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12-28-2007, 12:24 PM
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OMG I'm so wanting to know what happened. Pretty please post about pref night and bid day, today! LOL.
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12-28-2007, 02:33 PM
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I hurried off the morning of house tours in my aforementioned Lilly dress, eager to see my schedule. PNMs could attend five parties and I was certain that I would be going back to five. Imagine my astonishment to see only three houses listed! Kooba and Louis Vuitton, two of my top three, had cut me! Needless to say, I was upset and disappointed. I immediately called my best friend, who had gone through a deferred recruitment up North the previous semester. I told her I wanted to drop. I just couldn’t believe that I didn’t have two of my favorites and the Louis Vuitton sister had implied that I was coming back. The best friend knocked some sense into me by pointing out that I still had Gucci (true) and kate spade needed another chance. I agreed, touched up my make-up, and headed off to my first house.
I arrived at Mulberry and was greeted by the sister I had clicked with on the first day. She and I repeated our conversation from the previous day as she showed me around their house, but at least she remembered me. Their philanthropy was a cute idea, but I didn’t like the other sisters I met that day. Conversations felt forced and everyone seemed a little… tired? I chalked it up to the heat, but I left feeling like I did not want to be a Mulberry.
After Mulberry, I headed to my favorite, Gucci. I was surprised, delighted, and very nervous when the first round girl’s big sister came out to retrieve me. I had to make a good impression! She and I had a nice conversation, but we didn’t have a lot in common. I thought I blew it with her. I was very thankful and happy when her little/my rush crush (yes, PNMs get rush crushes, too!) took me on the house tour. I don’t remember thinking one way or the other about the house as a physical place. Instead I was just enjoying the conversation and trying to make another good impression. I took a chance with that impression when I inhaled some cookie dough as she and I made our way out of the house, but hey, I needed to show that I wasn’t too uptight. She thought it was funny and admitted that she was planning on doing the same thing after the day was over.
From Gucci I headed to kate spade. A sister greeted me and we started our tour of their very gorgeous house. It felt very cozy and like a real home. I also liked the deck that they used to tan on. Even though I felt like kate spade wanted me and their President made it a point to find me during the tour, I realized that I did not belong in kate spade. I decided to drop the hint during the tour. I think I asked the sister if she knew from day one that she wanted to be a kate spade, to which she answered a very enthusiastic yes. When she asked me if there were any houses I felt like I belonged at, I said ‘Yes, there was a house today that I know I want to be in.’ I was disappointed that kate spade wasn’t the house for me because I really did want to share the sisterhood with my other friends, but I knew that I wouldn't fit in there.
After my last house, I went out to lunch with some girls in my Rho Chi group. Both were non-first years and were dealing with the rejection of houses they liked. Each of us still had our top house left though. One girl, we’ll call her Babs, and I had become friends quickly during rush and we made plans to go out that night. She was also leaning towards Gucci and I was excited that we might end up together.
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Hummm.
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We all know how this turns out. She and Barbara 'Babs' Jansen join Tri Pi!
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We'll see!! 
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12-28-2007, 02:48 PM
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I am so loving this.
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12-28-2007, 10:50 PM
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yay! i love kate spade! give them a chance! maybe you will love them during prefs if they invite you back. i got my third choice at prefs an now i love my sorority.
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12-28-2007, 10:54 PM
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mmmmmmmmmmmkay......
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yay! i love kate spade! give them a chance! maybe you will love them during prefs if they invite you back. i got my third choice at prefs an now i love my sorority.
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12-31-2007, 02:31 AM
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What happened to the end of the story?
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12-31-2007, 02:41 AM
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Seriously!
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12-31-2007, 01:31 PM
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Pref night
I was trying to be authentic with the delay! After house tours we had a day-long break before preference round.  Talk about agony! We all wanted to get on with the show. Finally, pref night arrived. I put on my favorite black cocktail dress, wore my hair curly, and luckily had the good sense to put my heels in a big purse and wear Rainbows to meet my Rho Chi group.
I would be attending Mulberry and Gucci for prefs. I was relieved that I would not be going back to kate spade because I couldn’t imagine acting interested during such a long party. (I’m terrible at being fake.) I had a ghost round at first, so I grabbed a sweet tea and sat with some of the other PNMs before we made our way to the first house.
I arrived at Mulberry and was greeted by the girl I met on the first day with whom I had much in common. I found this to be very creepy. Why couldn’t I talk to another sister, I wondered. Her rush crush was just a bit too much for me. I felt awful because she made it explicitly clear that she would be devastated if I didn’t go Mulberry and all the while I was trying not to blatantly reject her sorority. I nodded, smiled, and spent a great deal of the time with cake in my mouth to minimize saying anything. The whole thing seemed a little desperate and I was thankful when the round was over. It was clear that Mulberry was not the house for me.
Ironically, what had creeped me out at Mulberry felt much better at Gucci. The girl that I met on the first day came out to retrieve me and I felt very much at ease. We went up to her room and were joined by her Big. I was very open about the fact that I had loved Gucci since day one, despite hoping that they would suck so I could cut them along with Fendi. The three of us had a nice conversation, but it wasn't serious like most pref conversations are. It just felt right at Gucci. After that, they ushered me into the chapter room where they had a little ceremony which was very nice. As I left Gucci, I knew I didn't want to go anywhere else on bid day.
I was too chicken to suicide since our Panhel had made a huge deal about maximizing our lists. I ranked my houses 1. Gucci 2. Mulberry even though I knew I would not accept a bid from Mulberry. On my way out, I ran into Babs. She revealed that she had suicided Gucci, despite having attended three parties. We walked back to our dorms wondering what bid day would bring.
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12-31-2007, 01:45 PM
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I will be posting bid day tomorrow, albeit late in the day.  In the meantime, I'll share with you the sororities at my school, at the time I rushed: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Zeta Tau Alpha.
Feel free to PM me if you think you know the school (not too hard) or the code!
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12-31-2007, 03:50 PM
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Oooh I wanna know how bid day went!
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01-01-2008, 09:16 PM
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Bid day finally arrived. Waiting to meet all of the other girls was agonizing! We met on one of UNC's quads and all of the sororities were there doing their chants and trying to out-cheer one another. Babs and I sat together and waited to open our envelopes. She knew where she was going since she suicided, but I still didn't know. I nervously opened my envelope...
I was a new member of Gucci!! or Sigma Sigma Sigma!!
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01-01-2008, 09:30 PM
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Congrats!
Congratulations! Welcome to a the wonderful of Greek life! 
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01-01-2008, 10:07 PM
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CRAP the link skipped all the way to the end... no more surprise for me
congrats to you and Tri Sigma!
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01-02-2008, 01:51 AM
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yay you got your first choice!! congrats on Tri Sigma!! will you be letting us know your code?
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01-02-2008, 02:02 AM
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Congrats!! I didn't even really think about recruitment stories going on so close to the holidays. Did Babs go there too, did her suicide work in her favor? Love the Animal House names and designers inter-mingled.
Have a WONDERFUL experience! I am glad you got your choice and you feel this is the best fit for you!
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