Agree with all the previous posts, and it doesn't matter how long she stuck it out, it just matters when she received the bid. So a woman who signed her preference card and never showed up to bid day would be eligible at the same time that a woman who stuck it out until the day before initiation is (assuming both pledged in the same "season/semester/quarter").

A little off-topic, but Ice Water Teas will be more than a little awkward when she visits her old chapter. I'd really hate to be the sister who has to host her that day!

To add to this, it isn't necessarily always a full calendar year if recruitment dates change. But if the PNM went thru formal fall recruitment last year,received a bid and did not see it thru to initiation, she would be eligible to re-rush when the school's formal fall recruitment rolls around next year.

Keep in mind that most SEC schools have an upperclass quota so she wouldn't be lumped in with the freshmen...which might help her. And I would mention that she had pledged last year and then offer some reason that you and she agree upon.

Well, just an update on this -- as of now, about three weeks before her school's recruitment starts, she has not contacted me or anyone I know to do her recs. Maybe she has reconsidered Greek Life and decided not to pursue it again. Maybe she went with a different group of rec-givers this year. Or, maybe she is waiting until the last minute. Time will tell, but so far I've been able to escape the "awkward rec."