She gets them at 4:00 and then attends 9 parties the same day????? That sounds like a terrible day.

I was thinking the same exact thing. How late are they rushing then? Is it done that way to beat the heat of the day? I have no idea being West Coast and all...please enlighten me.

PS--GO TEXAS DAUGHTER!!

I can't wait to hear about the invites! I have been thinking about you all day...sending good thoughts! The waiting is the worst part!

I would way prefer being at rush from 4 to 10 at night (on either side) than having to get up at the butt-crack of dawn and sparkle. :)

Or, as our rush chair said: Show up, Shut Up & Shine

Personally, I'd rather rush in the morning/afternoon than at 9:45pm after a day of classes.

She gets them at 4:00 and then attends 9 parties the same day????? That sounds like a terrible day.
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Yes -- I think it's done to avoid the worst heat of the day. They'll go from 4 o'clock, attend five parties, take a break, and then attend the last four parties. The last party is scheduled to end at 9:15 p.m. Then of course, they'll have to rank the houses again. Of course, that's if TexasDaughter is lucky enough to get invites to 9 houses. I spoke to her a few minutes ago and she's a little jumpy. The waiting is SO hard. She wants this very much.

Thanks for all the support, guys! I really, really appreciate it. You should see me -- every few minutes at work, I'll check GC and read for a few minutes. Then I'll ostensibly do a few minutes of "real" work. I can't stay focused. I can tell this is going to be a productive week!

I was president of my Greek Council during my Old Army days at Texas A&M. We did a lot of cross-council events with many NPC sororities- these were some of my favorite Greek events. I hope she gets to experience Aggieland Stompfest- its one of my favorite things!

Go TexasDaughter!!!!!!

Gig'em Ags!

How long are the parties?? 5 hours 15 minutes is not a lot of time to get invites, have 9 parties, and allow for a break. It does make sense to avoid the midday heat, though.

Good luck to TexasDaughter. :)

Ok, I'll come out of the closet here. I've been a recruitment-thread-addict for a while now. I usually just read all the posts instead of contributing to them, but I can't be quiet any longer.

TexasMom... it's 4:30 and we haven't yet heard about TD's invites. You realize that we're all waiting (some more patiently than others) for your update. Please don't make us(ok, me) have to wait much longer...

So the pnm gets to rank the sororities? I don't know how this works logistically, but it sounds like a great idea...that way you are not getting cut because they don't think you are interested in them! It's alittle more communicative.

LOL! My guess is that the invites are given out at 4:00 Central. So we still have a few minutes!

aack! I forget about those pesky time zones.

Sorry, TexasMom.

(I'm still drumming my fingers, though)

haha me too!

Well not really, you rank them that night after you attend the parties but the sororities have no way of knowing how a PNM ranked. Say you attend 9 parties one day, you rank them that night and you can only attend say 5 the next day. You'll pick your top 5 and rank the other 4 houses 6, 7, 8, and 9. So if all of your top 5 invite you back, those are the parties you go to and you "release" in a way the other 4 sororities. If 4 of your top 5 ask you back then you'll go to those 4 but you still have one more spot so they'll see if you're 6th has asked you back. If 6 did invite you back that fills your schedule, if not they'll look at 7 and so on.