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Old 09-25-2011, 08:19 AM
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Old 09-26-2011, 04:19 PM
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Talking Drum roll please....9 party day! :)

I survived the first day and was very anxious to find out what my schedule would look like today. I was hoping for a full schedule of 9 houses but I knew if I didn’t I would be okay with that too, it only takes one! Most people would see the most cuts this day because girls were cut based on grades, I crossed my fingers that my GPA was seen as asset to the houses and went to receive my schedule from my Rho Gamma.

Schedule for Sisterhood Showcase:
Alex
Owen
Mark
Christina
April
Bailey
Meredith
Teddy
George

A huge wave a relief came over me after I saw my schedule! I had a full schedule and was going back to all of the houses I loved! I was a little bummed that I didn’t get invited back to Derek but with all the other awesome houses that I did, but it barely even phased me. I was very happy that I didn’t get invited back to the houses that I found super awkward to talk to. Now I could just be myself and not have to put a fake smile on for those houses.

Today would consist of skits that the houses had put together to show us the values of their houses. I was really excited to see these and I was ready for a good laugh!

Alex- Alex had a really super skit idea that they went off of. It was all about two girls that were on vacation and they were facebooking all of these Alex girls. I was so impressed by the set up that they had and I wasn’t literally laughing out loud and it wasn’t a fake laugh, it was genuinely funny! There was more small talk about majors, movies, travelling and the kind of foreign languages we took in high school. There was really nothing very personal or deep. Once again they had two PNMs for every member, I am not a fan of this recruitment method. I had fun at this house and it was starting to grow on me!

Owen- I was about ready to jump out of my skin when I saw that Owen was on my schedule for the day. I was so excited to see some of the girls personalities come out in their skit and man was that skit hilarious. The funny thing was, compared to all of the other houses they had like no props but there’s was by far one of the funniest ones. The girls in the skit were just so funny! It was the classic recruitment group skit where there were all these different personalities in one group and they all had to interact. So funny!! The skit really reminded me of my friends and myself; we would totally do the same thing in a heartbeat. The girls I talked to after the skit were some of the same girls that I had talked to the day before and I loved how they remembered certain things that we had talked about. We had some awesome conversations about how they had such a support system within their sisterhood. I couldn’t get over how much I loved this house!!

Mark- I so super happy to be invited back to this house today! The girls were so sweet and down to earth. They had a really good skit that really showed the main points of what their sisterhood meant to them. The girls I talked to after the skit were pretty interesting to talk to but I didn’t feel as great of a connection to them as I had the previous day. I really like this house overall still, and it was still one of my top picks.

Christina- I was excited to be back at this house today! Christina’s skit was okay, and I was a little disappointed. It was just a little weird and my host/active member kept talking to me the whole time so it was really distracting. Once the skit was over we went back upstairs and talked some more and after being bumped to a few different girls I was bumped to a girl that had actually gone to the same school as me! She said that she wanted to make sure that she got a chance to talk to me and that was nice to hear. I was really comfortable talking to her and it was nice to see a familiar face and be able to talk. We really talked about the bonds that being in a sorority makes. I was glad that I left the house loving it because at the beginning, during the skit, I was feeling a little unsure.

April- I was back and the skit was sooo cute! It was April through history and how it has changed and stayed the same. The girls did a very nice job of getting through their skits and doing there best not to laugh! After the skit I had an amazing conversations with my girl and we didn’t run out of things to talk about it. There was no small talk, which was such a relief! I had so much fun at April and I could see myself in so many of the girls.

Bailey- I wish I could come back saying that I loved this house and that I am glad that I gave it a second chance, but the truth is I wasn’t really all that impressed with it on this day. The skit was very cute and it was super funny but the turn off was the girl I was talking to. She was uninterested in what we were talking about. I had to ask her all the questions and when I gave my input she would look off and not even pay attention to me. I was really disappointed because I really wanted to like this house. I had to decide how much I would let this conversation affect my decisions for the night.

Meredith- I am not sure why, but I just did not have fun at this house on the second day. That was a bummer because I had loved it so much the day before. My particular host was almost a little annoying. I know that is rude but I am doing my best to tell you how I felt this whole week. I don’t know what it was about her that made me feel that way, but I just did. Their skit was cute but not very original and I didn’t understand it very well. It was Grease themed. I left the house a little discouraged because I had had such an amazing time the first time around and I didn’t know what to think of them now.

