A Greek Virgin Recruitment Story

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I have recently been reading a bunch of the recruitment stories from the past and I absolutely love them and this encouraged me to post my own Fall 2010 recruitment story (it also is great to relive these memories!)


As the title suggests, I was a Greek virgin. None of my family was ever Greek, none of my friends went Greek (with the exception of one friend of a friend), and it really wasn’t my intention at all to go Greek. Because, let’s face it, when you don’t actually know anyone in the Greek system the only thing I had to base it on was TV Shows and Movies. Now granted I love me some Legally Blonde and Greek is one of my favorite shows but I just didn’t see myself fitting in to that life, at all. But, on the other hand, I was a Freshman going to a school that none of my best-friends were going to, and I knew I needed to find people that would be bridesmaids at my wedding and lifelong friends. My best friend suggested going Greek. I was hesitant, going back and forth, but decided that recruitment didn’t equal commitment, and so my journey began.

Due to my Greek Virgin-ness I didn't go in with any letters of rec (I had no clue what they even were) and didn't pick out my outfits until the hours before as I was getting ready. I had no idea that these things were thought about by girls for weeks and weeks before actual recruitment. My school isn't too too competitive and recs aren't that common but lots of girls still had them and outfits were definitely bought specifically for this occasion. Oh well it was how it was!



We have 7 NPC sororities at my school which, even though I would prefer to not use code names, I don’t want to say anything that could offend anyone or any group. Therefore, I will name them after 7 household items.

1. Scissors
2. Glue
3. Ruler
4. Pen
5. Pencil
6. Eraser
7. Stapler

Now I don’t know how much detail ya’ll are wanting so if this intro is boring you, skip ahead, because there is a bit more to come.


So, a couple of interesting things. For one, I had to miss the first day of recruitment. My Uncle was getting married and for my family it
was a very big deal since it was only the second wedding I’ve ever attended. I had to be there. I don’t know how much that affected things but it is something to keep in mind.

Secondly, I actually knew what chapter my Rho Chi was from, from the very beginning. Because of me missing the first day, I missed some of the orientation and was sent a different e-mail from my Rho Chi than everyone else. She accidentally attached the wrong form. It was called “Rho-Chi Questions” so I had no suspicions that it was the wrong thing. But then I read the top part and saw their sorority and knew that this was a mistake. It turns out she had sent me her answers to the questions required for her Rho Chi application. Needless to say, this made things a bit different. I really liked my Rho Chi and she was nice and I give her credit for the way she handled all of my ranking sessions with her since I knew at points I could be hurting her feelings. I will say now that she was a member of Glue just so you can follow the story better.

Finally, I had heard a few things about sororities as I went into recruitment even though I tried to keep an open mind. The only person that I knew who was Greek happened to go to my school and kind of gave me some of the stereotypes. However, I ended up debunking these in my trip through recruitment as I met wonderful girls all around.

More to come tomorrow with my first day (second day for everyone else!)