Auburn University Rush--Fall 2007

AuburnMom · #1 08-08-2007, 01:57 PM

Hello...My daughter is rushing this week at Auburn University. I don’t have enough details to give you a full rush story, but I did get enough details from her to start a new thread.

I know that there are several GCer’s with friends/relatives rushing at Auburn this fall, so I figured if we all worked together, we could give you all enough details to keep you interested and tide you over until you get a real rush story (or at a minimal we can chat amongst ourselves while we wait for our daughter’s/relatives results)!

Ice Water Teas-Yesterday and Today

My daughter (we’ll call her Kate) went to 9 different parties. They started at 11am (after convocation) and finished at 6pm. Kate had a good time, but she did mention that it was a pretty quick pace. I had talked to her Monday night (before the first day of Ice Water Teas) and she and her roommate/suitemate were nervous and excited. I think day one worked out for all of them and they enjoyed themselves. The biggest challenge seemed to be making sure you kept good notes as you moved from sorority to sorority. The Pi Chi’s did a good job in explaining what was going to happen and when it was going to happen. Kate likes her Pi Chi!

Today is day two of Ice Water Teas. They were going to be busy attending 7 teas from 8am to noon (quite a pace!). They have already been told that they will have to be prepared to put together some sort of list this afternoon. I believe the girls are supposed to be ranking the sororities in the order that they would like to return to them and that their list will then be cross-referenced against the sororities list to prepare the invite lists for the second round of parties. (Feel free to correct me if I got this wrong!)

I’ll update tonight after I hear from Kate………

AlwaysSAI · #2 08-08-2007, 01:59 PM

YaY for a current rush story!!!! Woohooo!! I'm excited!!

(and bored at work....heh)

FSUZeta · #3 08-08-2007, 03:58 PM

auburnmom,

thank you so much for this rush thread. i wish your daughter,her suitemate and all the rest of the auburn pnms the very best of luck!!

WVU alpha phi · #4 08-08-2007, 04:06 PM

Lots of luck to your daughter and her roommate!

carnation · #5 08-08-2007, 05:11 PM

Woohoo! An Auburn rush thread, WARRRRRR EAgle! HEY!!!!

OleMissGlitter · #6 08-08-2007, 05:46 PM

Good luck to your daughter!

Katmandu · #7 08-12-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AuburnMom

I know that there are several GCer’s with friends/relatives rushing at Auburn this fall, so I figured if we all worked together, we could give you all enough details to keep you interested and tide you over until you get a real rush story (or at a minimal we can chat amongst ourselves while we wait for our daughter’s/relatives results)!

The OP ASKED for other contributions to the thread--no way to guarantee that all of the contributions are going to be perfect and happy recruitment stories, particularly at Auburn. I'm just surprised that we have only heard about three recruitment stories at Auburn.....

AuburnMom · #8 08-12-2007, 08:03 PM

I wanted to take a moment to comment on the Auburn Rush thread taking a bit of a turn….

First of all, you are all right; I wanted it to be an all Auburn Rush thread and I did invite others to participate and I was happy when others started doing so. I am still happy that others are participating and I am looking forward to hearing Elaine’s sister’s ending along with WarEagle07 daughter’s ending. Also, I am looking forward to sharing the end of Kate’s story with you all!

Secondly, even though Elaine’s sister and Momto2Gals daughter’s rush didn’t turn out as well as they had hoped, I in no way felt that their stories diminished Kate’s. Actually, I think the fact that we’ve heard 4 Auburn rush stories on this thread and they’ve all turned out slightly different adds to the complexity of the thread and probably helps to balance the story and show what really happens at Auburn rush. I do however; feel bad for Momto2Gal’s daughter as I know she is hurting right now. Even though I don’t know her, my heart goes out to her! I don’t think she meant the things she typed to be as harsh as they sounded; I think she was in pain and was venting. And for those of you that commented about it would be hard for me to post Kate’s happy story in the middle of their sad stories, I will agree it was harder as I didn’t want to hurt their feelings; but I brought that on myself as I asked others to join and post their Auburn rush stories.

But that all said, I am committed to finish this rush story. Elaine I would be very happy if you would continue on with your sister’s story. WarEagle07, please update with your daughter’s story and if there is anybody else out there, it is not too late! Please feel free to jump in.

Army Wife'79 · #9 08-12-2007, 08:13 PM

AuburnMom, you are one classy lady.
Good luck tomorrow, we are all excited to hear the outcome.

gogreekmom · #10 08-12-2007, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

AuburnMom, you are one classy lady.
Good luck tomorrow, we are all excited to hear the outcome.

I certainly second that. You are very gracious. I am looking forward to hearing the outcome of your daughter's recruitment.

oldrusheenowmom · #11 08-12-2007, 08:19 PM

Army Wife, I had just pm'ed the exact same phrase-- Again, Auburnmom-- thanks for showing class!!!

FloridaTish · #12 08-12-2007, 08:20 PM

AuburnMom,

i am looking forward to hearing how things worked out for your daughter! Best of luck to her!

carnation · #13 08-12-2007, 08:22 PM

Yes! Good luck to all you baby Tigers down there! Prayers to everyone.

AuburnMom · #14 08-12-2007, 08:19 PM

So, as you know, I've been on this website posting my daughter's story for a week now. I have dedicated a good amount of my free time over this last week to either updating Kate's story or reading others.

I never told my husband what I was doing as I felt he would laugh at me (he already thinks I am stressing out way too much over this) and I was just letting it be my guilty pleasure! So, everytime he would come into the office, I would minimize the screen and be vague about what I was doing.

So, here's the part of the story that is amusing, he walked into the office about 10 minutes ago and asked what I was doing. Again I was vague in my answer. Then he looked at me oddly and asked "Are you having an internet affair I need to be aware of?" I laughed so hard; then we laughed so hard. I ended up showing him the thread. I thought it would be better that he felt that I was slightly obsessed with Greek Chat vs. him thinking I am cheating on him.

So, there is your amusing story of the day for rush!

AGDee · #15 08-12-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AuburnMom

So, as you know, I've been on this website posting my daughter's story for a week now. I have dedicated a good amount of my free time over this last week to either updating Kate's story or reading others.

I never told my husband what I was doing as I felt he would laugh at me (he already thinks I am stressing out way too much over this) and I was just letting it be my guilty pleasure! So, everytime he would come into the office, I would minimize the screen and be vague about what I was doing.

So, here's the part of the story that is amusing, he walked into the office about 10 minutes ago and asked what I was doing. Again I was vague in my answer. Then he looked at me oddly and asked "Are you having an internet affair I need to be aware of?" I laughed so hard; then we laughed so hard. I ended up showing him the thread. I thought it would be better that he felt that I was slightly obsessed with Greek Chat vs. him thinking I am cheating on him.

So, there is your amusing story of the day for rush!

THAT is absolutely hilarious!

I do find it interesting to see 4 different recruitment stories from the same school and it does reflect how differently things can be perceived. One thing that I think is really fun about it is that 3 random GC posters who know women going through recruitment at the same school could conceivably have their loved ones ending up as sisters! AuburnMom and WarEagle07 could end up in the same parents' group too! How fun would that be?