[Betarulz!]

Okay, I apologize. I've kinda sucked at keeping up to date on this thread this year. Part of it is a lack of organized posting on our chapter message board about the exact status of rushees.

The news is we are up to 14 pledges. I'm excited about the pledge class, but not as much as I was at the beginning of the summer...

Anyways, the kid from KS came up last week and signed. Found out that he is going to be the roommate of one of the Honors program kids we are going after, so I think we're nearly a lock to get that guy. In turn that hopefully will get the other Honors kid in as well as one of his friends. However a two house race for the other honors program guy and his friend turned into a three house race last weekend. Didn't realize it, but the third house has probably the coolest person I know as one of their rush chairs. The rush chair is super, super nice, really f-ing cool, and totally down to earth. Two summers ago he was probably the most sought after rushee for that year - ended up going with his legacy affiliation. So it doesn't surprise me that spending a day at the guys cabin made those two rushees interested in joining that chapter. (On a side note, I work with a guy who signed this rush chair, and he said he estimated they spent over $800 that summer rushing this one guy alone!)

The other Lincoln guy signed and one more got a bid card. If this new Lincolnite signs, that would be 6 in this pledge class - had five last year which seems to me getting a little excessive but at least this year they are all from different high schools.

We might sign our first legacy in over two years, a guy from AZ. He came by the house last thursday for the BBQ. I didn't get to meet him, but from a distance he seemed cool - I think he might be on the Golf team. Apparently one of our local alumni was really pestering our rush chairs about not rushing this kid harder (who's dad is this alumni member's pledge brother), which really bugged the rush chairs since the kid's app wasn't anything to make you go wow. But in the end, meeting the kid in person was apparently enough.

Signed a guy from Missouri, so we are getting quite a diverse representation of guys from out of state which I think is cool. I guess that's the results of having three rush chairs from out of state. Could have guys from Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona and Nebraska.

Our final major rush event of the season is on Saturday at the farmstead of the above mentioned local alumni. Really cool place with sand volleyball, go carts, pool, and nice outdoor basketball court. Unfortunetly I won't be going as I will be in the middle of my second full length practice MCAT that day. But I'm excited about the prospects of a big party that night.