First Round begins tonight! I am looking forward to hearing my daughter's perspective from the other side this time. Wishing all PNMs and Moms good luck! I hope we get to read an Iowa story this year.

I know of 3girls going through this year. My dz says the first day was a lot of busy fun! She already has a rush crush! I'm hoping for a story too!

I talked to my daughter this morning and she said the first night of first round was great! She was a "server" this round, but will be a greeter and talker tomorrow for 2nd round. So, she hasn't gotten any rush crushes so far. She said they ended up with 907 PNMs. Is that correct GCers in the know? If so, that's way more than last year isn't it?

Oh . . . and the Hawkeyes won today!!! Maybe that's a good sign!

Go Iowa! 907! Is the the actual total? Impressive. The houses will be bursting at the seams. Talk about a "fuel injected" Greek system!

I got my first responses from my rec girl at Iowa. She was invited back to 5 chapters, only 1 of which she's happy with.

She says if she doesn't get back this chapter, she's dropping out because she doesn't really like any of the others. She said there are an overabundance of tall skinny blondes. And one girl in a house she didn't like asked her what her dad did for a living, which seriously turned her off.

I of course told her to stick with it. 2 of the chapters she got back I think would be very good and the 2 others have a lot going for them. But I'm really surprised at how heavily she was cut. Her resume is pretty impressive!

Wow! I'm wondering if heavy cuts were across the board.

My rec girls said nobody in her group got more than 6 parties out of a possible 10 max. So I'd say cuts were brutal.
Apparently over 100 have dropped out and 10 were kicked out due to drinking. Because, you know, you can't fix stupid.

OK...how does one get kicked out of recruitment for drinking? Were they drinking prior to the parties and were sh*tfaced at the chapters? Curious minds want to know. :-)

Don't know, but my guess is there were fraternities involved. Or it could be public intox. If the girls were smart enough to drink in their own rooms and keep it quiet, no, I don't see any way they'd have gotten into trouble.

A chapter had a girl rushing who is pregnant. Have you EVER heard of that before? Why on earth wouldn't they put her on a behind the scenes task?

I know 4 girls going through. Only heard about 1 that got 10 invites back. No idea on the other three. Were cuts this rough this early last year?

With events running after the game yesterday, I wondered if anyone would be silly enough to tailgate before events and then show up tipsy to recruitment. Who knows?! Either way, an unfortunate way to begin your college experience. :cool:

You mean rushing as in the active chapter member was pregnant and rushing PNM??? Wow....I'm speechless.:confused:

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This reminds me of the movie " the house bunny". They had an active who was visibly pregnant!

My co-workers daughter got back 5 invites and was happy.

I also wouldn't doubt that the drinking was tied directly to the game day festivities.

OK, well rush events after a football game would explain that. Still, it shows lack of forethought, but at least it's not COMPLETELY random.

It occurred to me that since they are going down to just 2 at pref that they might be making steeper cuts early.

Interestingly for my rec girl, the chapters she liked most were a mix of "top" and "bottom" houses. But she's a very independent thinker. Too rich looking, too cookie cutter, too fancy, all of that would turn her off. And, she was asked A LOT about her grades and study habits. I don't know if she shared with the girls that her mom was scholarship chair, but grades are NOT going to be her problem.