Go luck this fall (please post your recruitment story when you go through
). Join the group you feel you click the best with. My niece originally wasn't going to rush (decided at the last minute), joined Theta and had a blast and loved living in the house. I keep hearing how competitive and large Bama recruitment is. As far as I know, she did not have Greeks in the extended family (not counting my hubby and me--I don't have a chapter there so it wouldn't have helped to write a rec letter) and was from out of state. I keep hearing that at Bama you need a zillion recs and it helps to be in-state. I dunno if she had recs, but still had a successful rush. It probably didn't hurt that she had a sky high GPA, zillion extra curriculars, is beautiful, outgoing, etc.
So, Bamabound, don't get caught up in nightmare rumors or bad rush stories. Just put your best food forward.