Paige's recruitment story!

[GoPaige]

Ok so I guess I won't make this realistic and I'll post day 2 right now! lol
So for day 2 I went to Wrapping Paper, Snow, Santa, North Pole and Candy Canes.

Santa: I was paired with this super sweet girl at this house. She was amazing! I talked to her the entire time and felt like I had always known her. I was super comforable with her and she made me want to be a "Santa" too! They're slideshow/movie was super cute and creative. I really enjoyed this house! I wanted to be invited back sooo bad to meet some more people.

Wrapping Paper: The girls in this house all looked impecable (sp?). They seriously all looked perfect! Their entrance was slightly weird but nothing new. The girl I was paired with, coincidentally, had the same name as me. Go figure lol. But the whole time I was talking to her I felt as if she was looking around the room. I don't like when people don't look me in the eyes.. I just see it as being kind of rude. It was as if she wasn't interested in me at all. Then I talked to another girl who was more polite than the first but still I had this feeling that she didn't care what I had to say. If this house doesn't invite me back, I won't be too sad.

Candy Canes: I went into this house with preconcieved notions about the girls. I thought that I wouldn't get along with them at all. Well, I was totally wrong! I talked to 3 or 4 girls and loved all of them. They were all easy to talk to and super energetic and excited about their sorority. I wanted so badly to be invited back!

Snow: I had heard nothing about this house (positive or negative) before going into rush. I was paired with a girl who was a senior, and we got along great. She just asked me how my day was and if I was liking recruitment. Then I talked to 2 other girls who I really really liked! They were really sweet and actually seemed interested in what I had to say. They wanted to know all about me. This house was a nice change! I really want to be invited back to get to know more girls!

North Pole: Finally!! my last house for round one. I was totally exhausted..I don't really remember this house very well. Maybe I was just too tired to care anymore lol. In my booklet I wrote "I don't think I would mesh well with these girls." I'm not sure why I said that because I didn't put why...who knows. I knew some girls in this house, but none bothered to come and say hi. Maybe they just didn't realize I was there. Oh well..

Sooo After visiting the North Pole it was off to rank our houses.. and I had sort of an idea of which houses I liked and those that I didn't.. So I ranked as follows..( I don't remember the exact order of the first 7 so I'll just rank them all one, and then my bottom three are in order)

1. Santa
1. Candy Canes
1. Presents
1. Snow
1. Christmas Tree
1. Lights
1. Gingerbread
2. Wrapping Paper
3. North Pole
4. Stocking

-Paige
Oh ya and my legacy sorority is pretty well known. I have lots of friends in it across the country, and obviosuly in my family lol. I'm not sure if I should say which sorority it is or not...

[momofpnm]

Yay! I hoped you would post again. For some reason I am totally hooked on this one. I just knew the Candy Canes were going to be super cute - I hope you go back there tomorrow! Go Candy Canes!!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by GoPaige

Oh ya and my legacy sorority is pretty well known. I have lots of friends in it across the country, and obviouly in my family lol. I'm not sure if I should say which sorority it is or not...

If you're not planning to say anything bad about them, then I see no reason not to divulge the name of your legacy. It'd be funny to see which "pretty well known" group was not known to the girl at the first party you attended!

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

If you're not planning to say anything bad about them, then I see no reason not to divulge the name of your legacy. It'd be funny to see which "pretty well known" group was not known to the girl at the first party you attended!

I agree with this!

On a side note: I really think it should be part of everyones NM program to learn the NPC groups, even those not on campus.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

If you're not planning to say anything bad about them, then I see no reason not to divulge the name of your legacy. It'd be funny to see which "pretty well known" group was not known to the girl at the first party you attended!

I agree, plus since it isn't on your campus, it wouldn't hurt to name your legacy chapter.

[GoPaige]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

If you're not planning to say anything bad about them, then I see no reason not to divulge the name of your legacy. It'd be funny to see which "pretty well known" group was not known to the girl at the first party you attended!

Ya that is true. I think its an amazing organization, partially because my entire family is in it, and I would never say anything negative about it. So I guess I'll let it be known which sorority I'm a legacy to and is not on my campus.....Zeta Tau Alpha! Yep, almost all of the women in my family are zetas and they are proud of it!

Before I met that one girl at my first party, I assumed ZTA was well known. Is it not?

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by GoPaige

Ya that is true. I think its an amazing organization, partially because my entire family is in it, and I would never say anything negative about it. So I guess I'll let it be known which sorority I'm a legacy to and is not on my campus.....Zeta Tau Alpha! Yep, almost all of the women in my family are zetas and they are proud of it!

Before I met that one girl at my first party, I assumed ZTA was well known. Is it not?

I think generally ZTA is a well-known organization, but there are some members of orgs that are not familiar with sororities other than those at their school or in the area if that makes sense.

great recuitment story so far!

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by GoPaige

Snow: I had heard nothing about this house (positive or negative) before going into rush. ...

Was you recruitment before school started or was it deferred?

[When Doves Cry]

yeah. I only know the sororities that are at my school
so i totally know the ZTA's. I've hung out with a lot of them and I was even considering joining but at the time I was set on not joining a sorority so I told them I wasn't interested. .. And now I'm in AXD.. lol
but that's awesome

[Just interested]

Zeta is a great organization and is very well known. I have many dear friends in ZTA.

[violetpretty]

ZTA was one of the first few sororities that I heard about. In fact, when I met a couple of Zetas (plus girls from a couple other chapters) in a class of mine, they made me want to go Greek.

