Stick it out through prefs!

[proudmom]

Sometimes I think that should be the battle cry of recruitment! Hang in there through prefs - noone says you have to sign a bid card but you just might find that maybe, just maybe, this could be your home.

Now I know this is hard to do sometimes. You've gone in with all the ducks in a row, you look good, you feel good, you're keeping a (sorta) open mind, but still the inevitable cuts come and you feel like it's only YOU that's being cut. Your roommate still gets to go back to the one sorority you absolutely loved and every other girl on the hall has a full plate of invitations and you only have abc and xyz and you're embarassed and feeling about this tall.

But just hang in there! Every group has something to offer and at some of these schools like UGA it truly sounds like each one is good. Get some perspective: after you pledge, all of a sudden you're swallowed up by this group that wanted YOU - not your roommate, not the girl down the hall but YOU. And you become a part of that world - whatever the letters are that define it - and it's okay. It's better than okay - it's good, it's great, it's where you were meant to be.

Now I'm not saying, join a group where you know you don't fit in. But, please, please, please, hang in there till prefs and at least give them a shot.

I will now step off my mother soapbox...