This past weekend/week has been the longest, most tiring and stressful time of the year: recruitment week. Recruitment is the time when all of the sorority houses on campus "rush" new freshman and some sophomores. This madness started bright and early on Saturday morning at 7 am. First, I could not sleep one minute all night because I was so nervous...my eyes were shut but I do not think that I slept at all. Secondly, everyone in our house was woken up to the lovely sound of our fire alarm!!! All of Kappa Alpha Theta was standing outside in the nippy 50 degree weather. Some girls had to get out of the shower...and were standing outside in their towels and wet hair. After a rockey start, we all got dressed up for "first datebook": dark wash jeans, brown riding boots, and our baby blue CU Recruitment 2009 shirts. Everyone was excited and nervous!! We talked to 977 girls on the first day!!!! You can imagine how long it took for us to vote!! I think I went to bed at 3 am that day.
The next day was philanthropy day (again another 7 am wake-up call)...we talk about our philanthropy CASA (court appointed special advocates) and we gave house tours. Our theme for the day was Theta Rock the CASA! We wore shirts with the Rolling Stone tongue and everyone had to wear red heels. Word on the street was that we had the most original outfit out of all the houses!! I wasn't surprised... considering that we are "The House Everyone's Talking About!"
The third night was skit night! This is the night that made me want to be in Theta. Our skit really shows the personalities that live in the house. I got the honorable pleasure of playing Jon Gosselin in our skit. I must say that I was the highlight of the night!!! People couldn't believe that I was actually a girl haha. One of the girls told me that she would date me haha! Again...another long night.
The last night was "Preference Night". This is the night where we convince the girls that they should be in Theta...because ultimately we already want them and it is up to them to make their decision. Everyone is dressed in black and we have chocolate fondu and sparkling cider. Again, I was the topic of conversation...people would ask "Who played Jon?!" and I would get called over and people were in shock haha. One girl said that she didn't even know what color hair I had! After the night was over everyone was so relieved because we were done with recruitment! We had been rehearsing and practicing for almost 2 months and everything had paid off!
Bid Day was yesterday! This is the day where the girls find out what house they are in. Unfortunately, I had class...but I got back when everyone was back at the house. All of the new girls were so excited in their Theta shirts with their bid day buddies. We had a dance party at Theta...with subway sandwiches and Rush (which is like frozen yogurt with granola). After the dance party everyone went to this extreme sports team building place. I didnt go because I had a lot of homework to do...but everyone seemed to have fun!...all 81 of our new girls!!!!
