Who wants some cake?

myalterego · #1 08-24-2009, 12:50 PM

I might as well do a recruitment story, too, now that recruitment is over.

There are four houses: Gooey Butter Cake, Cheesecake, Apple cake, and Angel Food cake. For some reason "Fish cake" and "fruitcakes" I thought may give bad impressions.

The first day was a walk-through with parents.

First we went to Cheesecake: It was a beautiful house and the girls were so nice. They were all wearing the same dress color.
Next we were shown Gooey Butter Cake which was also a nice house, although the smallest physically so that some of the girls lived in dorms. The girls were wonderful.
Third we headed over to Apple cake which was okay but I wasn't sure how I felt about the girls. The girl showing us around didn't seem very confident.
Fourth was Angel Food cake and I felt the same about them as I did with Apple.

**One thing that kind of unnerved me was at EVERY party they would ask "Any questions?" several times.**
Yes, I had questions, but at the same time my mind would go blank or I didn't know which one to ask first! It seemed they were using it as a filler at the end of tours.

The next day they had open house parties. I'll talk about them in the order I attended.

Angel Food Cake:
We walked through and I didn't really click with the girl. She seemed nice, but I couldn't see myself as being a sister with her, she was strange. I even briefly wondered if she were on drugs. I met a few of the other girls and they all struck me as a little weird. Nice, but weird. Not in a cute way, but more of an "uhh....okay?" way. They would ask questions such as how I felt sleeping naked. I was very uncomfortable. I was glad to leave.

Cheesecake:
I felt comfortable the moment I stepped through the door. The girl showing me around was amazing and so kind. She was fun to talk to and we had a few laughs. I met other sisters and they were all pretty cool, too. I could see myself with them. All in all nothing of note really happened, but it was so much fun. I hoped they would invite me back!

Gooey Butter Cake:
The girls were all so cute! Going through the house was fun! You could tell they had put a ton of work into setup and decorating. I really liked all the girls I had met. I felt at ease here, too. Again, nothing of note happened, but I hoped to be invited back.

Apple Cake:
It was....interesting. We were met with a lot of screaming, for which reading GreekChat had prepared me, they seemed like a lot of fun. Stepping in the house kind of smelled a little funny. We were only to talk with one sister that night and another PNM. The girl was really nice and we had some of the same interests, I was really digging it...Then we sat down for the slide show. A lot of the pictures showed some of the girls looking quite drunk. Another sister behind me piped up "Yeah, we love to have fun! Sometimes people call us the drunk sorority!" and giggled. I think she may have been drunk during the party actually, it would explain the smell. The president looked a little horrified and said no no and tried to shut her up, The sister I was with giggled with the first girl and agreed. Okay. Wow. That was unexpected. Right there that moved them down on my list.

Rank:
Cheese Cake
Gooey Butter Cake
Angel Food cake
Apple Cake

Outside as us PNMs chatted among ourselves one of the other girls told me she had rushed last year both in the fall and in the spring yet had not been invited back after the first night. She told me they told her she was welcome to try again so that must mean something and therefore if she kept returning she was guaranteed a bid sometime. I wasn't sure what to say to that. . .

Another girl said she was a legacy to ZTA so she was guaranteed a bid from all the sororities here. We don't even have a chapter of ZTA.

Apple Cake is actually quite popular with this year's PNMs, Angel Food Cake is not.

ETA: I will NOT reveal who Apple Cake or Angel Food Cake are.

33girl · #2 08-24-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by myalterego

They would ask questions such as how I felt sleeping naked. I was very uncomfortable. I was glad to leave.

When I was in school, we had a pledge who asked interview questions like "do you pick your toe jam?" It made the sisters so uncomfortable - it was like the pledge hazing the sisters. LOL.

But this just reminded me of that.

littleowl33 · #3 08-24-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by myalterego

They would ask questions such as how I felt sleeping naked. I was very uncomfortable.

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Originally Posted by myalterego

I was really digging it...Then we sat down for the slide show. A lot of the pictures showed some of the girls looking quite drunk. Another sister behind me piped up "Yeah, we love to have fun! Sometimes people call us the drunk sorority!" and giggled. I think she may have been drunk during the party actually, it would explain the smell. The president looked a little horrified and said no no and tried to shut her up, The sister I was with giggled with the first girl and agreed. Okay. Wow.

Ugh, that's an infraction nightmare. I feel bad for the president who had to try to cover that up. Nothing like having a loose cannon in the rush room. If they're trying to impress a certain demographic, though, they're definitely getting the message out.

Buttonz · #4 08-24-2009, 01:14 PM

More please!

KSUViolet06 · #5 08-24-2009, 03:51 PM

A walk-through with parents? I've never heard of something like this.

Is this part of recruitment or just a pre-recruitment/orientation kind of thing?

RU OX Alum · #6 08-24-2009, 03:59 PM

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knight_shadow · #7 08-24-2009, 04:33 PM

I really wanted some damn cake.

WCsweet<3 · #8 08-24-2009, 07:36 PM

I really like the idea of a walk through with the parents. My parents had hardly a clue of Greek life so it would have been nice to show them what I would be looking at.

myalterego · #9 08-24-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

A walk-through with parents? I've never heard of something like this.

Is this part of recruitment or just a pre-recruitment/orientation kind of thing?

It's pre-recruitment. The day before open house parents, siblings, and students are welcome to be taken on tours of the houses, no need to be registered for recruitment. You just look at the house and the girls tell you a bit about dues, what they like about being in a sorority, and it's all very casual.