[FuzzieAlum]

I encouraged my little sister to rush. At the time her school had two locals and one national. She didn't like the locals (not because they were local, but because of the girls in them), and since there was no formal rush she COBed the national group. Well, everyone going through except for her got a bid, and they told her they need to know her better. She can be pretty quiet and shy around new people, and I'm sure that was a big part of it. She's very easily discouraged, too, so her senior year when another national colonized, she didn't even tell me about it, because she knows I would have told her to go do it! (And as we know, getting into a new colony is not that competitive, so her shyness wouldn't have hindered her.)

The funny thing was, the school she really wanted to go to had a strong sorority system and she stayed with one chapter when visiting. She really liked them and I'm sure would have rushed there. She got in to the school, too, but decided to stay closer to home. I think she realized pretty quickly she wasn't at the right school for her, but she stuck it out.

I still wish she were Greek! I know she wouldn't be an AXD, since none of the schools she considered had it, but we're all Greek together as they say.

I think the biggest influence you have is that you're the "older" sister so she still looks up to you at least a little. Talking up how great your experiences are may make her want to have them for herself.