I just wanted to say thank you to this forum. I found this site a quite a while back when my daughter first expressed an interest in joining a sorority. I had never been in one (I was involved in other things in college as was her father and Greek life just wasn't an interest for either of us although I had friends who were in sororities). As a matter of fact no member of our family had been involved in them in anyway, so we were operating in the dark.
Her first year of college she was heavily involved in another school activity (cheerleading actually) and she went to a college where lots of people from her HS ended up, so she originally didn't have an interest in Greek life, but throughout the year she made a lot of friends who were involved and ended up dating a boy in a fraternity so she indirectly became pretty involved. She saw some things in it she wanted.
This year she transferred to another school in our state (we moved to another state after she graduated HS), and decided she wanted to rush - particularly since she really knew no one at the school and felt it would be a good way to get involved in campus life. I don't think her school has an especially competitive rush, but we came on here all the time and did a lot of research, so she knew, as a sophomore, it might be more difficult for her. Still, she came on here a lot, looked at the advice that was given to others, and went in with an open mind and a clear head about what she was looking for in a house.
She just went through formal recruitment and as you can tell from my username she just pledged AXO. She loved it and was beyond thrilled to get a bid. I think I have the happiest child currently attending an American University. She's a 20 year old girl so that's always a day to day thing but right now she's floating.
Anyway, as her mom I just wanted to say thank you. Since I knew nothing about how things work in the Greek system there was very little I could do but support her and wish her the best. Having this site really helped us both.
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