[FSUZeta]

FSUMOM2012, as long as your daughter does not sign a membership agreement, and does not accept a bid, she will be eligible to rush in the fall. Perhaps someone with access to the current NPC recommendations can answer how long she would be obligated to a sorority if she accepted a bid, but dropped her membership before she was initiated.

I would encourage your daughter to attend Winterfest and attend any sorority rush events that she may be invited to. While these events are much more casual and laid back than formal recruitment, it will give her some insight into what questions she might face during formal recruitment and/or the colonization recruitment. If she finds her home this spring, she starts creating friendships a semester earlier than she thought. If she doesn't, she has a bit of an idea what sororities are about and how to conduct herself during formal recruitment.