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Originally Posted by IUgreekmom (Post 2126474)

I had the dreaded experience this year. My daughter knew how much I loved my sorority and how I am active in the local alum group. I was so excited to have her go through rush! Unfortunately, my daughter was released before the first round of invites. She went to the 20 party open house and then was dropped. I was shocked as the chapter did not follow legacy policy. I know it is very competitive at her school so I was happy when she pledged another house.

If the chapter has a ton of legacies coming through sometimes they cannot give a courtesy invite to every legacy.

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Originally Posted by IUgreekmom (Post 2126474)

I had the dreaded experience this year. My daughter knew how much I loved my sorority and how I am active in the local alum group. I was so excited to have her go through rush! Unfortunately, my daughter was released before the first round of invites. She went to the 20 party open house and then was dropped by my sorority's chapter there. I was shocked as the chapter did not follow legacy policy. I know it is very competitive at her school so I was happy when she pledged another house.

I fixed your post because it was confusing (i.e. sounded like EVERYONE dropped her after 20 party). As I said in my other post, it could be that she didn't like the girls there and (knowing how much you loved your sorority) didn't want to tell you so. She's in another group now and she's happy, so just focus on that and go forward.

And even if that's not the case - better for them to release her early than string her along. Don't forget, the girls have been on campus for nearly an entire semester by the time they rush. They and the sorority members have had opportunities to get to know each other.

You are right - She is happy now!

This was my first recruitment as an adviser (or at the time adviser-in-training) and I have to say the single hardest thing I had to do was make these calls.

I found myself writing out a phone script before I even picked up the phone to call- complete with "Hello my name is ForeverRoses and I'm an adviser with..."

We had one phone call where the other adviser and I were worried that it wouldn't go well. We actually held hands while she made the call. I guess you could call it a sisterhood moment.

IUgreekmom- I am glad your daughter is happy!

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2123428)

I think a better thing to have would be a section on the website or in the magazine that says "Alpha Beta chapter has a shit ton of girls going through rush. If the chapter has to call every single person who wrote a rec they will have coronaries and also, won't have time to prepare for the next day's rush activities. Please take this into consideration."

Some people just don't understand the AMOUNT of girls going through. I know if you told most of my chapter sisters that there are schools where 1000-2000 women go through rush, they would be absolutely flabbergasted.

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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses (Post 2126557)

I think that if a group or chapter is one that makes phone calls to alumnae, writing a script and perhaps asking an alumna volunteer, or volunteers to do so has some positives. Not only does it free up the collegians and alumnae advisors, but it does provide a bit of distance from the chapter itself, yet it is still coming from a sister.