I joined in Spring of 2007, so this is a tad retro.
I was one of those people that never thought I would join a sorority--I don't drink at all or really party, and I thought that that was what Greek life was all about (stupid, I know now). Only about 2% of my school's population is Greek, and I was so busy the first few weeks of school that the notices of fall formal recruitment completely slipped past me. Because I went to school in the South, however, I witnessed (on Facebook) virtually all of my high school friends going Greek and began to long for a group of friends that I knew I would see consistantly semester to semester. So, with ever-growing excitement, I decided to look into my school's small (but very old) Greek system. We have four houses, which I will code as
North, South, East, and
West. All four were participating in Spring COB and Panhel hosted a meet and greet session in our student center one weekend, and each house had displays set up.
First, I visited
South's corner. I LOVED
South immediately. All the girls were very friendly and welcoming and seemed to know a lot about their philanthropy, which tied in well with community service I was already doing with another group. Every girl I met seemed generally interested in me, and I don't remember any awkward moments at all.
Next, I went to
East's corner. I remember that this group had shirts in French, which I thought was odd but cool, as I love studying foreign languages. I got a very academic vibe from this house and spent a lot of time discussing my chem class (notoriously difficult at my school) with another science major. I really felt like I clicked with a lot of the girls who I spoke with and felt like this was a group of girls that would really support me and mesh with my goals. I really, really liked this house and was beginning to think I had judged Greek life totally incorrectly! I was loving this!
Third, I visited
West, but I didn't spend much time here at all. The appearance of the booth itself was extremely drab, and the girls didn't really seem that friendly or interested in me, though they were far from being outright rude. The one girl I talked to only mentioned sports, which didn't really click with me, as I'm not a football fan. I left feeling like I probably wouldn't belong here.
Finally, I visited
North, which I liked better than
West but not as much as
East or
South. The girls were nice but didn't seem as interested as the girls in
East or
South. This was also the only house where I was consciously aware of being "bumped" (not that I knew the term back then!), which was a tad off-putting. However, I did like this house's philanthropy, which sounded really interesting and tied in well with stuff I had done in high school. I felt kind of meh about this house overall but wasn't as turned off as I had been by
West.
Before I left, I went over and said good bye and nice to meet you to the girls in
South and
East. I then picked up my schedule of COB events (all COB events at my school are open) for the next two weks and left, giddy with excitement and sure I would end up in either
South or
East.
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