Greek Chat Lover's Spring Recruitment Story...Under Alias!

[LovesSprinkles]

Sunday was the first invitation round, and we could be invited back to a maximum of nine houses. I was naseous with nerves as I sat into my chair, and listened to my Rho Gammas talk about the schedule for the day, what to do if you ended up at the wrong house, and how we should handle our invites. I wished they would stop talking and give out our invites. I was practically shaking. One of the Rho Gammas stepped outside and said we could talk to her if we needed to. Finally, they handed out the slips. Mine said:

Mandy
Boon
Babs
Katy
Hoover
Pinto

I wasn't upset about Otter or Bluto, but I was devastated about Niedermayer.
I started crying. I was really upset. I didn't have a full schedule, like so many of the girls in my rush group. I went outside to talk to my Rho Gamma. She told me that six was the average, and though our rush group was pretty abnormal in the amount of girls that had a full schedule. Only 10% of the girls, she told me, got a full schedule. While this may not have been an exact statistic, it did cheer me up. She also pointed out that I really liked five out of six, and those are very good odds. I realized I was lucky when I heard that the largest number of girls ever had less than five invites. I calmed down, and walked to Mandy.

Mandy: The girls were really sweet, and we sponge painted bags for their philanthropy (I won't tell you what it is, that might give it away). I really connected with the first girl I spoke to, but not really the second. We watched their video, which made the girls seem like they were a lot of fun. While I still liked this house, I didn't feel the same way about it that I originally had.

Boon: I liked this house even more than I had in the beginning. We decorated buckets here with markers for their philanthropy, and then watched the video. The girl I spoke to was great...she told me that her sorority was so supportive, and really helped her find her niche at Faber. She said, "wherever you do end up, even if it isn't here, it will be a good thing". I loved this house, but I felt like I would not be asked back here.

Break!
I went to cafeteria at the Student Center, and caught up with Lani and Kirsti. Lani only had five invites, and liked only Pinto and Dean Wormer. Kirsti had seven invites, and was livid that she had not been invited back to Dean Wormer, but was really happy to go back to Otter. Amanda was crying, she had only been asked back to Babs, Hoover, and Boon. She had really liked Pinto. Lisa had been asked back to Otter, and would not shut up about it.
At that point I realized that I was sitting across from Alexandra. I had heard that she hated me, so I felt really awkward. We looked at each other...I knew who she was, and she knew who I was. Kirsti left to buy gum at the bookstore. I turned to Alexandra.
"Hi," I said awkwardly, "I'm LovesSprinkes"
"Hi," she said, "I'm Alexandra."
*Silence*
"Just to clear the air," she said, "I don't actually hate you. I don't hate people I haven't met."
"I don't hate you either! Why would I?"
"I know! Gossip is sooo stupid!"

It turns out that we had the same schedule, only I had Katy and she had Bluto. We spent the entire break talking and laughing, much to the shock and dismay of Kirsti.

Babs: We made Valentines here. The first girl I spoke to was super sweet, even though the girl I was doubled with was going out of her way to be rude. First she told the Babs girl that she was seriously bulimic. Then she told her that she hated this school and was only rushing so she could meet frat boys. I felt really bad for the poor girl. The second girl who came to talk to us seemed nice until...
Babs girl: What do you do for fun?
Me: Well, I like to hang out with my friends, cook, go out, listen to music...really just enjoy college. How about you?
Babs: I loveee getting shitfaced! Once I woke up with a black eye...my night must have been fan-fucking-tastic!
I sat there in shock, and managed to say something like "oh, um thats nice". I did not want to go back to Babs.

Katy: The girl I spoke with was so nice! We connected so much that I forgot to do my craft project. I really liked it at Katy. We went to watch the video, and the Katy girls looked like so much fun. I thought the girls were really nice, until I heard a few making snide remarks towards each other. At that point I wasn't sure I wanted to be in a house where I'd have to balance very nice and kind of mean girls, but I still really liked Katy.

Hoover: I loved Hoover. The girls were so nice! I made a dreamcatcher, and talked about rush with the girls. I told the girl I loved the houses I've been to, and she told me that she loved my attitude...girls had been outright mean to her. I really liked these girls and wanted to go back to Hoover.

Pinto: Still my favorite. I spoke to a few new girls this time, and we made Build-a-Bears. Their video looked so much fun, and the girl who led me to the video room was hilarious...we walked up the stairs after it was over laughing hysterically! I remember her sister yelling to her "Don't scare the pnms!!!", because she and I were laughing so hard. I really wanted to go back to Pinto.

Time for ranking. Since I couldn't drop any houses, I listed all 6. Still, here was my preferential order.

Pinto
Katy
Hoover
Boon
Mandy
Babs

I went to grab a late dinner with Jamie. She went out of her way telling me to not concentrate on Katy, because, as she said, "you might not fit in with all those girls". How the hell would she know? She then bragged about how much she likes Niedermayer. I wished she would shut up, and went to dinner.

Then, I had to wait a week to find out my invites. Of course, y'all at Greek Chat will not have to wait as long because this whole recruitment is said and done, and I have my results.

