Best of luck to Sunny and her friends today at Pref! Your daughter has an amazing attitude and will be an asset to whichever chapter she ends up in. Rock Chalk!

Anxious to hear what Sunny and her friends do today! Can't believe that bid day is already tomorrow...seemed to go so fast! Except for the PNMs and their mothers I'm sure:)

On a side note when my second daughter went through recruitment in '08 Pref was on a Friday and bid day was on Monday. Nerve-racking to everyone involved!

Sorry to hear that Sunny's friends dropped out. I know that KU is trying to improve their retention rate, but it does seem like girls from certain high schools are not very willing to branch out much. Don't know how you change that attitude. Just need more girls like your daughter who are open minded and experience recruitment with the right attitude:)

I agree! There are so many opportuinties to have a wonderful sorority experience at KU, and anywhere else for that matter. For women who are committed to being GREEK not just an XYZ, the system works. Those focused on a few chapters put all of their eggs in one basket and can end up elated or very disappointed.

It is hard for PNM's to see this long-term view of Greek life in 5 days. Recruitment is humbling, and people don't always get what they want/think that they should get.
I applaud Panhellenic for the wonderful job that they have done/continue to do to increase retention rates.

Day 4: Preference Day (up to 3 sororites)

Well, it’s finally the end of a long, fun, exhausting, stressful week for the Jayhawk PNMs.

The day didn’t start til 10am, so my absolute morning-hating Sunny was excited to sleep in, at least a little. I got an early text from her though saying that this week has ruined her for sleeping in and she woke up 15 minutes before her alarm went off. One last time the girls met with their Recruitment Counselors to pick up their invites.

Sunny’s final invite list:
Liberty Memorial
Oklahoma Joe’s
Sporting KC

She felt a slight twinge of disappointment at not being invited back to Westport, but she said she got over that pretty quickly because she remembered how much she had enjoyed herself at Oklahoma Joe’s and Liberty Memorial the first two days. Plus she was very excited to be returning to Sporting KC!

Liberty Memorial – she was preffed by the active who she really connected with during the Open House rounds. The actives shared stories of sisterhood, and Sunny said some of them were kind of sad. She left this house still liking it and would be ok with receiving a bid here.
Oklahoma Joe’s – she was asked here by one of the actives preffing her if she had a fake ID! Sunny was kind of shocked and a little surprised that she was asked this, especially during pref rounds. She said that their pref ceremony was more serious and she heard some more kind of sad stories. She left this house thinking that she probably did not want to accept a bid here.
Sporting KC – Sunny is absolutely in love with the girls in this house. She was preffed by a girl she hadn’t met yet, and the active told her she was so excited to meet her at last. She received an envelope with notes written to her by all the girls she had met throughout the week and was really touched. Sunny said the sisterhood stories were funny and she really feels like this is the place she is meant to be.

At the end of the day, she ranked:
1. Sporting KC
2. Liberty Memorial
3. Oklahoma Joe’s

One thing I should say about my daughter is that I have never seen her get sad during any sad movie (The Notebook? Marley & Me? Seriously, not a damp eye). I think the one time she cried was watching “Hoot” and she had mono at the time so she refuses to believe that was a legitimate cry.:rolleyes: In the end, Sunny just connected more with the upbeat fun mood at Sporting KC. She really looked at the other PNMs at the parties and liked them at each house. I asked her why she put Oklahoma Joe’s on her pref rankings after she relayed the entirety of that conversation. She said that she really wanted to maximize her options, and she HAD liked them up to that point, so she decided to go ahead and rank them.

Sunny’s Roommate ended up ranking only Westport and Swope Park though she visited 3 houses, and Suitemate 2 suicided The Fountains after visiting 3 houses as well. I really hope both girls end up with bids tomorrow. They are both real sweethearts. Suitemate 1 dropped out this morning. Sunny said she wasn’t too broken hearted about it though.

Random notes about Day 4:
I get the feeling that the placement rate at KU is going to end up being 60-70%. Even though this was the largest recruitment number ever (956 PNMs), Sunny said a LOT of girls dropped out during the week as well as some girls being released completely. I don’t really have anything else to add, other than once again, I’m so glad Sunny was as open-minded as she was throughout the week.

Bids are opened tomorrow at 245pm!

Good luck! Your daughter has an amazing mindset. If a member had asked me about a fake id at just about anytime during recruitment, I wouldn't have been happy. I hope that isn't my sorority!

I've been rooting for Sporting KC. I actually went to the Timbers vs Real Salt Lake game last night.

Interesting...My daughter's house does this :)....Can't wait to find out where Sunny finds her home!!

Hope the roommates receive bids, since neither maximized their options it will be a nervous day for them. Plus, it is always more fun to enjoy new member activities when your roommates have them also. So anxious to see how the day unfolds!!

For some reason, I thought I remembered reading bids opened at 1:45pm and clicked over to this thread. Nope, a little later, haha. Hope the day goes well!!

Well.... the girls opened their bids at 230!

It's a funny how things work out sometimes. My morning-hating sleep-in all day daughter could only be destined to join the sisters under the CRESCENT MOON of...


SPORTING KC!




Otherwise known as...
GAMMA PHI BETA!

I am so happy for her! She is on the bus heading to the house to meet the rest of her new sisters.

It was a very happy day for Roommate and Suitemate 2 as well! Suitemate SIP'd for The Fountains, and today is a very happy
ALPHA DELTA PI!!
Roommate opened her bid card and is very happy with Swope Park, also known as
SIGMA KAPPA!!!

It definitely was a long week, but the end result was 3 very happy suitemates. I can't wait to see all the pictures from Bid Day later!

Congrats to your daughter! She will love being a Gamma Phi! Congrats to her roommate and suitemate too. Love to see new ADPi's! :)

Loved this thread...thanks, OllieDog! Rock Chalk!

Congratulations to all!

Congrats to Sunny and all of the girls who received bids today! Happy to see suitemate is a happy new Sigma Kappa!

CONGRATS!! to Sunny and her suitemates!!

Gamma Phi is a great house! I'm sure she will love it there:)

My daughter said that the pledge classes are really big (at least for KU) Anxious to hear numbers. oh.. and she is a Theta:)

Congrats to the NMs and their moms!

I heard quota was 56...53 freshman and 3 upperclassman. Last year, quota was in the 40's, so there was a little jump!

Congratulations to Sunny and all of the new members!