My University of Iowa Recruitment Story!

[lovespink88]

My kind of town, Chicago is

[CubbieBlue]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

My kind of town, Chicago is

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[dukemama]

Rooting for Philly and NYC!!!

[APhi4Ever]

Well since my fellow sister dukemama gets to root for 2, I will root for 2 as well, Houston and Dallas since I'm from Texas!

[owlsgohoot]

Rooting for Atlanta, since it was the first city where I branched out on my own, and New York since that's where I hope to end up!!

[Jill1228]

Since I miss California, I will put my votes in for Los Angeles and San Francisco

[littlesquirrel]

Rooting for Chicago because it's the city in "This City." Oh, and New York, too. Who doesn't love New York?

[hawkeyelove]

Round 1, Day 1

After meeting my Rho Gamma group the night before, I was so excited to get started with recruitment! On day one (the first Friday after the start of classes, August 24th) my “traveling group” visited 5 chapters:

Charlotte: The house was beautiful, and the 2 women who I spoke to here were so easy to talk to. We had conversations about traveling, academics, and the campus, and I left with a very positive impression.

Washington, DC: This house was absolutely beautiful. The women I talked to here were so easy to talk with, and we clicked immediately. We talked a lot about athletics in high school and the transition to college. I walked out of this house hoping very strongly to return for round 2.

Philadelphia: This house is also gorgeous, but I did not enjoy my time inside nearly as much as the two previous chapters. Each chapter woman spoke to two 2 PNMs at a time. If it hadn’t been for this, I’m sure I would have had a better time there, but trying to connect with both a rusher and another rushee was a little too awkward for me.

Atlanta: I enjoyed meeting one of the three women I spoke to here, but some of the conversations felt a little forced. I was unsure how I felt about them upon walking out.

Chicago: Loved this chapter and house, talked to two women who were both so real and I felt like I could really see myself as a member there.

[hawkeyelove]

Round 1, Day 2

Seattle: Loved the first woman I spoke to here and felt like we bonded instantly, but had somewhat of an awkward conversation with the second. House was very pretty though.

Dallas: Very sweet, but didn’t love the house, nor did I really feel like I clicked.

Houston: Structured their event with a “speed dating” format so spoke to the most women in this chapter, maybe 4 or 5. It was nice to speak to so many sisters, but at the same time I never really had the chance to get a feel for what this house is really like. The women were gorgeous but I honestly can’t recall a single detail of those conversations.

New York: Smallest chapter on campus so one chapter woman rushed 4 PNMs. A little awkward at times but I had to cut the rusher some slack, it’s not easy leading such a large group.

San Diego: Possibly the most beautiful house, conversations were nice and flowed well. Spoke a lot about major and extracurricular activities here.

Los Angeles: Beautiful house and the sisters were absolutely stunning but I honestly can’t remember anything about the conversations I had here.

Boston: House was also incredibly beautiful and sisters were very pretty as well. Conversation here seemed very superficial though (centered around reality TV and shopping in Iowa City), whereas I would rather speak about academics or extracurricular.

Miami: Really clicked with the women rushing me here, absolutely gorgeous women yet again but had an amazing spark and spirit to them. Felt like I could see myself here.

San Francisco: Beautiful story book house, sister I talked to here was so much fun to speak with and we really emphasized academic similarities which is always interesting for me. Really loved this chapter.

After Round 1 was over, we all headed to the computers to select our top 11 that we could return to for Round 2 and rank the 3 chapters we would like to return to the least. I ordered everything from 1-14 so I would know where I stood even though the ranks really only mattered from 12-14.

Washington, DC
Chicago
Charlotte
San Francisco
Miami
San Diego
Boston
Houston
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Dallas

Seattle
Atlanta
New York

I would however like to emphasize that despite a few awkward moments here and there, recruitment round 1 was an amazing experience. I could so easily tell that every single woman in every single chapter was a part of an incredible sisterhood. Ranking the chapters was impossible after only 20 minutes spent at each, I would have been thrilled to return to any of them.

[KDCat]

Go Chicago!

[WCsweet<3]

Seattle!

[DG Illinois]

I'm wishing there was more! I cannnot wait to hear the rest!
Go Chicago...my hometown!

[scrapcat]

I love your attitude! can't wait to hear more!

[APhi4Ever]

Phooey on Dallas but still hoping! Also, for Houston!

[SigKapSweetie]

Originally Posted by hawkeyelove

I could so easily tell that every single woman in every single chapter was a part of an incredible sisterhood. Ranking the chapters was impossible after only 20 minutes spent at each, I would have been thrilled to return to any of them.

This is a fantastic attitude for a PNM to have, especially during round 1 at a school with chapters of over 100 women each. Hats off to you!