Also, can anyone figure out which GC member I am?

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by LovesSprinkles

Also, can anyone figure out which GC member I am?

Ohhh...I have a guess just from your writing style, but I'll wait and see what other people think.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by LovesSprinkles

Also, can anyone figure out which GC member I am?

You are, or at least your handle indicates that you are, a Sister to my Big Sister whose chapter house was next door to mine.
And whose rush song is still in my head.

[AlwaysSAI]

I'm sad about Niedermayer.

Now rooting for PINTO!!!!!!!!

I've been trying really hard to figure out who you are. I can't. I suck at being a detective.

[OmegaPDPrez]

i like this thread.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by LovesSprinkles

Also, can anyone figure out which GC member I am?

Yes. I had a hunch before, and now I am sure. You spoiled all the fun!

[LovesSprinkles]

Hey heyy you could be wrong violetpretty. Who do y'all think I am?

And maybe I altered my writing style for this thread? You never know! This is the internet.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

Can't wait for the end - of course I loved this thread!

[Zeta13Girl]

I like a good mystery!

[LovesSprinkles]

I had to wait all week, but Friday had finally come and I would go to up to six parties that night. I got a french manicure that morning, and had coffee with Alexandra before my 12:30 class. She was stressed, so we talked about everything not involving rush. It did not help matters for her that Kirsti, her roommate, discussed rush night and day.

I went with Jamie to the meet with my rush group. Again, the rho gammas took about four hours to hand out our invites...I was shaking! Here were my invites...

Pinto
Hoover
Boon
Babs

Again I was upset that I did not have a full schedule, but I was not as devastated as the week before. I also wasn't upset that Katy had dropped me...throughout the week I had met girls from that house that were very sweet, and others who were not nice girls. I had decided that I did not want that dynamic in my house. I was thrilled to go back to Pinto, happy to go back to Hoover and Boon, but I did not want another awkward experience at Babs.

Babs: The first girl I spoke to was very sweet. I wished she would stop telling me about the Wii in the sorority basement though. I grew up forbidden to play video games, so I really did not know how to contribute to the conversation. The second girl, however, was the same girl who from last weekend who told me about how she loved to drink and black out. Luckily this time, the girl I doubled with had the same lip ring as the rusher, so they had a conversation while I sat there trying to think of something to add to the conversation. I was relieved when they started our tour. The house was gorgeous, and I saw Alexandra walking with another tour group. I turned to wave at her, lost my footing, and went flying down the stairs! Oops. I was so embarassed, but the girls were sweet. Still, this house was not the one for me.

Boon: I really liked this house. I really connected with both the girls I spoke to, and began to feel very comfortable at Boon. This was a suprise, because I never expected to like Boon at all. As they led me through the house, which was old, but very pretty inside, I started to really realize how much I liked Boon. Still, I doubted that I would be asked back for pref.

I had a break at this point, so I spoke to Lani. She only had three houses, and was happy with Pinto and Dean Wormer, but hated Babs. Turns out she had the lip ring girl, only in her case, the lip ring girl told her about her...um...below the waist piercings.

Hoover: I really liked this house. I loved the girls I spoke to, and I loved how each one of them was so different, but I still connected to them all. They had recolonized fairly recently, but the girls were so sweet, pretty, and cool that you never would have known that Hoover was a smaller newer house. I felt very comfortable with Hoover.

Pinto: Alexandra and I were paired together at Pinto. Our rusher, Leah, asked us if we had been friends before rush. The three of us had a great conversaton...it had been the best conversation where I had been doubled up to a rusher. The girls who gave a tour of Pinto's gorgeous house was a comedy team, and I loved them. I got into conversation with them on our tour, and it was like talking to my best friends. I walked out of the house loving Pinto.

That night, I went and listed the ones I wanted to go back to for pref, and ranked my bottom house.

My favorites:
Pinto
Boon
Hoover

Ranked
1. Babs

I went to sleep terrified, knowing that the houses would make a lot of cuts that night.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

(Sidenote: My roommate is actually a complete psycho who dries deer jerky in the room. I generally do not go into detail about her during rush.)

I can't tell if you were joking or not. Please tell me you were.

[LovesSprinkles]

Fawn...I wasn't joking. She really does do that. Also, she likes to tell me her hunting stories (I'm a vegetarian). My room is a madhouse, which is generally not something I like to advertise.

[srmom]

(Sidenote: My roommate is actually a complete psycho who dries deer jerky in the room. I generally do not go into detail about her during rush.)

I can't tell if you were joking or not. Please tell me you were.

Yes, please say you're joking - that has got to be very un-hygenic!

Great Thread! Don't keep us waiting too long

Woops! Cross posted. Well, that's just gross. I mean I love beef jerkey, but out of a bag!!

What a nutty roommate!

[Buttonz]

I know one of the three houses still in the running.

Can't wait to find out where you end up

[nittanyalum]

D'oh!!!! I just had a flash -- I think I know who you are!! (and thus where you end up )