best sorority?

pixiedanzer
Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:11:02 +0000

hehe my experience is a long story. I’ll definitely have to email you. I actually enjoyed the rush experience itself. I had a great rush group, met a lot of nice girls, and I actually thought it was fun LoL. Only bad thing is I have super blistered feet and I flaked out of all the plans I had made wiht my roomies (who chose not to rush) for this week so I felt guilty about that, but oh well they’ve been understanding.

The one regret that I have is that I wish I had asked more difficult/non generic questions, especially at the houses I immediately knew I had no interest in: like “So what exactly are you looking for–looks wise, personality wise…” * “Are you this nice all the time or is it just during rush?” * “How many people in the house do you actually get along with?” << this one I actually asked at some.

The two sororities I liked best and wrote down on preference night were ones that are kinda well known and have reps like haha “slutty” and “druggie” but I based my decision on which I thought overall had the most honest and genuine girls because it’s too hard for them to be fake. The ones where I could go even during rush and immediately talk to them without everything sounded scripted or rehearsed. One of mine definitely had the “yeah we like to party, yeah we’re who we are, not gonna lie-take it or leave it” type attitude. I appreciated the straightforwardness of everyone–and the other, the one I accepted the bid for, I just felt a real connection with from the beginning and immediately felt at home there. Also, one of my favorite counselors (quite possibly one of the most blatantly sweet people ever) at my summer orientation I found out was a member of this sorority, and I figured, if this is the kind of person that can be happy there, then it must be a cool place.

So yeah I accepted a bid, and I really do love the sorority, but I’m pretty sure that I’m actually going to de-pledge—right away. Only because everything happened so fast this week! It’s only FIRST quarter of my FIRST year and I need to stop treating everyday as if the world is going to end tomorrow and just take things slow and one day at a time. I feel obligated ot just spread myself thin and get involved int oo much which is unhealthy.

I want some more time to explore college on my own and experience more things before comitting to something I’m not 100% passionate about. So maybe later? maybe never? maybe try for the same one?

I’m glad I did fall rush though. It was definitely worth it. :)