Letters Today, Leaders Tomorrow. My Recap of Recruitment

   I have been incredibly busy lately with school (Hooray for Dean's List!) and I have not been posting like I should. I have been thinking and I want to share my recruitment journey with all of you, because I definitely wish I had something like this before going through recruitment myself. To start off my new Sorority Series I will start off with the lovely Recruitment Wear. Recruitment is stressful and fun, but you must remember to BE YOURSELF. These girls will be your sisters for the rest of your life, maybe even your bridesmaids. One way to express your personality is through fashion. We had assigned style for each day, ranging from casual cute to cocktail attire. Here is a look at a few of my outfit choices for recruitment! Also, I have not stated this yet, but I go to the University of Southern Mississippi and we have 8 CPC sororities that participate in formal fall recruitment.

Here is the list of attire that is provided to us by our CPC council!

Orientation - September 1  (casual attire)

Meet the Greeks - September 2 (you will wear the T-shirt provided by Greek Life)

  

Philanthropy -September 5 & 6  Up to 6 Events Pictured: Allee D' aquin (Pi Beta Phi) Julianne Nettles (Kappa Delta)

  

Sisterhood - September 7 Up to 4 Events Pictured: Kimberly Page (Delta Gamma) Katie Gunkel (Delta Delta Delta)Tati Mondaini (Phi Mu)

Preference - September 8 Up to 2 Events Pictured: Sarah Beth Selph (Alpha Delta Pi)Miriam Clark (Chi Omega)

Bid Day - September 9 The sorority that gives you a bid will provide you with a Bid Day shirt at the Bid Day party. Wear Nike shorts or workout leggings. Go casual, unless told otherwise to possibly wear jean shorts.

Day 1: Meet The Greeks

    On Day 1 of recruitment, we were told to wear cute bottoms. This could be cute shorts, jeans, capris, skirt, you name it. Now once again, I do go to school in Mississippi and August heat is no joke.
     I did not take a picture of this day, but I wore a pair of perriwinkle chino shorts that I purchased at JCrew. On the first day, we were required to wear the Recruitment '13 shirts that we ordered when we signed up for recruitment. For shoes, I wore my platinum Jack Rogers, and for jewelry I kept it simple with my Tory Burch gold logo studs, along with my MK watch which is shown below.

  This is my friend Kendall(left) and her friend Tara(right). I chose this picture because it shows the simple white v-neck shirt that says "Sorority Recruitment", but it also shows the different ways people chose to wear the shirt. The design on the back was simply an outline of the state of Mississippi, a few cute and whimsical flowers and all of our CPC sororities labeled on the back. The back looked exactly like this shirt, just with different colors and said "Sorority Recruitment" instead of "Sisterhood Retreat"

Day 2: Philanthropy Day Part 1

  On this day, we got our call-back sheets that told us which houses we got asked back to. Philanthropy was divided into two days, and so for example, you might have only one sorority to visit the first day, but you might have 5 to visit on the second day of philanthropy. Philanthropy Day is the day where you up your attire a little bit. You get a little bit more dressy, but still very casual. I say that the things you wear on this day would be things you would wear to a nice summer dinner. This is the outfit that I wore for the first day of Philanthropy.

 My outfit consists of my Lilly Pulitzer Buttercup Short in Resort White Nibbles from last year's Lilly spring collection. These are probably my favorite shorts, and I got TONS of compliments on these shorts from every house I went to that day. My shirt is a white chiffon shirt from the LOFT. The shirt bunches at the bottom, and also gathers in at the end of the 3/4 sleeve. The shirt is very simple, but perfect with the patterned shorts. Both fabrics were both very lightweight fabrics which helped while we had to stand in line outside of the different houses. For jewelry, I wore my David Yurman pearl earrings that I received for graduation by my wonderful parents and my MK watch. 

For shoes I wore my Tory Burch sandals, plain but super cute and super comfy!

Day 3: Philanthropy Round 2
 For this day I decided to wear a cute and comfy hot pink skirt I got from Target, a navy billowy top, and my white Lilly bow belt. I wore the same Tory sandals I wore the day before, my same MK watch, David Yurman pearl earrings, and my David Yurman cable bracelets. I also decided to switch it up a little and curl my hair with my Hot Tools wand.

Day 4: Sisterhood/Skit Day
  Skit day or Sisterhood Day is probably the most fun day. While Meet the Greeks is just a simple overview of all the chapters, and Philanthropy really shows you the different causes that each sorority supports, Skit day is the day where you can really see where you would fit in. I wore a strapless striped dress that I purchased from a boutique back home, and I wore brown braided wedges. I would also suggest bringing a pair of flats to wear in between houses. Also, do not forget to BREAK IN YOUR SHOES BEFORE RECRUITMENT! Blisters generally suck, but especially when you are tired and hot.

I kept my jewelry very simple for this day with my rose gold monogram necklace, my Yurman cable bracelet, and my pearls.


Day 5: Pref Night
  This is the most serious night of all, because it is the final night of recruitment. You wear cocktail attire, and you bring your A game. This is the night where you visit your final two houses, and once the parties are over you decided you #1 and #2 house that you would like to receive a bid from the next day. I do not have a picture for this one either,  because 1.) I was running late because of nerves and 2.) This night is super strict when it comes to electronics and watches. I wore a sea foam green strapless dress from JCrew.

This is the same dress, but the one I have is a sea-foam blue color. I wore tan patent Gianni Bini pumps, a simple strand of pearls, my cable bracelet, and my pearl earrings that were shown earlier.


Recruitment and going Greek was definitely one of the best decisions I have ever made, and definitely made my first semester of college SO much better.

  I hope this helps show you what to wear, so yo aren't second guessing yourself and freaking out the day of because you aren't sure about your outfit. As I said before, outfits are cute and all, but remember to be yourself, relax, and just enjoy recruitment!