Recruitment

Last weekend it was recruitment at Drake. This year recruitment was a little different for me as I was a recruitment counselor so I was disaffiliated. For those of you not familiar with Greek life this means that I wasn't really part of my chapter. I couldn't wear my letters, or anything else that had to do with DG. I also couldn't tell people what my last name was or what house I was in. It seemed silly at times, but overall it's best for the women going through recruitment. When they don't really know what house I'm in they're able to talk more freely about what they liked about each house without worrying about offending me, etc. It's also fun to see what house they think I'm in at the end of the weekend. The quote that the disaffiliated girls used during recruitment was this: "We remove our letters to help you find yours." Which I really liked.

I started out with a group of 11 women. They were all great women and half of them decided Greek Life wasn't for them and the other half joined a chapter. It was really cool to be on this side of recruitment again and see how each of the women felt about each chapter and where they felt comfortable. At times it was frustrating with schedules being changed at the last minute, etc. But overall the system worked out like it always does and a lot of women were about to find a place to call home within the greek system at Drake, which is awesome.

I can't imagine what my college experience would be like if I didn't go through recruitment my freshman year and join DG. I wouldn't have had the leadership opportunities that I've had nor the friendships that I've made. I think that even though the Greek system may have some flaws overall it's a great system and I would encourage everyone to at least give it a try.

The end of recruitment also brought about Bid Day, which is one of my favorite days. People like to compare it to Christmas. This is when all of the women receive their bid and find out what chapter they will be joining. It is also the day that I got to become re-affiliated with my chapter and got to tell everyone that I was a DG and be reunited with all of my sisters [we spent the weekend in a hotel]! Being one of the recruitment counselors I was one of the people that taught the new members how to scoop. We also went to sleepy hollow and played games and outdoor laser tag which was fun.

Here are some pictures of my bid day fun: