Thanks to everyone that has read my story so far!! I am so excited to me sharing my story with you all even though it is shorter than most stories.
ROUND TWO
On the evening of the second round, my Rho Chi gave me my envelope and I opened it up to see:
Turin
Sochi
Nagano
I swear every time I read a recruitment story the PNM expresses confusion and sadness about being dropped from a chapter they “clicked” with. I knew that happens. But it still stung to see
Vancouver didn’t want me back when that was the chapter I felt most “at home” in. I didn’t know what I had done wrong. So many girls had come up to me to say hello and compliment me and said they were happy I was rushing… But I wasn’t invited back. I was heartbroken.
I also hadn’t been invited back by
Salt Lake which in retrospect wasn’t a surprise considering how awful my first conversation was. I was slightly disappointed that I didn’t have a full schedule but my Rho Chi told us almost no one did. On the other hand, I was extremely excited to be asked back by
Sochi and
Nagano! This is what makes recruitment so emotionally tough in my opinion…. I have never felt so happy and so sad
at the same time. It is the weirdest thing ever.
Everyone around me was feeling the same mixed bag of emotions! This night’s parties lasted 45 minutes and focused on philanthropy.
My first party of the night was
Turin. All of the girls looked super gorgeous tonight and I think this sorority’s colors are actually my favorite! I have a very personal connection to their philanthropy and watching their philanthropy video actually made me cry. They also showed a sisterhood video that I absolutely loved. No perfect-looking girls in bikinis, no fake laughing and blowing glitter. Just a ton of women that genuinely love and support one another through thick and thin
Even though my conversations at
Turin weren’t as good as I wanted them to be -- I still felt like I’m not clicking with them totally -- I realized I could be so happy here.
My second party was
Sochi. I felt like I was trying hard to “impress” these girls and I wasn’t sure if that means I like them the best or I wasn’t not totally comfortable there. All the girls were so nice and I enjoyed talking to them. They do community service work for their philanthropy year round instead of just putting on a fundraising events like a couple other sororities at my school, which I love. Their philanthropy video made me cry (again.) Clearly I am a crier. I was able to talk to a
Sochi sister I know from class and I felt like we really hit it off. I didn’t want to leave.
Finally I headed over to
Nagano. The first night this chapter was underwhelming but I loved tonight! Being there felt a little more natural, not like
Sochi where I desperately wanted them to like me. This chapter really prioritizes their philanthropy and it is something very close to my heart. I loved all my conversations this round and felt like I could really “let go” and be myself. One of the senior members of
Nagano approached me during a conversation and complimented me on the color of my dress! I didn’t want to leave this house either!
I found myself in a great position by the end of the night because I knew I couldn’t go wrong. All three of the chapters I had left were wonderful and I could see myself belonging there. I ended up putting down
Sochi and
Nagano down for preference (order didn’t matter) and dropped
Turin. I went to bed feeling really great about recruitment! Even though I was sad about
Vancouver, I knew I would be happy somewhere else.
Preference round is next! I am so excited to share the ending of my story with you all!
