Flash cards! If she has about 10 phrases, such as "I lost my voice!", "Please", "thank you" and other natural phrases, it could help her.

Best of luck to you and your daughter!

I love the idea of the flash cards and/ or the white board! How creative and memorable!! Since so many of the women in the sororities have experienced the same type of voice strain the cards could create a wonderful dialogue.
I've looked forward each day to your reports of A's experiences, and excited to hear about B and C's results as well.
thank you! :)

Well...this not the morning I had hoped for. A is still in it, but only has one that she wants of the three. I am trying to talk her out of suicide bidding, but she really hasn't had any connection whatsoever with two of the ones that are in her pref. I'm about sick over this and so is she...but she thinks that is what she is going to do. I told her to be 100% sure she is okay with being totally left out in the end, and she said she is. I'm hoping that maybe at pref she will change her mind, but she sounded pretty determined.

Her parties are with Amber, Moonstone and Diamond.

B faired better than the others, although she has suffered some serious cuts too. Her parties are with Diamond, Aquamarine and Topaz. B is also a legacy to Diamond too, for what it's worth.

C...poor C was dropped this morning. She started out the strongest in the beginning of the week with the fewest cuts early on. I have talked to her Mom, and she is understandably upset. She is going to leave Auburn for a few days to just get away.

I'll update later after the parties and let you know what A ended up doing.

Just remind A to be open to what she hears and sees today at the preference parties. These parties have changed a girl's mind many many times. I would also suggest she accept any bid offered her and give it a couple weeks. She can always quit before initiation if she still doesn't feel that connection. Rush is so not anything like real life that they can really put things out of perspective.

Can't beat this advice. My daughter was less than 100% enthusiatic with her bid on bid day. Now she is so crazy in love with her sorority she can't imagine being anywhere else!

:D [ahem...!!! Just knew she'd be lovin' on those twin stars, AuburnDad.]

It takes ONE bid. Just ONE. My heart aches for C, who doesn't have any.

BTW, there are a couple of speech-language pathologists posting on here who are recommending TOTAL VOICE REST. The trachea and the esophagus are two separate anatomical structures. Inflamed vocal folds, in the absence of pathology or infection, respond best to rest.

I know how disappointed you are. Everything seemed to be going so wonderfully for the three of them. I had such a good feeling that they would all end up in their favorite house, but Diamond was one of your daughter's top two; so, I am really hoping that tonight goes well and that tomorrow she will get the bid that she wants.

my heart goes out to all three girls, particularly a and c. auburn dad gave some really good advice, and it sounds like his daughter was in the same boat, and now she is loving it!

I think I'm going to head over to Auburn today and be there for her tonight, if I can get her to leave and go do something fun. I also want to be close by if she gets that call telling her she has been dropped. Does that call come tonight or in the morning?

Also, a side note....one of the groups A is going back to for pref she did not have a rec for. She was covered really well with multiple recs to a lot of chapters, and at least one to all but two. I guess they could have called and gotten one on their own, though.

The one and only thing that makes me hope A still has a chance with her favorite is the fact she does know several girls in there. But..with about 150 in there now that are voting, the dozen or so she knows might not make a difference.

Hoping for the best for A! Loved this story. I'm sharing it with my daughter who is going through recruitment in two weeks. I do hope A enjoys her pref round parties and ends up happy!

I know this has been suggested many times to others in similar positions, but she should also look around at her peers, not just the current members. Even if she didn't feel much connection with the current members of Amber and Moonstone, she should pay attention during pref. to the other PNMs who are attending with her. The pledge classes will come from these women, and she'll probably end up spending more time with them than with the older women. If she feels a connection with them, that may give her some extra encouragement and prevent her from suiciding.

I am so sad for the girls (and their moms) who were released! One of my daughter's friends (a sophomore) got released this morning, also. We were always worried about her because of her grades, but we were hopeful. :(

On a brighter note, my daughter is a sophomore. This was her first recruitment on the other side. She has had a very positive week. While looking through some pictures she had posted on her Facebook, I saw that she replied to someone that it had been one of the most fun weeks of her life.

I'm hoping that the girls who've been released will register for COB and find a sorority home. :)

Good advice, sciencewoman. I have shared that with her. I'm anxious to hear from her after prefs.

That's a great point! Really rooting for yourr daughter and that she has a great day! Also that she gathers all of the information to make a well-informed decision!

I hope everything is going well, and I hope that A and B have the result they are hoping for!