[FSUZeta]

carried away, don't take my advice for the gospel because its been a while since i was a pnm at fsu. that being said, if you are enrolled, have your class schedule, have an advisor, have your parking permit if you live off campus, locate the buildings where your classes will be held and being a member of a sorority is important to you, then i would not attend orientation and would go to the ice water parties. my reasoning is this: the chapters at fsu are allowed to invite "x" amount of pnms back after the ice water parties based on a formula, which is based on their return rates from previous years.if you miss the first 2 days of recruitment, it is most likely that you will be cut heavily by many chapters, who have to cut pnms from their invitation list due to the panhellenic formula. if you do not attend the parties, they do not get to know you and all those pnms they did meet will be at a better advantage than you to remain on their list.

have you had recommendations sent on your behalf to the fsu chapters?

return rate = percentage of pnms who accept an invitation to a party based on the number of invitations extended.