My rec girl made it through Sisterhood round. It's been interesting hearing her Mom relay daughter's thoughts. When she started, she wasn't sure about going Greek and really only liked her legacy chapter. She didn't have great returns after round one. Mom thinks it's because daughter is a little blunt and didn't hide well when she didn't like someone. And she was probably pretty overwhelmed by the whole process. I was overwhelmed and I even had a Greek sister!
But as she discussed it with me more over the next day or so, a 2nd favorite was mentioned. OK, so that's 2 out of 14. Then after the 2nd round her favorite was still her favorite but had a new #2. The chapter was a surprise to me, but I'm trying to remember that reputations can change WILDLY in 35 years, for my sorority maybe more than any of the others! So one of the chapters that was kind of a dud that many years ago is a favorite of hers now.
Then, after round 3 (Sisterhood), she has 2 clear favorites and she would be ok with either one. One is her legacy chapter, so fingers crossed that she gets invited to preference! But the other has a lot to say for itself so I guess I would grudgingly be happy for her
My contact on the inside thinks that fewer girls have dropped out this year in favor of finding A sorority home instead of a particular sorority home. I'm so glad to hear that and hope it's true. She thought they'd hear about an estimated quota tonight, but I haven't heard from her in awhile.
And on that note, I noticed on the Uiowafsl website an interesting survey:
https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3z0jl5YGqC4p9MF so it looks like they're trying to gather data on why girls are dropping. Which winds me back to Iowa being a petri dish for rush process and procedure.
Preference is tomorrow and Bid day is Monday. Can someone share when specifically the pref parties are happening?