Recruitment is Finally Over!

    Last year, I was so excited for recruitment and was sad at how fast it went. This year, I couldn't be happier it's finally over. Being on the back end of recruitment, many people don't realize all the work going into things. I have been planning recruitment since last spring. All summer, I held meetings to go over recruitment logistics. With all the preparations held during the summer, one would think things would be smooth sailing once we returned to school, wrong. 

    Pretty much anything you could think of going wrong went wrong with recruitment rounds. The first round, Philanthropy, was definitely the toughest round. We had 15 girls who had to be fast movers through rounds. Fast movers are people who had to show up late to rounds and have condensed schedules so they could still see each house. We tried to prepare as much as possible when planning recruitment for fast movers, but nothing could have prepared us for how Thursday night ran. I felt as if I was running around with my head cut off. Our team worked as best as we could to get girls into houses accordingly, but it didn't always work out. After such a hectic first night, I was scared to see how the second night would go. However, luckily it went fairly well, besides a few girls dropping from the process. The final night also had very little hiccups which was a relief. The final night started earlier than the previous two so it was nice to be done earlier. However, since I run part of the behind-the-scenes work, I had to still stay later so things could wrap up smoothly. Ending with a late night and an early morning the next day did not do good things for me. 

    I was so exhausted the following morning, I truly didn't think my alarm went off to wake up, I simple thought I woke up in the middle of the night. After trudging out of bed, I got myself all ready for Bid Day, well as ready as I could be as a Rho Gamma. Since I was disaffiliated, I couldn't dress in my full Bid Day attire until I was revealed back to my chapter. Fast forward to the Bid Day activities, it was so much fun getting to be the one to hype everyone up before letting the new members run home. It was super rewarding getting to see everyone so happy with their new chapters. While there were a few bumps along the way, I think it helped to make the recruitment experience better. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm so excited to not think about recruitment for a long time. Now I'm back with my Zeta sisters, I feel like my life can start to get back to normal.

Until next time XOXO,

Hallie