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Congrats to your sister! How exciting for her--she will definitely not regret her decision to go Greek here...Tech Greeks are among the most active/dedicated I've encountered.
I am not a sister at Tech, but am a law student here & have become fairly familiar with the system. I was involved last year with a local sorority that wanted to go national, but they dissolved when it didn't look like panhellenic was ready for expansion.
Having said that, Tech has a very good NPC w/strong organizations that all have something special to offer to PNMs. I hear they will be changing some things up in the Fall, so that formal recruitment won't be so brutal, but I don't know the details. I'll be honest...rush can be completely demoralizing here b/c it is extremely competitive--there are a ton of high quality women rushing here, and they tend to vy for the same houses very early in the week, before they have really had a chance to evaluate the chapters well (this is my opinion...based on conversations I've had with people who have rushed here), so lots of people drop out or don't get bids. 250 of 750 rushees last year did not get bids (I don't know how many of those were by choice drop-outs & how many were not matched during bid-matching).
Please make sure your sister is aware of that so she will go in with open eyes & realistic expectations. Does she already know someone in ZTA at Tech? I hear that ZTA is one of the top choices of a good majority of girls who rush at Tech. I don't know how important references are here, but I assume stellar grades, activities and references are probably a must--for EVERY sorority.
Please try to help your sister approach rush with an open mind, and consider all of the great sororities Tech has to offer, or she could very easily be hurt. (BTW-my comments here are not intended to be self-serving...there is no DZ at Tech, so I'm not trying to steer her away from ZTA...that may very well be the best place for her.)
What area of the state does your sister live in? Tell her to contact the local Panhellenic Alumnae to see about attending their "rush teas" or some other opportunity to get to know some alums. She should be able to get that from Tech's Greek Affairs office...also, I think A&M'sPanhellenic web-site has that info as well.
I wish your sister the best & hope she finds her home! Her Tech experience will be enormously enhanced by Greek affiliation.
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