Teddy- I was so pumped to be back at this house!! I couldn’t wait to meet some more of the girls and get to know them more. The skit was very well done and it looked like they put a lot of effort into it and it really paid off. The girl I was with was so cute and nice! I loved talking to her and we talked about clothes for a while, one of my favorite subjects! LOL You could just tell how much all these girls loved being together and the time just flew by while I was there. Left the house feeling excited and hopeful.

George- Last house of the night! Since I knew it was my last house of the night I got a rush of energy to get me through the next 40 minutes. I talked to two people that were in the skit and they were hilarious and I loved talking about them. We were joking with each other the whole time but still made sure to talk about what I was looking for in a sorority. So, the skit was so funny! It was so clever and they have to have had to put so much work into it. I had so much fun at George and I didn’t want to leave when it was time to go!

Ranking was pretty easy on this night and I was thankful for that! The houses that I choose to put on my bottom were kind of a bummer because I did have such a good time at all of them the first day, but they just lacked something on this day. Just like the previous night we choose 3 houses to put in our bottom and rank them from favorite to least favorite.

Alex
Meredith
Bailey

My favorites of the day in no particular order:
Owen
Mark
Christina
April
Teddy
George

Stay tuned for 6 party day!!
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Old 09-26-2011, 04:28 PM
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I am loving reading your story! I can't begin to imagine going to 16 houses in one day- going to 6 in one day seemed nearly impossible to me! Fingers crossed for you!
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Old 09-26-2011, 04:34 PM
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I am loving reading your story! I can't begin to imagine going to 16 houses in one day- going to 6 in one day seemed nearly impossible to me! Fingers crossed for you!
They were marathon days but with a little coffee (don't worry, I had plenty of breath mints!) and a good attitude, I got through it some how! Can't wait for you all to find out my happy ending!
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Old 09-30-2011, 05:00 PM
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Talking We keep chugging along... :)

Whew, sorry I haven’t updated you all week! Two exams and two papers were due this week, can you say welcome to college??

So anyways, the next day in my marathon was the 6 party day. We were able to start a little bit later today since we had fewer parties to go to and that meant more time for me to sleep in!! After our usual morning meeting with our Rho Gamma, it was time to receive our schedules! Here we go:

Alex
Christina
Teddy
Meredith

When I saw my schedule for the day I could have sworn there was a mistake, only 4 houses?? I am not going to lie about how I felt, it was devastating. Some of the houses that I for sure thought were my favorites and that had gone really well we no longer on my schedule. What I was most devastated about was not being invited to Owen. I had fallen in love with this house which I knew was not a good thing, but I couldn’t help but love all the girls there. Luckily for me, my schedule allowed me to have a break first thing. I was able to hold it together until I got to my room and then I let my self-go. I had had such a drastic cut, and in my eyes, it made me feel like a failure. My mom was still on campus because she was making some last minute errands for me and I ended up calling her and she came right over. We talked it over and I composed myself and started accepting the fact that I didn’t get invited back and just to move on! It was hard, but my mom asked me if I would have wanted to be invited back by girls who didn’t like me. Of course not! It was time to move on and be happy about the houses that DID want me back because they could see me becoming one of their sisters!

Today on the agenda for all the houses was to get tours of the house and go over the financial side of things for the particular house. I was told my mother to not let the finances of the house sway my decisions, so it was very informative to have them go over that, but I won’t go into great detail about that stuff, mostly what I liked about the houses.



Alex- First of the day! Once again, they had one active paired with two PNMs. I had learned to get over that and was used to it from this house. Still wasn’t my favorite mingling method, but what are you going to do? While we were touring this house, something that really stuck out to me that I really like was that they didn’t have any cold airs. For those of you who don’t know what a cold air is, it is a large room with everyone’s beds (usually bunk beds), and it is always dark and always cold. It is where everyone has their own bed and they all sleep in that same room. There is usually one cold air on each floor. So like I said, Alex did not have cold airs and it was just two girls per room. I liked that they had privacy and only one other person living there. The whole house is air conditioned, so that was a major plus too! The whole rest of the house didn’t really stand out to me, it was pretty boring architecturally and the living room was just too fancy looking for me. Like I couldn’t lounge around in sweats if I wanted to. This house had some pluses and minuses. The conversations I had with the girls here today were also lacking.

Christina-Christina’s house is going through a redecorating transition one floor at a time. The floors that were done looked amazing; every thing seemed so updated and sleek. Loved the natural colors of the rooms and the simplicity. Christina did have cold airs but a feature that the cold airs have is if you are on the bottom bunk, there is a curtain type thing that goes around the bed so that it seems less like you are in a room with a bunch of people. I didn’t learn about that until at I got to Christina. I really love to grand look to the house when you are on the outside, it is so pretty! Overall, I would not have any problems living in this house and my conversations were also really good again today in this house. Getting good vibes from Christina!

