RECRUITMENT

I have been so busy with school, clubs, and recruitment! I just had to tell you all about it. 

Recruitment started on a Sunday with Round Robin. However, I do not have any pictures from that day. I go to a smaller school up north and there's only four sororities, so it definitely does not compare to the south, where Greek Life dominates, but I still had fun. 

For Round Robin, we went around in our groups, mingled with each sorority for 35 minutes and watched a short video at each one.

Shirt - Tommy Hilfigure / Pants - J Crew / Shoes (Similar) - Steve Madden / Necklace - Etsy / Earrings - Kendra Scott / Bracelets - Alex and Ani

The second night we went to two of the four sororities. It was informal rush, so it was pretty casual and just mingling. 

Tip: Sororities love Alex and Anis. I was sure to wear mine almost every day of recruitment because it was a great conversation starter.

Cardigan - J Crew Factory / Shirt (Similar) - J Crew Factory / Pants - J Crew / Shoes - Sperry

The third day was the same as the day before; we just mingled with the other two sororities. 

Dress - Lilly Pulitzer / Shoes - J Crew Factory / Necklace - J Crew Factory 

On the fourth day, our Rho Gammas texted us around 4pm to let us know which sororities invited us back for preference later that night! I got invited back to three of the four. 

Preference was two nights and each night two of the sororities held their event. The first night I went to one preference. This picture is me and my roommate at our first preference night.

Tip: I wore flamingos because I figured it would help me stand out. It definitely did! No one else was wearing flamingos and it helped them remember me!

Dress - Lilly Pulitzer / Cardigan - Tommy Hilfigure / Shoes (Different Colors) - J Crew Factory

I wore my favorite Lilly dress, which I thought was appropriate because it's a little less summery, to the final round of recruitment. On the second preference night, I went to two of the sororities, including my top pick.

Shirt - Vinyard Vines / Pants - J Crew / Purse - Fossil

Bid day was all sorts of emotions. Our Rho Gammas texted us at 4pm to let us know if we had a bid or not. I was a mess all day waiting for that text. 

At 6pm, we met in a room with everyone who received a bid. Since it was informal rush you could receive more than one. There were seats set up for us in alphabetical order with our bids on our chairs. I received a bid from my top two sororities.

All of the Rho Gammas lined up and we guessed which sorority they were in. 

Finally, we opened our bids and broke into groups by sorority. 

We took this picture inside. Then, we ran outside one sorority at a time. When we got outside the girls greeted us with flowers, balloons, picture frames, chants, and hugs. It was so exciting to receive a bid from my top choice!

This is a picture of my pledge class! It was such an exciting experience and I am so happy to share it with all of you! Let the pledging process begin. . .

xoxo,

Sydne 

Dorm Tour

New Jersey schools start late, thus this is a little late as I was still getting settled. I thought that this would be fun to share. If you have any questions as to where I purchased anything, just ask!

My friend Sam and I live in an on-campus apartment together. We have a kitchen, bathroom, and living room. Here are some pictures from my areas of our bedroom!

We hung this sticker, liquid chalk board on our door.

Right next to the door is my five-drawer dresser. I also have a cute cork-board from the Container Store hanging.

Here's a close up of my dresser. I have a picture of my friends, a canvas bin holding all of my hair products, lotion, a monogrammed Lilly tumblr, my jewelry, body sprays/perfumes, and some other knickknacks. 

We were both also given a wardrobe. I have some milk crates on top for storage. Inside I only have some dresses and button-ups hanging. I have my shoes on the top shelf and some purses hanging on a command hook.

On my wall I have my initials that I made. They are in the Lilly print Lobstah Roll. I also have my necklaces hanging on a chevron canvas.

Here is a close up of my necklaces. I purchased this on Groopdealz.

My desk faces my bed.

My lamp is from target. I also do my makeup at my desk so I have a mirror and some q-tips. My makeup brushes are in a monogrammed acrylic pencil cup from Design Darling.

My pillows are from Target and the monogrammed one is from Zazzle. The polka dots are from Etsy and the monogram was from another Etsy shop.

The string lights are from Target. 

I hope you like it!

xoxo,

Sydne