So I am ADDICTED to recruitment stories, and finally made an account here because I wanted to write mine from this past semester too! If the title didn't give it away, I'm using Doctor Who codes.
I really have no idea what made me want to join a sorority. I had never really thought myself the type, I can even remember reading a book when I was in highschool that talked about all the awful things sororities allegedly did. Right out of high school, I went to a satellite campus of a big school, so there was no greek life to speak of. After my freshman year, I took a year off due to being broke, and then transferred to my new school. I was only there for one semester before having to take spring semester off again because of financial reasons (more like crazy financial aid mix ups.) So this fall, not only was I rushing as a sophmore (a sophmore and a half really) I was an OLD sophmore, 21! But I thought, what the heck, I want to try this, and after I went to the Meet the Sororities Ice Cream Social I knew this was something my life had been missing. Now, there are no houses on my campuses, so all the parties took place in different rooms in the student center. The eight chapters on my campus shall henceforth be known as:
Donna
Martha
Rose
Amy
Rory
River
Craig
Mickey
Just from my cursory knowledge, I already had this strange feeling that
Rory was the place for me. I loved their philanthropy, their colors, and the girls I had met at info sessions, but I was heading into recruitment with an open mind. Our recruitment takes place over 4 days
Thursday: Philanthropy Night (All 8 Parties)
Friday: Theme Night (Max 5 Parties)
Saturday: Pref Night (Max 2 Parties)
Sunday: Bid Day!
So, Philanthropy Night comes...
first up was
RIVER, and they were in the tiniest room, so there were 35 sisters (the max allowed for recruitment) and about the same number of PNMs. Yikes! They were all very happy and enthusiastic, but I could barely even hear what the sister I was paired with was saying. She introduced me to one or two other sisters, and then we watched a video about their sorority. I really didn't feel anything about them when we left. They had a very stereotypical sorority girl "look", and while they had been nice, I knew they weren't for me.
next was
MARTHA. I had been interested in Martha too, but boy was I put off quickly. I was at the front of the line for my group of PNMs, so I was often paired with a sister and another PNM. Well, it turned out the sister and the other PNM were from the same area, so they talked to each other and completely ignored me. I was really mad, and had no interest in Martha at all after that.
then my group went to
MICKEY. Mickey is one of those chapters with a certain kind of reputation. Lets just say they had to put a lot of stickers on their pictures, and those stickers weren't over the faces of Pi Chis, they were over the girl's hands, if you catch my drift. But, the sister I was paired to was nice, and she was whispering to me little facts about Mickey while their video was playing. I left Mickey somewhat ambivalent, I didn't even know what their philanthropy was.
after Mickey was
AMY. Amy is probably the closest to sorority royalty on my campus. They are known for having the prettiest and "best" girls. Again, the girls were nice, but the sister I talked to went on and on about herself, and neither myself nor the other PNM got to actually talk much. (Spoiler, I don't go back to Amy, but I've actually really enjoyed hanging out with Amy girls at socials, so nice!)
then came
DONNA. Donna was a little weird. They didn't seem that enthusiastic, and strangely, I was paired with TWO sisters and no other PNMs. It was kind of nice after a whole night of always being with one sister and another PNM. I left the room interested in Donna, but I didn't think I had made much of an impression on them.
after that was
ROSE. Rose was... wow. The whole night I hadn't felt that much of a connection to any chapter, and suddenly... bang! I spent the whole time talking to the sister I was paired with, there was never a pause, forced conversation, or an awkward moment. I left the room feeling in love with Rose.
after Rose came
CRAIG. There was really nothing much that interested me about Craig. I felt like the sister didn't want to talk to me that much, and I was glad to walk out of there because that meant it was time for...
RORY! I had been looking forward to Rory all night, and it completely lived up to my expectations. I loved the sister that I was talking to, I loved the video about their philanthropy, I loved everything! I said yep, Rory is definitely for me!
So at the end of the night I filled out my pref card as follows:
1.
Rory
1.
Rose
1.
Donna
1.
Mickey
1.
Amy
2.
River
3.
Craig
4.
Martha
Theme night to come 
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