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I can't weigh in since I don't know what happened to Lilly, and I understand if it had to be edited for all the usual reasons....
All I know is what my kid went through--she knew when she signed up that it was a NO GUARANTEE situation. That being said, she STILL had some unrealistic expectations based on random conversations that would not be considered 'dirty rushing', per se. She was approached well before the deadline by a former schoolmate, who asked her to be sure to get her rec in to that particular group. Now of COURSE this didn't mean anything but that this particular person was interested and would pull for her....but one vote is after all, one vote.
Now that she is on the other side of this equation, she understands the UNBELIEVABLE difficulty of the entire process, and just how lucky she would have been to be chosen by any of these organizations.
That would be my wish--that all of these young ladies would hang on, accept any and every invitation, and then get involved with it from the member's perspective...
Some might disagree, but as an alum and native Alabamian, I see a real change at Bama, particularly this year. Sure, old row is going to be around. So what? It's as one of you mentioned earlier--an extra party and a t-shirt. Hell, you can go to a cocktail party any time you want in Birmingham, Atlanta, Mobile or wherever and claim you were a this or that at Bama blahddy blahddy blah...or you can sacrifice your soul because your daughter just MUST be an XYZ or she won't get the right husband, job, invitations, etc.... If it means that much to some of these folks, let'em have it.
Rant is now over.
Guess I weighed in after all!
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