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For round 3, pnms could be invited back to a maximum of 7 houses. Third round was one day. Once again I could barely sleep waiting for a text from my daughter.
But she called me instead. Her Pi Chi had texted her that her first party wasn’t until after lunch, she didn’t have to be there until then. She was worried – she was pretty sure that there were only 4 party slots after lunch. So she had gone from 12 groups to a maximum of 4. Suddenly this was a little less fun.
Time to pull out the GC wisdom. It only takes one group. It’s fun to have more, but you can only join one in the end. And whoever you have – they’re the only groups on campus. Give them a chance because they want you. Look at how one group shot up last round from not a number one to a big favorite.
She texted me when she got her schedule. She had only 2 houses left. One was the group that had been her favorite from the beginning. The other was a group that she had put in her numerical ranking each time. I texted back – it only takes 1!
She called during a break. She was sad to have lost many that she liked, but was prepared to look for the best in both groups left. I was so proud of her! I reminded her that, as long as she was invited to and attended at least one preference party, she would be getting a bid. I also told her how much I admired her for being able to do this. She said that she was really glad for the research we did going in because she really understood that it only took one. She knew two girls who had been released from recruitment this round. She was glad that she was at least moving forward.
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