Good luck to your daughter, BamaMomma2013.

Thank you! She is really getting excited now!!:)

Topping 1,600 registered for recruitment.
The price goes up this weekend, so I expect we'll see lots of action!

I am also getting very excited about recruitment for my daughter - not too far away!

Who says they do things bigger in Texas????

Texans.

They are obviously misguided!

I'm a Texan and laughing out loud at those last three remarks! :)

You have no idea of how hard I am fighting the temptation to insert some "there goes the Tide" joke....

Feeling very frustrated at the moment - a friend of a friend contacted me this morning and asked me to write a rec for her daughter who wants to go through recruitment at Bama this year. No resume, no photos, only two other recs lined up. On paper, she would be a great pmn but has she missed the boat?

Maybe not if she keeps an open mind. The vast majority of PNMs receive bids at Bama. She'll likely not have lots of options, but the numbers show that most people make it. She has to go in with realistic expectations, however.

This is the second last minute pnm I've dealt with this year, both going to SEC schools. I hate that their lack of preparation could (and probably will) limit their choices. Good life lesson for them.

We seem to be having a LOT of them this year at Alabama.

What I hate is when you learn of a colleague's or friend's relative going through rush at a highly competitive school and you offer a rec....And they say "no thanks, we aren't bothering with those, they said she doesn't need them" or "thanks, she's not looking at KD, all her friends are Kappas" true stories. Face Palm. Good Luck with that.