[AOII Angel]

Recruitment at these big SEC schools is definitly driven by the culture of the south. I almost attended LSU since I got a scholarship there but ended up (thank GOD!) following my sister to tiny NLU in north Louisiana where Rush (it was rush when I went through!) was much less cut throat. Recs and pictures were all I thought about for a little while. I had friends from high school that didn't make it to the first round of parties because they had no recs (apparently this has changed.) The problem is that the big groups (don't want to name too many names, but Chi O has always been extremely strong and desired at LSU) are drilled into PNMs heads as the only groups worth joining. So...if you have 1000 girls who all want to be a Chi-O and 300 are Chi-O legacies, it's going to be cut-throat. Luckily, plenty wonderful women figure out that the rest of the chapters are really great as well and have no problem finding a home. Until Mamas stop telling their daughters that they HAVE to be an XYZ, you will not change the way recruitment happens in these competitive areas.