[GammaPhi88]

While I'm not a collegiate member at IU, I do have good friends there, and they have given me a feel for the campus culture. Rushing as a sophomore at IU is not easy at all, and it rarely works out the way you want it to. If you drop out now, you don't stand a very good chance of getting a bid in the future at all. It seems as if you had a good experience at your actual pref parties, and I'll remind you now: the women you meet at rush are a very small percentage of the entire house, and you don't know your pledge class yet. For all you know, you could love them. I would go through with it, and I would keep in mind that most houses at IU do not do informal. You were right to say that falling in love with a house takes time. My sister who cried and cried on bid day was sullen for the first few weeks, finally opened up and became one of the most active girls in my chapter. IU recruitment is competitive, and I know its a hard day, but the best thing you can do is stick with it. Recruitment isn't easy, but the system, for the most part, does tend to work when you've gotten this far. Good luck tomorrow, and try to stick with it.