NWgirl's Fall '07 Recruitment at University of Washington!

[xoheatherxo]

it sounds like you and your friends are going into this with really open minds with is great!! good luck to you and your friends!! you should have them post their stories on here too!! its always nice to read rush threads that have my sorority in it!! (even though i read the ones that dont too!)

[AlphaXi_Husky]

I agree with other posters - it sounds like you have a wonderful attitude about Recruitment. Good luck to you at UW!

[epchick]

Well because there is an Alpha Phi chapter, and some of my A-Phi sisters work for J. Crew, i'll say GOOOOOOO J. CREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MerryGPhiB]

NW girl have a great recruitment! Enjoy, have fun and be yourself! It's such a great campus and great place to spend your college years!

[Jimmy Choo]

I LOVE your code names!!!! Good luck! (and as of right now I'm rooting for like 5 of those stores).

[AnatraAmore]

Good luck, enjoy recruitment, and may your invites be the ones you hope for!

[LoggerTheta]

GOOD LUCK from one Seattlite to another! Crossing my fingers you have a fun and successful recruitment!

[texas*princess]

Best of luck to you!!

[AOE2AlphaPhi]

I go to UPS and I just want to wish you good luck! Tell us all about it!

Also, I'm from San Francisco, and it's totally true about the weather thing. It's really depressing in the winter though, when I check the weather reports at home and it's like 10 degrees warmer.

[LoggerTheta]

Woo UPS represent! Once a Logger! Always a Logger! Ok I'm done shamelessly plugging my school. Back to the topic at hand...

[northwestgirl]

Today was a whirlwind...and VERY hot. It felt like a rollercoaster, but overall as I left my last chapter, I felt like I had made the right choice in going through with recruitment and felt proud of how I represented myself through out the day. Here is a little bit about the chapters I saw today:

J- Crew : A personal favorite of mine from Greek Weekend, the conversation was effortless. I had met a lot of girls with similar friends, interests or hobbies. But overall, I loved the diversity of the house. Of course, I brought up topics that were important to me. So we discussed how they ranked in overall chapter grades, the amount of community service opportunities they were involved with and so on. All of their answers just made me feel more like this is were I belong. I guess in short it just clicked. I adore this house; I really hope I get the chance to visit them again.
Kiehl’s: Although I try to steer clear of stereotypes. I admit, I had heard some unflattering things about this chapter. However, I am thrilled to report that these girls were great. A lot of the women were from where I’m from, so we talked about our favorite places and activities. I met a girl with a really large family that she’s really close with and we really connected about that. I was overall very impressed with this house; I would love to come back.
Sephora: OK, so I really wanted to like this house. I don’t know why; I just had a really good impression of them during Greek Weekend and was really excited to see them again. Let’s just say it didn’t quite click. One of the girls in particular seemed not to have any interest in talking to me about her chapter activities. We spent our time talking about material things, which really annoyed me. Sorry, but I’m going through recruitment to find out where I’m living; not what destination I should head to next Spring Break. The other girls were sweet and I had okay conversations with them, but I almost felt my self feeling pressured to act like someone else to make the conversation flow, a big red flag if you ask me. I would be willing to go back again, maybe when it’s not one of the last chapters we visited, but overall…I don’t see myself here.
Victoria’s Secret: This was a good chapter for me. The girls all seemed really genuine and again, we had many things in common, and the conversation seemed to flow very easily. We discussed leadership opportunities and it seemed like they were interested in what I had to say, and of course that made it just overall more inviting. All the girls that I talked to said goodbye to me on my way out and said that they hoped to see me soon, which made me happy! I would be happy to come back.
Lucy: I really really really liked this house. The initial girl that I was paired with and I had a great conversation. Again, we didn’t really have to go back to the “what’s your favorite movie” back up question and I don’t even think we talked about majors…it just seemed like we were catching up. I really great energy was at this house, the girls seemed really close and very proud to be members of their sorority. I would love to come back.
Mercer: This house was good. The impression that I got, although I felt like I didn’t hit it off right away with anyone, was a solid, positive one. I really like their philanthropy and cause and the girls were great at keeping the conversation new and not just the standard 5 or so questions were asked. I was comfortable and relaxed at this house; I would love to come back.
Anthropology: Great conversations. I felt really great at this house and I really felt like I could relax and just get to know the girls. In my notes I have a giant YES. The girls weren’t afraid to just let the conversation flow and I found my self laughing and smiling the entire time. There was no awkward moments or comments. Again…effortless. I know it’s a favorite though, my entire group was still glowing as we were walking to the next house. Fabulous, I would love the opportunity to come back. One of the girls that I talked to did make of the mistake of talking about “when” I came back for the philanthropy night, like it was a done deal. I know it was a slip up, but I would love it if that if it happened!
Seattle Sun: Alright. So I am not one to discredit the amazing organization that this chapter represents. But really, I could never see myself here. In by booklet all I have is “I don’t think so”. I don’t really know what to say. They were very quick to point out how they were greater than every other sorority in any topic that I brought up. It seemed like they viewed this time as an opportunity to see if I was right for them, with no thought of how the girls going through recruitment felt. Of course I know this is a first impression, but honestly, it was NOT a good one. I don’t know if I would like to come back.


