A Zodiac Fall 2011 recruitment story! - Page 3

cirquedudream · #31 09-11-2011, 12:40 PM

Day 2!
So today was Skit day and it was sooo much fuuuuuuun! ☺

So just like on day one, I go to my meeting spot and wait to receive my schedule. We could’ve gotten called back to a max of 7 houses and when I got my schedule I had 6 rounds that day! When I looked at my schedule at first, it took me a moment to notice which houses I wouldn’t be going back to. But after I realized who I didn’t get invited back to, I was ok because I couldn’t see myself there! So here’s who asked me back:

Libra
Taurus
Pisces
Aries
Sagittarius
Capricorn

So house number one was Libra and I honestly did NOT want to go back! But I sucked it up and said, ‘hey maybe it’ll be better since I saw them near the end on day 1.’ So I arrive at the house, the girls file out and we go on inside. We went to a room to be seated (on the floor! I had on a dress… =/) for the skit. I watched their skit which was pretty cute and funny and then I talked to one of their sisters. She was nice and bubbly and she got really excited when I told her I enjoyed the skit. When we talked it felt..forced and I was thankful when I got bumped to another girl. I also tried to let the convo go on it’s own course but felt like I had to keep it moving because the girl was kinda blah. Sigh I don’t like this house you guys.

For round two, I went to Taurus. Now I think they were giving me another chance since I saw them at the very end of day 1. When I got there, I was seated in a large room for their skit which was sooooo HILAROUS! I literally laughed the whole skit. The girls were having a great time and I liked all of their personalities. When the skit was over I was able to talk to two different girls. The second girl stood out the most because we had sooo much in common and were from the same city! She really won me over and had me reconsider this house. I was pleasantly surprised!

House 3 was Pisces and I was equally surprised because on day one I reallllly couldn’t see myself there. But I was thankful they gave me another shot to get to know them a little better. Their skit was pretty good and really creative, I enjoyed it. The girl I ended up talking to seemed really standoffish and not really interested in what I had to say. I left this house feeling out of my element in a bad way.

House 4 was Aries and I absolutely LOVED their skit. Now I thought house 2’s skit was hilarious, but I honestly have to say that this skit was absolutely awesome. After the skit, I was told that many sisters had talked about me and ‘raved’ about me and one sister had INSISTED she talk to me and walk me out at the end! I was excited that they liked me just as much as I enjoyed them! I left this house absolutely in love with everyone and hoped I got an invite for day 3 ☺!

House 5 was Sagittarius which I had loved since day 1. Every time I walked into this house it just felt like home. When I got there I talked to 3 different girls and they were all awesome. There skit was funny, but definitely hard to top the previous house. When I was here, the two girls I talked to on day one were excited to see me back and even girls I hadn’t talked to yet were happy to see me! Many came up to me and said they heard great things about me and that they hoped they’d see me the next day so they could talk to me. Also, this was the only house that went over financial info. I had honestly forgot it was skit AND financial day until this house brought it to my attention! I left this house still very much in love!

House 6 was Capricorn and their skit was pretty good as well. But the whole time I was there, I couldn’t help but look around and think that I really couldn’t see myself there. The girls I talked to were all nice (of course) and they seemed interested in me but I still had a blasé feeling to everyone all of a sudden.

I went back to my meeting spot to fill out my pref card and it looked a little like this:

Top 5 (in no order)
Taurus
Pisces
Aries
Sagittarius
Capricorn

Bottom 1
Libra

aab225 · #32 09-11-2011, 02:24 PM

hooray! sounds like things are going well! i'm rooting for sagittarius now! yaaaayy!

APhi4Ever · #33 09-11-2011, 02:46 PM

Aww phooey for Libra, oh well, great story!

CougarGrad · #34 09-12-2011, 01:54 AM

Well shoot, I was rooting for Capricorn, but we'll see what happens! Great story!

cirquedudream · #35 09-14-2011, 09:16 PM

so on day 3 I got called back to
Libra
Aries
Sagittarius

1st house I head to is Aries. I was sooo excited to go back to this house because it was absolutely gorgeous and with this being house tours I was totally pumped! When I got inside I was introduced to an adorable girl and she had said she’d heard great things about me and proceeded to go on the tour. We talked about many things and we really hit it off. The food here was awesome and after the time I was here I didn’t want to leave!

2nd house was my Libra. When I walked up to the house I wasn’t particularly excited because I just knew it was going to be bad. BUT I pepped up, and went in with an open mind. I hoped someone would wow me on the house tour buuuut…it didn’t happen. The girl I was walking with was showing me and another PNM around and she didn’t click with either of us. The time here dragged by and I didn’t really enjoy my time here…again.

On the way to house three, mother nature decided to unleash a torrential downpour so needless to say me and all the other rushees got completely SOAKED! It was a disaster! So by the time everyone got to their house, we ran in to dry off and clean up a bit and waited about 20 min for the next round to start.

