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I'd just like to ask, how was Rush for everyone? Some people thought it negatively affected it, but how was your year for you? Was it below, above, or at average?

For us, ours was the worst one we ever had. We had NINE girls go through Formal Recruitment. By the end, we got 1 girl and the other sorority got 3. We had to work really hard through COB (something we've never been good at, but now we had to depend on to survive). We ended up initiating 7 girls this semester... not too shabby for only starting out with one bid to give out.

The year I accepted my bid, we initiated 21 girls. Last year, we were really disappointed when we only initiated 8 (Fall AND Spring). But even so, that year we had at least 18 girls go to Pref Nights.

I think the other sorority did about as well this semester. A new local started up with 12 girls, but I know they'd been planning it for years.

I don't know if Sorority Life had an impact on this. A few fraternities actually had a rough time as well. We thought that the problems could be attributed to anti-Greek Orientation Counselors and other anti-Greeks that were on campus. We had some very anti-Greek people helping out with Orientation this year, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were bashing us in their group sessions. But I guess we'll have to see how this next season of Sorority Life goes and see if it somehow impacts how many girls go through Recruitment.