Tau Alpha
Fiyero--Kappa Alpha Theta

It turned out Janet was a Theta, as we had guessed...Jessica ended up being a DZ.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading my story!

[amanda6035]

YAY! Alpha Xi Delta!

[key*key]

I love Alpha Xi Delta and chill quill! I liked this one as well. Great you got to be in so a great sorority and with so many band friends. That is great, what a great fit! Congrats. LOL

[IrishLake]

yea for ONU greeks!!!!! And thanks to Violet for finding this for me!

[Smile_Awhile]

I laughed when I saw your code- I used a Wicked code when I wrote my story too! I also joined my Nessarose.

Congratulations!