Round 3 was Sagittarius. And when I walked in, it instantly felt like home (again). I loved the house tour here and I enjoyed seeing all the girls I had talked to on the previous days. I learned a lot about their philanthropy and I could really see myself getting involved in their cause.

Sooo needless to say I filled out my pref card like this:
Top 2
Sagittarius
Aries

Bottom 1
Libra

PREF NIGHT IS NEXT!

amIblue? · #36 09-15-2011, 04:08 PM

good luck to you!

itsrachel · #37 09-18-2011, 12:05 AM

Good luck, can't wait to find out where you ended up! I'm rooting for Aries

preciousjeni · #38 09-18-2011, 05:43 AM

Being a Sagittarius myself, I gotta say, I like the way this story is turning out.

cirquedudream · #39 09-19-2011, 12:09 AM

sorry I’ve dragged this out! I’ve been super busy but lets wrap this up here!

Pref night!
So I go to my meeting spot and I receive my list only to find these two houses on the list:
Sagittarius
Libra

Aries totally dropped me! Needless to say I was devastated, but then I realized that I’ve loved Sagittarius from day 1 so I was still pretty pumped. I did NOT want to go back to Libra b/c I knew it just wouldn’t be good.

So I head on over to Sagittarius and am ushered back to a very dark room. I assumed it was ritual stuff and yes…I was right! I sit down and listen to a few of the girls that tell why they enjoy their sorority and I really got to connect with one of the girls stories. It was really refreshing and was a good start to the evening. After the sisters told their separate stories, I was paired up with the sister I met at the door and we go up to her room to have a chat. When we get to her room she goes on to tell me she’s heard a lot about me and that she had a card waiting for me that had quick little messages from the girls I’d met earlier that week. It was soooo nice! I really connected with the girl I was paired up with and I really didn’t want to leave. That hour went by way too fast!

Right after house one, I head to my last house of the day which is Libra. I keep an open mind and arrive with a smile on my face. I stood in my lines position outside of the house and anxiously waited to go inside to see how the night would be. The girls file outside of the house and then I get paired up with a sister that I haven’t seen that week. She seemed nice and we immediately go inside and go to her room to talk a little bit. She asked me a few generic questions and every time I spoke she would look off in the distance…she just seemed so disinterested in what I was saying. I also practically had to steer the conversation at one point. After about 30 min. or so, we head downstairs to embark on the ritual stuff and I learn a bit more about the other sisters reason for joining their sorority. They got really emotional and started crying. I really felt like they had this strong bond that I just could not connect with. After the ritual it was time to leave and I ran to my meeting spot to fill out my pref card.

At the meeting spot I was really faced with the decision to suicide but I chose not to. Needless to say my card looked like this:

1st Sagittarius
2nd Libra

aab225 · #40 09-19-2011, 06:17 AM

you're killing me!!! i need to know!!!!

victoriana · #41 09-21-2011, 03:58 PM

I hope you come back and tell us how it turned out! We're all dying to know

ASUADPi · #42 09-21-2011, 07:07 PM

Why oh why do PNM's continue to drag these stories out (and they know they are dragging them out too) when recruitment is long over. Finish the story already!

33girl · #43 09-21-2011, 07:12 PM

Recruitment doesn't always work out for everyone. The last thing some women want to do is come back to a Greek site and talk about it.

Or if it DID work out, it may not work out the way they thought it would and they're embarassed about what they said about the girls who they now totally love.

Or they just needed this space to talk their feelings and uncertainties out and forgot about it after they got their bid.

Or they're a hobag and hooked up with the TKE president on bid day and haven't left his fraternity house since. (This is a joke.)

Point being - don't harangue the PNMs to finish their story. If they want to, they will. If they don't, they won't.

KSUViolet06 · #44 09-21-2011, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 33girl

Recruitment doesn't always work out for everyone. The last thing some women want to do is come back to a Greek site and talk about it.

Or if it DID work out, it may not work out the way they thought it would and they're embarassed about what they said about the girls who they now totally love.

Or they just needed this space to talk their feelings and uncertainties out and forgot about it after they got their bid.

Or they're a hobag and hooked up with the TKE president on bid day and haven't left his fraternity house since. (This is a joke.)

Point being - don't harangue the PNMs to finish their story. If they want to, they will. If they don't, they won't.

Hi. I love you.

cirquedudream · #45 09-21-2011, 10:58 PM

first off SORRY! i've dragged this out so long. I am actually in school and have put that first. I just haven't had the time to come back every single day to post!

but at any rate

i ended up joining

Sagittarius!

and since i may reveal my school if i spill the sorority name, i'll keep that private! but just know that i've been enjoying my sorority and so far everything has been great. i've met many girls and i couldn't see myself anywhere else!