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My daughter went through rush and this forum was a great help. For those facing Rush 2014, listen to all these ladies when they say all the houses are great and keep an open mind.
Girls in our hometown requested a couple of recs and several letters for the houses where they could get them. Be sure and write thank you notes to everyone who does a letter or rec for you, it's expected in the South at least.
All of the cuts my daughter and her friends knew of last year were grade risks (and some were legacies). I would not want to send my daughter through it without a 3.0 as the girls who were cut, even though they knew it might happen, were devastated.
As this forum has stressed, PNMs need to clean up their social media and keep it clean. The girls (and advisors) pay a good bit of attention to it. The year she rushed, not only was my daughter friended by some adult rush advisors and lots of older girls, I was also friended by some, as well. So... NO underage drinking, expletives, drama, or PDA. If you pledge, you will be expected to keep it appropriate so you might as well clean it up now.
This goes without saying, but PNMs do not need to show a preference for any house before rush. Some chapters will dismiss girls because they assume the PNM is already set on another house, so say nothing but positive and don't show favor to any house or houses, as you may change your mind during rush or may not have your first choice. All of the houses are excellent, so don't do anything to make any house lose interest. If you post pics on any social media with girls who are already in Oxford, be sure to vary the houses. It's really obvious when a PNM's feed is full of pictures with girls from one house, so be mindful of that, also.
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