Talked to my daughter briefly tonight and she was very positive about the 2nd round. She actually had 8 favorites this time! I am hoping she ends up with a good schedule tomorrow. I'm already writing a more thorough recruitment story to post later after this is all done. Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

any updates?

Shannon is still in it with her favorite but is also keeping an open mind. For reasons which I hope to reveal later, I have decided to put up her updates on a 2 day delayed basis.

Glad she is hanging in there and keeping that open mind!! Thank you for letting us know how she is doing and we are hoping for the best for her.

Preference Day -
Does anyone know how this works? My daughter has texted me her top picks from today but hasn't had a chance to call and probably won't because of all of the activities tonight. What time should they hear who they get called back to?

If she has been to pref parties, the usual process is that after pref parties are over all PNMs sign their pref card listing their choices in order. Next is bid matching, and on bid day is when they learn what sorority they receive a bid to. When is bid day? That is when she will learn where she is a new member.

Preference parties start at 1 pm, so the PNMs should be meeting with their Rho Gammas around 10:30 or 11:00am. I remember from last year that each PNM was given their schedule in private by their Rho Gamma. As a result, the handing out of invites takes awhile. It felt like it took forever for my daughter to text me her schedule. Good luck to your daughter and all the other PNMs!

Bid day is Sunday. Pref night, or as they call it "Sisterhood Day", is logistically similar to every other day of recruitment. The PNM will be called back to however many chapters and will visit each house. The night ends with the PNMs ranking the chapters. The parties are typically more serious and often involve some sort of ceremony where there are speeches about sisterhood and how much the chapter has meant to some of the members. The ranking that night is also a little more serious because she is ranking in order of whom she would like to receive a bid to most. I believe FSU PNMs go to three parties (max).

Thanks! Can't wait to hear tomorrow's results! My daughter had a full schedule today and is absolutely exhausted.

I happened to pass by the houses today because I was in town and wanted to take pics with the Phi Mu house. I couldn't because recruitment was happening but I did get some pictures of the house with the tents and the PNMs lined up for the last parties of the day. I must say some of the fashions we saw driving around campus were interesting! Me and my mother had a good laugh in the car. Also girls without flip flops really should reconsider running barefoot...

Well, sorry that I didnt post yesterday. I think this is as emotional for me as it is for her. My daughter received 7 of a possible 8 party invitations. Unfortunately, there was only 1 favorite on it and it was hard for her. I thought she was going to pull out but she went to all 7. A new favorite emerged and she really thinks that she could see herself at 2 of the 7. Now it gets a bit tricky, they hear at 11am today and I'm hoping that those 2 are on her party schedule or she will probably just drop out. This can be a real gut-wrenching experience and I tried to console her that it could work out today. I'm hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
So my question is, when these girls go to the parties today, do they get any indication of if they will receive a bid or not from the ladies that they speak with.

I think the answer to your question is yes and no. I think some women have a very easy time expressing their desire to have a woman join their sisterhood, however, that active is only one vote in the Chapter. So they could flat out tell her what she wants to hear but that might not be the reality of situation.

If you attend a chapter's preference party you are on that chapter's bid list, it's a question of where on the bid list. From what I understand, legacies are suppose to be listed first on bid lists.

FSU's Rho Gammas gives the PNM's their preference invitations privately and individually. You may not hear from your daughter right away. It took awhile for my daughter to text me last year.

Good luck to her!

If you attend a chapter's preference party you are on that chapter's bid list, it's a question of where on the bid list. From what I understand, legacies are suppose to be listed first on bid lists.

Really, I didnt know that. Thats interesting. The way I understand the bid lists, there is an A list (not ranked) and a B list that is ranked.

This is my understanding of how bid lists work from reading multiple threads on this site. If I am wrong, please someone correct me. Thanks.