[TexasMommy]

Thanks for the good luck wishes! She will need them all.

Malone visited Grapefruit, Red Roses, Orange Blossom, English Pear, and Amber & Lavender. Grapefruit has been her favorite from the start. Malone met a lot of girls in Grapefruit at Roundup last spring and even more at summer orientation. She has said from the start that she can see herself as a Grapefruit and that she would love to get a bid from them. She said some officers spoke with her at Grapefruit and that she enjoyed talking with them. She also said that "EVERYONE" in her dorm wants Grapefruit.

She also visited Red Roses and absolutely fell in love. She was rushed by a girl she knows from our community and was later passed to some officers. She said she loved everyone she met at Red Roses. Last night it scared me to hear so much hope for Red Roses in her voice. I also heard a bit of over-confidence: "I think I will really have a hard time choosing if I'm invited back to Red Roses and Grapefruit for pref." Let me assure you that she was the recipient of a very swift. stern, and cautionary lecture.

Orange Blossom is the house I have thought for a while that Malone would fit in best. She was not, however, encouraged after her visit. Her experience at the house contrasted sharply with that at Red Roses and Grapefruit. She was rushed by a girl she described as "a bit dull." Malone said the conversation was really awkward and that she (Malone) struggled to keep it interesting. She said she tried her best and would love an invitation back to skit but that she feels that they may cut her.

Malone enjoyed the girls at Amber & Lavender, but she doesn't think she will fit in there and does not expect a return invitation. She enjoyed her visit at English Pear very much during open house but did not feel as enthusiastic after philanthropy. Because of some twists I can't really explain on this thread, she does not have a letter of recommendation to one of these two houses. So, the return invitation was a surprise. She assures me that she is grateful for all the invitations she has received and that she was gracious at both houses, but she says she just has a feeling that she won't have the opportunity to return to either house. I am also doubtful that she will get return invitations to either of the houses, but we shall see . . .

Almost forgot --yes, AXOrushadvisor, Camp Mystic seems to be the camp of choice for the current UT sorority population!