Teddy- Yayyyyyyy back at Teddy! The first thing I would like to say about this house is…GORGEOUS. Definitely the most unique on campus and you would feel like a princess if you lived there. The girl that gave me the tour was the best! I haven’t felt a better connection with anyone I had talked to that whole week. She was so down to earth and funny. We joked and talked about legit stuff. I felt really comfortable asking her questions about the cold airs and if she liked them. She said that she couldn’t imagine living any other way and they have only just moved in! Their study room is really nice and they have the wonderful resource we call study files, as do all the sororities on campus! Don’t worry, the professors know about them! I just got an overall good feeling from this house and it seemed really comfortable to live in!

Meredith- I am not going to lie, I am pretty happy that I saw them back on my list. Even though they were in my bottom, I really wanted to give her a second try because I really wanted to like them since I had so much on the first day. Meredith’s house is very nicely set up, and like I said before, they have recently redecorated. A cool fact about the girl who redecorated, they were both interior design majors in the house. How cool is that? They also have the cold airs, and by this time the idea of a cold air is starting to look pretty nice. I love to sleep in the cold and I love that it is completely dark all the time. Can you say perfect napping atmosphere? The outside of the house is a little dull and blocky looking. It doesn’t really look like a homey house. It kind of looks like a business. Today my conversations at this house were so much better! Like they were a complete 180! I loved the girls that I talked to, they were really interested in what I had to say and they were interesting to listen to. So sweet!

Ranking was kind of hard tonight because since I didn’t have a full schedule. I had to choose one to put into my bottom. All of the houses had really stood out to me today but there was one that just didn’t make me feel as comfortable as the others had. The one house that I choose to put in my bottom was:

Alex

My Favorites of the day in no particular order were:
Christina
Teddy
Meredith

I can’t believe that my next post will be Pref Night! Such a big decision is coming up and you won’t want to miss it!
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:07 PM
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Old 10-07-2011, 09:45 PM
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Talking The finish line is approaching!!

Here we go! It’s now time for the biggest night of formal recruitment, Pref Night! The whole day leading up to the ceremonies later that night was very relaxing and much needed. We were able to sleep in and roll out of bed and go to breakfast together in our sweats! It was so much fun! But, who cares about that! I am sure that you are all dying to know how the night went!

My recruitment group met around 3:00 all dressed up and we all looked gorgeous and so confident. Our Rho Gamma talked to us for a little bit about how tonight would work with the whole strict silence our campus does, and I am sure along with many other campuses. The walking between houses would be silent and so would line up at the houses. The only talking that would be done today was in the houses. After explaining all of this, our Rho Gamma led us in our own candle passing ceremony. We all went around the circle talking about what recruitment meant to us and how it affected the way we felt. Wow, this was very emotional for all of us, and you could really see that we were so comfortable around each other that we could really open ourselves up to each other. Very powerful and it got us in the mood for the night and how special this night is to all the girls in the house too.

Anywhooo, schedule time! I nervously took my schedule from my Rho Gamma and flipped it over not knowing what to expect!

Teddy
Meredith
Christina

I wave of relief came over me! Despite having a small schedule yesterday, I had a full schedule today! Also, they were all my first choices from the day before. There were no negative feelings going into my first house, I know by the end of the night I would really find the house I fit into, and it was definitely one of these. No doubt about it!

Teddy- the atmosphere at this house was completely different then the previous days, and this goes for all the houses. There was no chanting but instead we were called into the house one by one by our names. This was nice because it felt more personal instead of being herded into the house. It was calm and peaceful once you got inside. They had the house decorated so elegantly and beautiful. The same girl that gave me the tour of the house yesterday hosted me, and I was so excited to see her again! We had some amazing conversations, and the small talk was nowhere to be found. I loved it; it was like we were best friends! We watched a slide show that showed pictures of their sisterhood and had tasty chocolate covered strawberries. The song in the slide show made me tear up a little bit, it was very touching! I was really blown away during the ceremonies at this house and it felt so comfortable and natural to me.

