Texas A&M starts Aug 24...

NewAggieMom · #1 08-24-2009, 12:03 AM

DD reports that approximately 700 girls are participating. Long day tomorrow with 12 houses to visit and triple digit heat.

Good luck to everyone and stay hydrated!!

aggieAXO · #2 08-24-2009, 12:46 AM

Good luck to all the PNMs!

kdclm · #3 08-24-2009, 09:37 AM

And good luck to all the chapters at TAMU. Have a great rush!

NewAggieMom · #4 08-26-2009, 01:00 AM

Round 2 is over. DD had a full schedule of 9 houses today, and some definite favorites are emerging. She did have a little bit of a tough time tonight deciding which three to rank at the bottom because she said they have all been really great and friendly. They got caught in a short rainstorm today, but hey, it's summer in Texas!

Good luck to all the PNMs tomorrow!

aggieAXO · #5 08-26-2009, 08:56 AM

How many prefs do they attend now? It use to be just 2 prefs and we did not rank houses, we just cut the ones we did not want to go back to.

kdclm · #6 08-26-2009, 09:17 AM

Today is Skit Day! The PNMs should really enjoy them. I got to see my daughter's sorority skit and it was absolutely entertaining and fun. Have a great day to all PNMs and chapters!

TXalum1 · #7 08-26-2009, 09:53 AM

I think they can go to three prefs now. A friend's had daughters there the last 5 years or so, and one went through last fall. That's a great campus experience for them.
Good luck to all, and I hope they all stay well! I know at least one house has "wash your hands" signs in various places because of the flu. According to the local paper, it's spreading at TCU now, too.

NewAggieMom · #8 08-26-2009, 10:30 AM

Good morning!
I believe they can attend a max of 6 parties today and a max of 3 prefs on Thursday.

To AggieAXO: You're right. They haven't been ranking houses, just listing the three that they would prefer to not return to. One that she listed wasn't necessarily because she didn't feel comfortable there, but because she said their expenses were almost double the other houses'. She needed a reason to rank three at the bottom, so this was it for this particular house.

I am so thankful that my DD is having such a positive experience. Three friends of hers went through recruitment at another Texas school last week and had a very different experience. All three ended up dropping out of recruitment before bid day.

Have a great day!

aggieAXO · #9 08-26-2009, 05:21 PM

I have to say rush and just being at A&M in general was a great experience. I have lived in Austin for the past 12 years and I know UT would not have been the school for me. I was not greek for the first 2 years at A&M but it did not matter I had just as much fun.

em_adpi · #10 08-26-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TXalum1

I think they can go to three prefs now. A friend's had daughters there the last 5 years or so, and one went through last fall. That's a great campus experience for them.
Good luck to all, and I hope they all stay well! I know at least one house has "wash your hands" signs in various places because of the flu. According to the local paper, it's spreading at TCU now, too.

True - wash your hands during recruitment! I know that sounds silly considering I hope everyone washes their hands ANYWAY, but I'm pretty sure recruitment was the culprit at TCU. I have friends in several sororities there (including possibly one in my chapter, not sure) who now have the flu strain going around... ugh, glad I'm missing that.

NewAggieMom · #11 08-26-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by em_adpi

True - wash your hands during recruitment! I know that sounds silly considering I hope everyone washes their hands ANYWAY, but I'm pretty sure recruitment was the culprit at TCU. I have friends in several sororities there (including possibly one in my chapter, not sure) who now have the flu strain going around... ugh, glad I'm missing that.

I also have a daughter at TCU, and it's not just the sororities being affected by the flu. It is spreading through the dance team and the nursing students (my daughter is in both of these groups

). They are just telling them to stay home, but at the same time, the university has told them that absences will NOT be excused! Not sure what they are trying to accomplish with that policy. I think the promised vaccine is going to be way too late...

TXalum1 · #12 08-26-2009, 06:54 PM

We live just outside of Fort Worth's western edge. A nearby middle school has now confirmed it, too. I got the hand sanitizer out again.
As for classes, they'll have to excuse them in one form or another. Teachers, even on the college level, can bend the rules when they need to bend them.

UHDEEGEE · #13 08-28-2009, 11:52 PM

Yay for my Little Sis whose youngest daughter joined her oldest daughter in Delta Gamma at A&M today!

CougarGrad · #14 08-29-2009, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by UHDEEGEE

Yay for my Little Sis whose youngest daughter joined her oldest daughter in Delta Gamma at A&M today!

Yay for them! That'll be fun!

SWTXBelle · #15 08-30-2009, 10:27 AM

Quota of 46 - and Gamma Phi has 46 beautiful new members!