I know that before I joined and shortly after my bid day I was unaware that there were more than 14 NPC organizations. During recruitment, I remember talking to a friend of mine from another school about "a chi o" (this was on AIM so when we talked about it it was lowercased). She said something about how the Make a Wish Foundation is their philanthropy, and I thought that sounded weird because the "a chi os" told me their philanthropy supports victims of domestic violence. I shrugged it off to a difference in local philanthropies. Turns out, she thought I was talking about Chi Omega instead of ALPHA Chi Omega. We don't have Chi O at Maryland (plus at my friend's school they got by Alpha Chi--probably to avoid confusion--and she probably missed the "a" since it was lowercase), and I was unaware that such a grand sorority existed. Also, I remember looking on websites while I was pledging and seeing shirts with Phi Mu or Pi Beta Phi letters and being confused, since we also do not have those orgs at Maryland. However, during my new member period, we learned about Sigma Kappa as a member of the NPC, and that there are 26 NPC sororities altogether. It was an aha moment.

I would be put off too if someone asked me if my sorority was a "real" sorority, particularly because it's NPC and that's what the question connotes. Even if you can't name all 26 NPC sororities and are only familiar with the ones on your campus, the comment would come off as both rude AND stupid/ignorant, because more importantly, both NPC and non-NPC sororities still "real" sororities.

ETA:You mention that your mom and a bunch of other women in your family joined ZTA at the same big southern school. Did you attend school in the South? If yes, I would be extra appalled that the girl at Gingerbread hadn't heard of ZTA, since I think it's big all over the country, but especially big in the South.

[AOII Angel]

Zeta Tau Alpha is a fairly well known organization. I guess the woman at Gingerbread had no prior knowledge of sororities before joining and buried her head in the sand during her NM period when they learned the NPC groups! My aunt is a Zeta, but I've never talked to her about Greek life.

[Scandia]

Zeta Tau Alpha was also one of the first sororities I recall from UF. I found out about it because one of my classmates was a Zeta Tau Alpha pledge during my first semester. She later became president of UF's ZTA chapter.

I did not find out the names of all 16 NPC sororities at UF till my second semester when I got an official list of them.

And I found out that there were others besides those 16 that summer when I went to see the FSU campus with my family. At the time, FSU had 3 sororities that were not at UF. Now one of those is at UF, plus FSU has another new one not present at UF.

I did not find out about Theta Phi Alpha till I joined Greek Chat last year...but boy did it call my name out loud and clear.

[GoPaige]

Hey Everyone! So I was super nervous going into round 2. I was nervous that the houses I wanted wouldn't invite me back..I was soo nervous! But I knew that I had been myself and if they didn't like me, then I wasn't meant to be their sister anyway. Hopefully some of the houses I liked would ask me back. When I got to my rho gamma meeting place she handed out invitations and I was slightly disappointed to see that I was only returning to 5 out of a possible 7 houses..oh well I got ones I really liked! On my invite list it said: Stocking, lights, snow, santa, and candy canes! I liked 4 of those 5! Not bad!

Santa This one was my definite front runner as of round 1. However, when I went back this day, I was sad to be paired with someone who I didn't click with. I was then talking to another girl in the house, and I didn't seem to have much in common with her either. It was slightly disappointing, just because I had loved this house so much the first day. Their philanthropy was cute, and definitly for a good cause. I'm not sure if I'll be invited back.. there were lots of awkward silences in the conversation..ouch.

Stocking Oh stocking..stocking, stocking. I wondered what these girls had seen in me the first day to invite me back. At least the girl I talked to today didn't have something stuck in her teeth like the girl on the first day.... Haha! These girls are trying really hard and I really respect them for it, but I just can not see myself in this house. Their philanthropy was nice, and I hope I made it clear to them that I didn't see myself as their sister, without being rude.

Lights I love this house's philanthropy! My mom wants me to be a "lights" because of their philanthropy haha! I'm not quite sure if I would fit in with these girls. They don't seem too excited about their sorority, and they aren't as peppy as some of the other groups. Their house wasn't very "homey" to me. It didn't make me feel like I could just sit down on the couch and watch some TV. Lots of girls had singles, which I didn't like. I prefer to have a roommate. I did talk to some nice girls today, so we'll see. Maybe I will get invited back and meet some others.

Candy Canes The girls in this house are full of enery! This house seems to be the complete opposite of "Lights". These girls love their sorority, and you can tell when they're doing all of their cheers. They almost make me want to get up and do the cheers with them! Their philanthropy project was really fun. It involved a lot of running, which was fun. Their house is nice and really big. There are lots of quad and triple rooms. I would really liked to be invited back here!

Snow This house suprised me today. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. There's a certain bond that you can tell all of the sisters have between them. They seemed proud to be a "snow", and I liked that. Their philanthropy craft was really fun. I talked to 2 girls while making the philanthropy craft, as well as one of the girls from my rho gamma group. We all got along great. Their house is super nice from the inside, and most girls have doubles. The rooms were huge compared to some others I saw today! I really would like to go back to this house.

Ok well thats the end of round 2..we'll see who invites me back!

[GoPaige]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Was you recruitment before school started or was it deferred?

I don't want to reveal which school I go to and if I answer that then I think a lot of people will know where I go to school haha.. or maybe I just answered the question. I just don't want anyone's feelings to be hurt And no, I don't go to school in the south. Maybe the girl at gingerbread didn't realize more than 10 sororities exist besides the one on our campus.