[FSUZeta]

at most large southern state schools, recs. will be very important. with so many pnms going thru and first round parties being so brief, recs. are a great way for the sororities to get to know you a bit before they actually meet you in person. recs. may also get you invited back for round 2, especially when many sororities have to release a great deal of pnms after the first round.please know that a rec. does not guarantee an invitation, though. you still have a couple of weeks to work on finding more and i advise you to do so.

i also advise you to give all the sororities a chance. you may be greatly underwhelmed by one of your top eight current favorites and may fall in love with one of the ones you don't think so highly of right now. it has happened before.

if the sorority members you know bring up your boyfriend, you have to acknowledge what they say, but they should know not to do so. for instance, if they ask how he is, you could easily answer that with a "he's fine" and move on to another topic.

speaking of boyfriends, you might want to keep your feelings about the chapters under your hat-if the girls who know you and your boyfriend see him out and about, they may be tempted to quiz him on what other houses you are visiting and what you think of all the houses, which might come back to bite you. just be careful.