Y'all are too nice to me with all this encouragement! I'm grinning from ear to ear as I type this out
Anyways, after a brief and scary thunderstorm today I walked over to the basketball coliseum where Round 1 is held. There were a lot of conflicts with classes because while the actual recruitment started at 5:30 we were supposed to meet our Pi Chis at 3:30, which cut into a lot of class time. Some actives of
Cancer that were in my Pilates class today were discussing with each other how they were going to be late for roll call because they had class too.
We met in the seats in front of the sorority we were going to first and waited to be lined up, then got lined up, and then got counted several times to make sure we were all there. It was more of the herding thing except it was herding under the pressure of time constraints. I half wanted to clip my nametag to my ear and get it over with already
Then we got cheered and chanted and shouted and clapped at until we finally went to each sorority!
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted our conversation topics were my state, my major, and the activities I was involved in this year and last year because LORD JEEBUS that was a lot of what I talked about. Not that I minded it in the slightest but I just won't write it down every time
First up was
Taurus. My rec for this group was from the local alumni association. I knew a few
Taurus (Tauruses? Taurii? Excuse my totally making up plural nouns as I go along here) girls from last year, but I was met by a super-adorable girl who was also a sophomore. We were both equally nervous about recruitment which made us feel a little more relaxed since we could admit it to each other. The girls who bumped her were sweet and friendly, and I felt like I could joke around and be myself around them. I wrote in my recruitment notes that I would LOVE to go back and I truly would!
We had a short break where we could gather ourselves before going off to our next group,
Cancer! My rec here was from one of the guidance counselors at my high school that I found through the local alumni association. I was joking around and having a good time talking to these girls, and I felt like I really fit in here. We didn't spend all the time talking about the aforementioned topics but instead got to know each other a little better. I wrote in my notes here that I wish I could have stayed longer. I liked them just as much as I liked
Taurus.
Next up was
Scorpio! My rec here was also from a local alumni association (it is a blessing and a curse that New England states are so small you sometimes can and have to go to different states to find alumni). I didn't know the girl I was paired with but I was super excited when a girl I knew from my Spanish class but had never talked to came over and said hi to me! We momentarily bonded over how much we had hated the professor and I was touched that she had remembered who I was because I was genuinely not expecting it
I wrote that they seemed like they really wanted to get to know me which made me feel good about them. At this point I was starting to worry that it would be impossible for me to rank the sororities tomorrow because I loved them all so much, which is the best problem to have!
After another break we went to see
Sagittarius!
Sagittarius is my legacy chapter through my mother and my best friend is also one, so the national organization is very near and dear to my heart. I could tell that they knew I was a legacy because the president, vice president of recruitment and someone else with a fancy title stopped by to introduce themselves to me, which made me feel important
I didn't make quite as much of a connection with these girls as I did with the first three groups, but I still really liked them and would like to return to them next round.
Directly after
Sagittarius was
Aries. My rec was from a family friend who is a Clemson
Aries. I knew the
Aries I was paired with, but I didn't realize it at first. She was from the same Spanish class that the
Scorpio was although I didn't talk to either of them during that class. By the time I had figured out that I knew the
Aries it was too late to mention it, and she didn't seem to recognize me when we talked:/ Even still, I enjoyed myself here and would love to return if given the opportunity.
After our final break of the night during which my friend and I convinced a guy friend of ours to deliver us Moe's we got to our last party:
Capricorn! My rec here was from a friend of a friend. I had the best conversations of the night here
Two of my rushers were Red Sox fans, which I was wicked excited about! They had clearly done their homework about what my interests were. They were also really funny in general and made me feel super comfortable to be there. The president stopped by and said hello which made me feel like the coolest of the cool kids
. I saw myself in these girls as well and really hope to see them in Round 2.
Tomorrow I have the next six groups and then I officially rank them! So never fear if your sign is not here, because I will let y'all know how it goes tomorrow. Apologies if I over-used the emoticons but I am seriously this excited about recruitment! I have loved every minute of it so far and cannot wait to go back.
IF I had to rank them tonight (but I don't! Ha! And I liked all of them! Double ha!):
Capricorn
Taurus
Cancer
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Aries
ETA: I don't remember exactly what the fifth B was but I definitely knew to avoid all of them!