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I am right there with you! I have three daughters, the last one is rushing this fall, and I am so worried as she will be rushing at a big SEC school where anything can happen.
We have prepared as much as possible, but beyond that, there is nothing you can do, and as a mom, it just kills you that this is something you can't "fix" for them. You know they will get cut, at least by some of the houses. It is the rare pnm that has the perfect rush, and rejection always hurts.
Then there is the possibility of not getting the house you want. With my oldest, we went through that, and it was awful! She ended up not pledging at all! In retrospect, it was a miracle she got a bid, as we knew nothing about rushing in the South at the time.
My middle one had a little better experience, but went to a smaller greek system, and still didn't get her first choice, but her second. It worked out well in the end, as she is very happy where she is, and can't imagine being in the sorority that she originally preffed first.
And now the last one has chosen to rush in a very competitive greek system, and I am a wreck!
I just keep remembering the devastation on my oldest daughter's face when she was not offered a bid from the house she had her heart set on...I think I cried as much as she did. She had the option of rushing her sophomore year, and her sorority friends wanted her to, but she said, "I would rather cut off my arm then go through that again".
I am just praying that the youngest has a good experience. She just asked me the other day, "Mom, you don't think I'll get cut from all of them, do you?" What could I say? It is possible, but hopefully not?
Lord, I wish it was over!
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