LSU Rush
 

Rush starts at LSU today. I have a friend whose daughter is rushing. I'm not familiar with their Greek system. Does anyone have any insight? LSU Moms, keep us posted on rush this week.

I have a friend whose daughter is rushing there tomorrow too! Her daughter graduated with my daughter. I am so excited for them! But, I dont really know much about LSU rush either, except I have heard there are alot of girls and it is competitive.

LSU recruitment
 

Recruitment is very large at LSU, as it is with most SEC schools. I was there last year. Sorority row is quite impressive, and it looks like all groups there have large numbers.

I think it is very important for all PNMs to go into recruitment at schools like this with open minds. All of the sororities on campus at LSU are strong nationally and have lots to offer every woman.

LSU recruitment
 

I have seen nothing updated about LSU recruitment. What is going on???
It is such a strong Greek campus that we should all be talking about it!:o

You know, in the years I've been on here, discussion on LSU recruitment has always been few and far between. Sure, we've had PNMs and moms (most notably justamom for all you old timers) come here and share their stories with us, but they're not so much in the GC spotlight like 'Bama, UGA, Auburn, Florida, etc.

This is totally true, and I've always wondered why.

I had a bunch of chapter sisters from Louisiana and I always enjoyed hearing their moms' LSU rush stories.

Any updates LSU Moms?
Pref parties - Friday
Bid day - Saturday

I wrote a rec for a young lady going through recruitment at LSU. The only feedback I've heard is that she likes all the chapters except for one, because "they are too pink for me." Even funnier because this sorority's colors do not include pink. Can't wait to see where she ends up!

I wrote five recs this year for LSU pnms. I am hearing back from one pnm who is doing well and attending the max number of parties today...five.
She is so intent on finding the best place for her. She has been cut by a few but she is not complaining...only concentrating on those that have invited her back. What a great attitude! Any of the remaining five sororities is lucky to have her. All excellent choices.

I don't want to burden her with too many questions right now. I only want her to stay positive and keep her focus where it should be. :)

My daughter is going through rush this week at LSU. There were 887 total pnms who registered for recruitment. Of these an astounding 699 were legacies. At the parent meeting they said that quota would be between 73 and 85.

My daughter's experience has been positive. She is attending the maximum of 5 parties today. Her roommate, however, was not invited back by all but 2 of the 10 sororities after the first party including the chapter of which she was a legacy. She was released by the remaining 2 chapters after the second party. Tears were shed.

Good luck to your daughter!

Great for your daughter!!! but, so sad about daughter's roommate. Last year, my best friend's daughter also had a great rush, but roommate did not, dropping out before the end. It was a bummer because my friend's daughter was so concerned about her roommate, that it took some of the shine off of her experience.

My heart goes out to her roommate, it breaks my heart and I don't even know the girl as she was a potluck roommate. I just passed this story along to demonstrate that LSU rush can be brutal. You are right about it being awkward now, trying to hide your excitement while trying to be compassionate at the same time.

Today is bid day!!! I hope we have lots of happy LSU pledges at the end of the day.

699 legacies out of 887 PNMs? Wow. I know that there are usually a lot of legacies going through recruitment at SEC schools, that number still shocked me a bit.

At any rate, best of luck to all the PNMs on Bid Day!

Does anone know what time bids come in? I am waiting to hear back from my friend but she hasnt texted me to tell me how her daughter did...

I believe bids are handed out at 4:00 this afternoon.

thanks

I just got a call about an hour ago ... 3 girls my daughter graduated with pledged KKG today!! I havent heard where or if the 4th one pledged.

Rah Rah for KKG! I can't wait to find out where my rec girl pledged. Should find out tomorrow morning...

My rec girl pledged Pi Phi yesterday!

She was so concerned that she would be released after first round when they told her that was possible at orientation. Of course, I knew this wouldn't happen and she had the best possible rush - liked all the sororities a lot and was the one doing the cutting. She was really torn between Pi Phi and Kappa, but I know she made the right choice for her!

That's so funny...I think I know exactly who you are talking about! I guess you really can figure out who people are easily from GC.


I also know which sorority you are talking about...they all had on pink dresses for ice water, and a surprising amount of people didn't like that!

I'm a very recent ZTA alum from LSU. Reading all the posts made me miss all the excitement of rush :( Anyway, I'm kind of glad to hear that more girls are coming through again. My year we had well over 900 girls going through, then it petered off quite a bit in the following years-quota got pretty low considering the size of LSU as a whole. All this makes me want to know all the gossip, like who wore pink at ice water and what the skit themes were and what everyone's bid day jerseys looked like and if anyone got in trouble with their chosen bid day activities lol

Ok, I gotta know, why is it such a big deal to wear pink at ice water? What color does everyone else wear? :confused:

Sorry if this question sounds dumb, we didn't do "ice water" or skits up in VA. :o

This acticle is from today's campus paper, the Daily Reveille.

http://www.lsureveille.com/greeks_se..._this_semester

This made me LOL:

That is some fine journalism there...

It really isn't. Some girls were thinking though that because the entire chapter was wearing pink dresses that they were too girly and they might not fit in there, even though a dress color shouldn't and doesn't reflect a whole chapter.

And every chapter was different. One wore all white, one all black, and some were all just dressed up in nice dresses but not matching.

Not to mention exemplary editing. :p
What's really hilarious are the comments...