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Originally Posted by hollywin
My daughter went through rush this week and eventually dropped out. I too got the dreaded late night phone call from my sorority that they had released my daughter. The thing that was very disheartening was that my daughter was a 4 time legacy at this house with 3 of them being from the UGA chapter. I think my parents paid for half the house in 4 years of dues for 3 girl's !! She had recs at many houses. What I think happened was that we are from out of state and she did not really know anyone in a sorority. My daughter is a pretty, intelligent and loving girl. I am not sure how she could have done better when she only spent a total of 30 minutes at each house. I also believe that the houses where she had recs saw that she was a quadruple XYZ legacy and cut her because they assumed she would pledge XYZ. It has been the hardest thing for her. I am not sure of any other situation where 18 year old girls are rejected by so many groups of girls. She did put in for open bid and I am praying she will get one.
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I hadn't thought of the possibility of other houses seeing that she was a legacy. In my daughter's case, that, combined with the fact that we've only lived in GA a short time and she didn't know anyone in any houses, and were never told that recs were needed, caused her to be cut early from most houses, when, like your daughter, she is sweet, smart and attractive, and if she'd had a chance to get to know them things would be different. She's OK about everything, so she says, but I know it will be hard when her roommate and the other girls she's become close to over the past week get their bids. I wonder if the Rho Chi's will follow up with which groups might have COB or a later informal rush. I know she would not consider doing this again next fall.