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Originally Posted by Morton
New to the community... I am a Chi Omega from Austin Peay State University. My daughter is heading to UT Knoxville, which will be a MUCH bigger rush experience.
I have managed to secure RIF's for most of the sorority's which she is interested.
I have looked at all of their websites, but really cannot garner much about the groups. Are any of you UT graduates that can give me some insight into what her rush experience will be like?
She is a 4.0 from a private prep school in Nashville, 31 ACT, varsity athletics, leadership in school, etc... Will she just be another number at UT?
Thanks for any insight. Just trying to prepare myself on how to support her through the process.
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Websites aren't TRULY going to give you an idea of what each sorority is like at UT. They're all going to give you pretty much the same information... the basics. They're not going to tell you the personality of the chapter or what the members are like. That's something that your daughter is going to have to figure out for herself during recruitment.
No one here can really map out her experience. Everyone's is different. All we can say is that it will be competitive and she should be aware of that. Having her heart set on just a few groups before she gets to school won't help her in the long run.
This hasn't been said yet, and I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but... Once your daughter leaves for school, take a giant step back. You've helped her, and that's great. But she's going to college and once she's there, you can't watch over her shoulder.
The only advice you can and should give her is to keep an open mind, be herself, put her best foot forward, and enjoy the experience. And if she has questions/concerns/tears of sorrow/tears of joy, and she feels like she needs to share her experience with you, she will.
Good luck to your daughter and hopefully she finds exactly where she's meant to be... whether that be in a sorority or elsewhere
