InsaneJournal

Current mood:	nervous
Current music:	Use Somebody || Kings Of Leon

So much has happened in the last few days. I haven't been able to write between classes and goings-on and homework. But I'm having a pretty good semester so far. Sorority recruitment has been keeping me busy every night this week, so I've had to cram a lot of my studying into the earlier hours of the day. I had to get up at eight o'clock this morning (eeek!) to do some more work on a paper that I didn't get finished last night before the last group of Second Round parties. But I think it's going to be a good essay, and it's not due until Friday, so I can spend a bit more time on it before I have to turn it in.

Recruitment started out on Saturday. There are sixteen houses on campus, and we had to visit ALL of them in the first two days! We only had about twenty minutes at each house, and that time was spent talking to one of the sisters. I got asked the same questions a lot: "Where are you from?" Eugene. "What's your major?" I'm not sure yet! "What grade are you in?" I'm a freshman. Then we tried to shove some actual human conversation in there, to try to find common interests and that sort of thing. It was kind of stressful, but also kind of fun. But on Sunday night, we had to make a list of our top chapters -- we could only pick eight! Some were easy to eliminate, but some were really hard. It's funny. Going through this whole process makes me understand where all the stereotypes come from, but it also blows them away at times. I guess the chapters meet to decide who they want to invite back for a second round, so it's as much me choosing them as them choosing me.

Since there have been classes and things, the recruitment events have been starting later in the evening. Monday and Tuesday we visited three chapters, and last night we visted the last two on our lists. This time, we got to stay a bit longer in the houses, and the sisters all put on skits and sang songs for us. A few of the girls I'd talked to the first round remembered me and stopped by to say hi. I was really nervous, but the sisters did most of the question-asking to get the conversations started, and I could easily go from there. After the last party on Wednesday, we had to do more ranking -- this time, we had to narrow it down to our top three choices! And we have to wait now. There aren't any more parties until Friday, when we go to all three of our favorites' houses (hopefully) for fancy parties that last an hour each. I have a really nice dress to wear for Friday night, but I'm really nervous. What if none of my top three chapters (Delta Gamma, Kappa Delta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma) wants to invite me back for the preference parties? This whole rush thing has been a lot of fun, but what if I'm one of the few girls who doesn't get chosen?

I think they stuck this Thursday off in the middle of recruitment just to give me time to overthink about the whole thing.