Meredith- I have had mixed feelings about this house all week, it had its ups and downs. I was ready to see how I felt about it for the last time. I can honestly say that I really felt no connection during my conversations and during the ceremony for that matter. The house looked gorgeous and so did the girls, but something just wasn’t clicking with me. The conversation that I had with my gal was very forced and I noticed myself picking at my cake a lot because I was…bored. I am really not trying to be disrespectful to these girls and I know that I really could learn to love them, but I didn’t want to have to learn to love them. I wanted to know right then and there if I could see myself there tomorrow. You could really see that the girls cared about each other, especially the seniors, their letters were touching. I left the house feeling like my heart was really beginning to see where it wanted to go and it was drifting away from Meredith.

Christina- Where to start with this house? I will start with the fact that the girls at this house looked gorgeous and so was their home décor. Once we were all inside we were escorted to the basement where we were served H’orderevs that were delicious! It was good to get some real food in my stomach. The girl I talked to was so down to earth and I absolutely loved talking to her. She was even comfortable enough to tell me how Christina was actually not first on her pref night list and when she found that she was a Christina on bid day, she couldn’t have been any happier. She said that she really couldn’t imagine it any other way. This was nice to hear that it’s going to work out in the end. The system works and I would need to let it work it’s magic! After the awesome I had with the girl, another girl that I was pretty good friends with in high school traded spots with her. I was ecstatic! We could never run out of things to talk about and I could really see how much Christina meant to her. It was now time for the ceremony. It was a beautifully candle lit gathering with singing and memory sharing. We all held on to candles that we lit and were invited to recite some lines with the girls, which was really cool that we could be apart of. I was starting to get kind of teary eyed and by the end, I was full on tears. I am not really sure what happened but this wave of emotions just came over me and I couldn’t hold it back. I felt like the biggest sap. I was crying but laughing at the same time because I was dropping hot candle wax on my legs because I was shaking my candle all over the place. I walked out of that house experiencing all the emotions that I had read on GC about pref night.

Whew, here comes the hard part.

A huge group of silent girls made there way to the location where we were making our final decisions. Our vice presidents of recruitment said a few things and then we were left to make our own decisions. I noticed that some girls left, meaning they chose not to pref any of the houses, and others knew exactly what they wanted and headed over to the computers. I needed a few minutes to gather my thoughts and really think thru each of the houses. I knew that I wanted to maximize all my options and would pref all 3 houses, the question was in what order. After a few more moments, I realized it was clear what my choices were……….

These are ranked from favorite to least favorite
Christina
Teddy
Meredith


After I made my final decisions and made it official I came to the conclusion that I will truly be happy at any of those houses and I will have the 4 best years of my life with them.

Next stop…..BID DAY!!!!!!!
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Old 10-07-2011, 09:53 PM
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H’orderevs
I think you mean hors d'oeuvres.....

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I think you mean hors d'oeuvres.....

(which my father used to pronounce 'horse doovers" at parties to upset my elegant mother-)
Haha, whoops! I was so excited to share my story I must have let that one slip! Thanks Carnation for catching that!!
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Old 10-08-2011, 01:01 AM
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Carnation: My friend's grandmother called them horse's ovaries.

......and at formal events as the horse's ovaries were coming out she'd call out, HHere comes the cholesterol!"

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Old 10-09-2011, 12:48 PM
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Welcome to our final destination...BID DAY!!

Okay everyone! It is now time for the moment you have all been waiting for!

BID DAY!

I woke up that morning very nervous not knowing what was going to happen next, I was praying to myself that I wouldn’t receive the dreaded phone call from my Rho Gamma telling me that I didn’t receive a bid. The hour came and went that the Rho Gamma’s would call us if this were to happen. I was soo relieved!! There was a house that truly wanted me! I got ready to go and rushed down to the parlor where I was meeting my recruitment group! We took pictures and then headed to central campus where we would get our bids! The Rho Gamma’s gave us our sacred envelopes and instructed us to not open it until the bell rings at noon! We were all so anxious and comparing evelope styles to other girls! Finally the clock struck noon and all you could hear was paper ripping and screaming girls!!!! I opened my envelope to find that I was a proud new....
















HANG IN THERE














WHAT COULD IT BE?















WHELP HERE WE GO, I AM A BRAND NEW...

















TEDDY!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 10-09-2011, 09:55 PM
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Old 10-09-2011, 10:13 PM
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Old 10-09-2011, 10:41 PM
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Old 10-10-2011, 09:39 AM
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Glad you finally realized the value of "cold airs" (we called them sleeping porches - same thing). I adored ours, although I was less thatn thrilled with it when I first moved into our house. I'm sad that our new house won't have one.

I love the "walkaround," the informal walk around sorority row with a short talk about the physical properties of each house. That would be a great way to help PNMs remember the differences between houses and keep them a little straighter.

Thanks for sharing your story!
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