Momoftiger and beagled1 I'm thinking of you this morning! i know how hard that waiting is. Good luck to your daughters! Let us know how it goes this morning. Keep breathing!

Thank you! She is going back to 7. It's going to be a long day for her. But, I hope the sisterhood round really helps her put the right things she is looking for into perspective. I think she has a good head on her shoulders and wants a house full of genuine sisterhood and passion for service. I think with the 7 she has on her list, she will find her home! I am happy for her and excited and nervous and everything in between!

Long time reader, first time poster. Like I did last year, I'm sure many moms are reading Greekchat to learn more about formal recruitment. I wasn't in a sorority, so finding this site helped me learn about RFM and recruitment in general.

Don't be too upset if your daughter experiences heavy cuts today. My daughter lost more than half the houses on her schedule between Rounds 2 & 3 (can't say that was the best day of her life, but it didn't matter in the end, as she received a bid from her day-one favorite!!!). I'm not a RFM expert, but I always assumed the heaviest cuts happen between rounds 2 & 3. It seems the chapters that aren't as strong in Round 1 become much stronger recruiting chapters after round 2. PNM's have all the same houses to choose from after round 1, but everyone's schedule is very different during Round 2. In the later rounds, mid- to weaker recruiting chapters aren't directly competing with the historically strong recruiting chapters for as many girls. Those strong recruiting chapters have to make a lot of cuts after round 1, and many girls don't have more than one or two (or any) of those chapters left on their invite lists. Girls are getting second looks at these other chapters, and they are are now becoming very popular, as they should be! That's why I like RFM.

It's been said many times before, but ALL the chapters at Mizzou are fantastic, and girls have friends in all of the houses. No matter what chapters your daughter has left on her schedule today, one will soon be her new home! How exciting!

Yay - good for her!! Sounds like she is having a successful recruitment and I don't doubt will continue to do so!

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Hi! My daughter is only going back to 5 today, but fortunately I prepared her last night for big cuts and she's taking it in stride. She still has her #1 from day 1 and she has a friend in that house, so I'm hopeful. I have to admit that, even though I knew there would be a lot of big cuts, some part of me still didn't think it would happen to my special snowflake. ;)

It's ok. My super special snowflake only had 4 this time last year ;-)

MIZparent, nice to "meet" you! I appreciate your feedback and everyone's on here! I am getting texts in between each house. She is also starting to reach out to her pi chi which is good. She can help her more than I can in terms of knowing more about the personalities of each house. All of the chapters seem strong in various ways. Her biggest fear is a repeat of high school where she was one of the few that didn't party regularly and one of the few that didn't belong to the country club that the "cool kids" did and ended feeling a bit on the outside. I believe she will find the right fit at Mizzou...but the mom in me worries because I can't do anything else but that and pray for her :)

Just popping in to say how much I love all the mutual support and good humor in this thread. :)

That's the great thing. Different personalities of chapters.....and different personalities within those. There are definitely girls who are not party girls. And I am sure lots that are not country club girls (I know mine isn't!!). She sounds well on her way to find a good fit.

I have been following this thread all week. I had a son graduate from Mizzou who was a Delt, and a daughter at Iowa who is a Theta. It looks like my daughter (#3 of 4) will be attending Mizzou next year and going through the recruitment process. So, I'm always happy to see the Mizzou threads full of great advice and encouragement for PNM moms. I know 2 girls from our high school going through this year. I heard from a mom today that one of them is having a good experience and got back her top choices back this morning. Haven't heard about the other one yet. Momoftiger and beagled1 - hang in there! We are all sending good thoughts your way.

Thanks all!

As an aside, they are doing a live stream of Tiger Walk. Bid day will have happened at this point, and hopefully the girls going through here will be wearing their bid day shirts as they pass through the columns formally entering what I think is the best university in the country!!

I don't think I watched it live last year, but it was available for replay and I found my daughter go through.

Here is the link!
http://livestream.com/mizzou/tigerwalk2015

Yay! Thanks for sharing NorthernMom!

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So glad to hear things are continuing to go well for your girls!

Nice to see some other Mizzou moms joining the conversation here, too. Welcome. When my daughter was going through recruitment I came here frequently and read posts from other moms, but didn't post myself. It was so helpful to hear from moms who had been through the process already with their own daughters at Mizzou. Rush was SO different when I went through it (back in the dark ages), and, I'm sure there is a great deal that I have forgotten from back in the day.

Excited to hear how they like the skits today.

I think I cried watching it.

Mizzou is so rich in wonderful traditions. We looked at a lot of schools in theory. Far fewer in person. The thing that attracted me most (not that it was ultimately up to me, but she saw it too, obviously) was all Mizzou had to offer, not only in greek life, but in general. It's such a diverse and vibrant place.