Alpha Xi Delta

This time of the year is a very important time for girls who are in Greek life because it is recruitment time! Over the weekend, we had three rounds of recruitment, philanthropy, sisterhood, and preference. After all of the rounds, we have Bid Day which is a day where we celebrate all of the new members that have joined and this year I was in charge of running it. In philanthropy we explain the organization that we work with which for my sorority it is Kindly Heart Campagne. Which is partnering with your town and helping them get back on their feet with all of the covid effects. During this round, you are able to get many new girls and get the vibe of the new girls that might join your chapter. I really enjoy this round because we are able to have a say on who is joining and I really love meeting all the people who would love to join. 

The next day is sisterhood night which is when you get paired with girls that you have more stuff in common with. This day I was talking to a girl in every round because with switching my major and being involved in different clubs, I had a lot in common with the potential new members. It was very nice being able to meet so many people but I talked to one girl that I have met before and really loved talking to her. While talking to her, she had many of the same values as the girls in Alpha Xi and I knew that she would love to be in the chapter. 

The last night, preference was my favorite night out of all three rounds. There were two girls that I was

heart selling, which means telling them why they should join and all of the amazing things that Alpha Xi has brought me. The first girl that I was heart selling was the girl that I was talking to in the sisterhood round. I loved her and knew that she would fit in so well with everyone and talking to her was so easy. The other girl that I was heart selling was someone from my lacrosse team that I saw more as a sister than anything. This was the first time I talked to her during the recruitment process because the recruitment chairman knew that we were more of sisters so she wanted to let her meet other girls in the chapter. When I sat down to heart sell her and as soon as I sat down she told me that she only wanted to join Alpha Xi and I started to cry. After that we both were sitting there crying because I knew on bid day that she would be running home to the place that I have fallen in love with. 

Bid day is the day that wraps everything together. I had to wake up very early to set up everything to make sure that the new girls would have the best day. After setting up, I had to rush and get ready for the new members to run home and I was even more excited because both of my girls were running home to Alpha Xi. All of the sororities will gather around the grass standing in front of the house while we wait for the new member to run home to use. One by one they will say the names of the girls and they would run to their new home. I watched the girl I got close with from sisterhood run home to my best friend and I gave her the biggest hug but I was waiting for my basically sister to run home. When they said her name, she ran to the front of the Alpha Xi house and I was holding the sign with her name and we gave each other the biggest hug and we both started crying again. This weekend has been very busy but I would not change it for anything.