Now an opportunity to vent, let’s just say I can not agree more with the advice NOT to talk to ANYONE about your personal opinions of the chapters you visit. Two of my friends felt like sharing their every opinion about every moment of their day was suddenly a grand idea. And on the ride home with them I almost wanted to cry about how quick they were to judge women on their physical attributes or what clothes they were wearing. They rely so much on the stereotypes to determine their favorites. No matter what their opinions, even if they were mutual, disrespecting someone or something they love should never be an option. On our ride there tomorrow, I plan on reminding them our deal not the talk…I hope that they listen.

Please know that I am very tired, and there might be numerous typos and perhaps some unfinished thoughts, but it’s the best I could do.

Yay for day three tomorrow…only eight more to go!

[Leslie Anne]

Sounds like you had a great day. That's wonderful!

Can't wait to hear more!


ETA:

Originally Posted by northwestgirl

Yay for day three tomorrow…only eight more to go!

Eight more days? Can someone post the schedule? That's a long Recruitment!

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by AOE2AlphaPhi

I go to UPS and I just want to wish you good luck! Tell us all about it!

Also, I'm from San Francisco, and it's totally true about the weather thing. It's really depressing in the winter though, when I check the weather reports at home and it's like 10 degrees warmer.

Originally Posted by LoggerTheta

Woo UPS represent! Once a Logger! Always a Logger! OK I'm done shamelessly plugging my school. Back to the topic at hand...

Minor Hi-Jack:
Just how many UPS'er are on this board, let alone thread?
Now back to the thread....

[northwestgirl]

Hello!!!


I’m so happy that the first round in finally over. Today was a little bit easier than yesterday. It was about 5 degrees colder and it seemed like everyone was getting the hang of it. Here’s the final 8 chapters:


Coach: This is where I stayed for Greek Weekend, and I really enjoyed the women and the environment overall. However, it wasn’t the same today when I visited. The girls were kind of awkward at getting the conversation to flow…as if we were going down a checklist or something. I still love this house, but I’m really glad I have more than today to base my feelings on.
Lucky: I loved this house! The girls were amazing, and those that I talked to were all really diverse. I loved getting to know them, I was really sad to leave. The especially one of the girls and I had a lot in common. Cverall everyone was really sweet. It just felt right. Defiantly one of my favorites overall.
Fireworks: This was an okay house. It was nice, but I didn’t feel like I walked away with a good feel for the house as a whole. It wasn’t really that memorable…which I guess is why I don’t really have that much to say. I walked away happy though, and it wasn't hard to talk to the girls here. I would like to come back.
Abercrombie: I have a good friend in this house. But we couldn’t be more different, so I guess I understand why I didn’t really feel that comfortable in this house. The women were all great, but I felt especially like a guest; it just didn’t feel like home. Would be interested in coming back, but wouldn’t be heartbroken if it didn’t work out.
Banana Republic: There seems to be a dominate “type” of girl that is a member of this house. They were all amazing of course, and individual in their own right, but I just could never see my self here. I loved the conversation and I could see being friends with women from here, but again, it just didn’t click.
Ralph Lauren: After having a not so amazing time at this house back at Greek Weekend, I wasn’t really super excited to see them again. But as always, my mind changed. These girls were great and we had a lot to talk about. A lot of common activities were shared and it just felt like a good time.
Northface: This was the best house of the day, maybe from yesterday too. I really had no background from this house, but every girl and I had the most amazing conversations. One women and I had such an intense conversation that were both taken back by it…I guess that happens when you just feel comfortable enough to let that happen. I really hope that I get to come back!
Gap: This house is kind of random…which is a good thing. There seems to be so many different types of girls here, which unfortunately made some of the connections between conversations kind of awkward. But overall I really liked the house, it just felt good. The time went by really quick…which I guess is a good sign!

Tonight we ranked our top 10 as our number ones, and the following 2 – 7. Here is how I ranked:


1 Northface
1 J- Crew
1 Lucky
1 Lucy
1 Anthropology
1 Fireworks
1 Mercer
1 Coach
1 Ralph Lauren
1 Gap

2 Kiehl’s
3 Victoria’s Secret
4 Abercrombie and Fitch
5 Sephora
6 Banana Republic
7 Seattle Sun

Tomorrow we get our schedule for the next two days. We get up to ten, but our RCs said to expect more in the range of 6-8. I’m so excited for house tours!!!

Oh and we were also told today that we are the largest recruitment group is ages. I forget the number, but I think it was upwards of 600. They said that the pc ’07 is going to be the biggest in UWs history…which is thought was cool

[FSUZeta]

so, how does it feel to be a part of uw history?

sending wishes your way that you get your top choices!