Moxie,
Here is a whole schwack of LSU Rush thread of rushees who have gone before you.
Perhaps this will help you to figure out what to do about the nose ring conundrum?
Help! Nervous about LSU Rush
LSU Rush
justa Mom - How's LSU?
Rushing in Louisiana
I'm going nuts! LSU
and the thread that "tells it like it really is" at Southern Schools (i.e. LSU):
My Advice to Sorority Rushees