Hey everybody! So I've been reading everyone's stories for quite some time now, and have been getting so excited for recruitment. I spent all summer getting rec letters, shopping for those perfect outfits, and all the fun stuff that girls are expected to do in a southern rush environment. I really want to share my story with everyone so here it goes!
To start from the beginning, I graduated high school early so I started my school that I'm going to in Spring 09. But since none of the chapters at my school did recruitment in spring, I would have to wait a WHOLE semester watching the girls who were already in sororities and getting excited for August. I met a few girls and they all seemed really nice, and I absolutely could not wait. Over the summer, a family friend helped me get rec letters so I felt confident in that aspect. As the days passed by, I got more and more excited for that very first convocation.
At my school, there are 14 NPC sororities, but only 13 do formal recruitment. This is what we'll call them:
Colorado
Kansas
Maine
Florida
Michigan
Indiana
Wyoming
Washington
Vermont
Alaska
Louisiana
California
Nebraska
Utah
I'm not sure if this has done before or not, but I thought they were good code names
Also, these names were completely randomly assigned, I promise they don't allude to where a chapter was founded or anything!
Alright, so in my semester that I had already been at XYZ University, I had completely fallen in love with Florida and Colorado. They were my top two picks, but I promised myself I would have an open mind.
Upon going to the first convocation where we met our Rho Chis and all the girls in our group, I was stunned. I knew rush was big, but there were close to 900 girls there
I was nervous but my excitement definitely overpowered that. We learned that 13 sororities would be participating, and Louisiana would do informal recruitment later in the year. It was a lot of fun to see the skits the Rho Chis put on and meet everyone, and after, my whole group went to eat! I knew immediately I would love greek life. I went to bed that night so happy for the next day, Open House, where we would walk to all 13 houses and meet the girls.
I'll tell you all about how my Open House went in just a little bit!
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