share your experience?

I was kinda prepared. I knew how sorority rush worked but I knew no one here. My older brother graduated from Ole Miss a year before I got here so I was lucky that a lot of girls knew him, thus knowing me.
I wasn't really worried until Skit. I was cut by two houses that I thought I loved. I only loved one house at Skit and I was scared to death that they were going to cut me. Honestly, I didn't like that house on the first day because I had one girl who was really quiet. BUT, on Philanthropy Day I fell in love with this house. So, it's Skit round and I feel like I belong in this house. I would literally pray to let them invite me back.
When I got there for Pref, oh I knew it was my house. I felt the sisterhood, the genuine kindness, and I didn't have to hold back tears because I had literally seven girls come and hug me and give me tissues. When I went to my next house, I literally sat there thinking about my dream house.
An hour before I went to the Grove to get my bid, the girl who picked me up added me on Facebook (I know it was bad but who cared it was BID DAY). I was confused. What did this mean?
When I got my bid, I just saw the color and symbol of the sorority and I bolted to the house with tears running down my face.

My advice to you girls: You will find your dream house. It's not always love at first sight. Once you go deeper, you will find your home.

Good luck girls!! Maybe some of y'all will be my new sister!

I was pretty prepared- I was OOS and knew it would be hard but I had recs for every house and tried to make as many connections as I could- which quite honestly wasn't a ton now that I look back. But I "knew girls" in each house. I had what most people on my floor considered a "close to perfect rush"- all the way through skit. Got back all my faves with the exception of one so called top-tier after the first day and another so called top tier after second day... I had a full schedule each day and was so happy heading into pref only to find out EVERY SINGLE HOUSE but 1 cut me. It is considered one of the lower-tier ones. I cried. It sucked. I went to pref anyway because I figured I could always go and then not sign the bid /rank thing. Their pref ceremony BLEW ME AWAY. I wasn't prepared for how emotional pref. was. I cried. The girl who preffed me was awesome and made me feel so wanted and loved. I prayed that they didn't cut me and on bid day I screamed and cried and ran to them like they had been my first choice all a long. I love my house and can't imagine being anywhere else.

I thought I was prepared, but I wasn't prepared enough. I ended up buying into the tent talk and the stereotypes that people on this site promote. In the beginning, it seemed like my favorite houses wanted to keep me and there were a couple of houses I had heard negative things about inviting me back as well. Everything was great and I thought I had a dream rush until preference. The only houses that invited me back were two that I didn't feel like I had made a connection with. I ended up going anyway because my mom convinced me not to give up. I ranked them and got a bid on bid day. I wasn't excited about my house on bid day because I thought I could have done better. But over the couple of weeks after bid day I realized that my sisters are the most caring and compassionate and kind women on this campus. They represent true sisterhood and by initiation I could wholeheartedly say that I could not see myself in any other house.

Now I'm happy and have a leadership position and I am absolutely in love with my house and love my sisters to the moon and back!