Rec girl going through at Wake Forest this week!

[gee_ess]

I have a rec girl going through recruitment at Wake this week. This has been my first experience with Wake recruitment, so am following her progress closely.

Early in the year, she seemed to think recruitment was a laid back process. Everyone (many) of the pnms are from out of state so it was easy to assume all of the criteria and tidbits associated with southern schools (her mom was an Arkansas Greek) would not apply. But, I wasn't so sure.

I headed to GC for some help on the matter and felt that we needed to be a little more alert during the fall (Wake has Jan recruitment). Talked with the PNM about being AWARE during fall of Greek women in her classes, behavior outside of class, etc.

I never could get anyone to tell me that recs were important (and coming from SEC background, you know what my mindset on that was) but at my insistence, she worked to get one from each house anyway. She lives in the Northeast in an area where Greeks are not on every corner, so this was harder than it sounded.

Then, surprise, the Greek Life office sent out a letter to parents in early December that, among other things, stressed how competitive the process was and that they would have counselors available after recruitment for the girls who end up disappointed. There was quite a bit mentioned about girls getting their hearts set on 'perceived top chapters,' etc. The letter was so candid about this problem that I panicked. No SEC school openly admits (in written correspondence to parents!) that girls are heartsick and need counseling after recruitment! It sounds like the old days at Arkansas and makes me think they must not have RFM?

So, now I am really confused. I cannot wait until my rec girl pledges and can shed some light on their process.

I feel like my rec girl is ready. She has been schooled in all of the finer points of recruitment behavior and (most importantly) recruitment mindset. We have talked about the ultimate goal: finding a home.

Round one is today!