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Okay, long time no post...
BBQ was last night, and it was a pretty big day.
Wednesday, this kid who is an absolute stud from Kansas told us he was 99% sure he was going to sign with us. He is in the JD Edwards honors program for computer science and business - very hard to get into b/c it comes with an automatic full scholarship, and free computers and all sorts of other perks, but this kid is apparently a really good athlete too (typically there are a lot of nerds in this program). And one of the girls who is a great friend of Beta did interviews for the kids trying to get into this program was falling head over heals for how hot this kid apparently is. Certainly doesn't hurt if the ladies like him.
This kid is important, b/c we're going for 2 other guys in this honors program, and the rush chairs think that him signing will likely cause another kid to sign, and the two of them will cause another kid to sign as well, which means one of his friends will sign. So we've got a chain reaction set up, we just need to close on them. But it's encouraging. If we get these 4, it would be a very talented group at least on paper.
Other than that, one kid dropped off his bid card today. Was valedictorian and class president. I talked to him for a long time today and he was super nice. His signing is also likely to cause another Lincoln kid to sign, though from a different HS. This other kid was also very cool, and I got a great vibe from him right off.
Finally, a kid from my home town of suburban KC called the rush chair during the BBQ and will be turning in his card next week at the BBQ. His signing, along with the first guy might cause a third Kansas kid to sign...which is good...we've had a South Dakota connection for a long time, so it's awesome to have a Kansas pipeline getting set up.
Other than that, one guy got a bid card last night after a lot of unnecessary discussion. This guy had been to the house a couple times - last tuesday for his New Student Enrollement, last weeks BBQ and yesterday, so the rush chairs knew him pretty well. He's from a really small town, but has a solid app. The discussion centered around his fitting in to the house. Basically everyoen that talked to him came back to the rush chairs and said "I don't know about that kid - he's kinda goofy." It was really funny to watch 4 guys talk to him and then have them all say the exact same thing that I said. We gave him a bid because he was nice guy, and we know that not everyone is going to be super outgoing. The rush chairs being on the fence could find no one who said that we shouldn't sign him. Essentially, no one thought that this was going to be a kid who was a risk, especially when the rush chairs considered who could be his roommates. (They thought about putting D in with him, b/c they think D will be excited just to have roommates - I've told you the kid is crazy about Beta). But anyways this kinda goofy kid is probably very likely to sign (his sister is a KD who seems to pushing him our way).
So there's the news:6 pledges (guys who have signed and turned their cards in). 15 bid cards currently out. 2 guys confirmed to sign, (just need to get that card in). 2 guys that will very likely sign. 4 guys that are leaning our way. 2 guys that are down to us and one other house. 1 guy that is down between us and 2 other houses, and 4 guys that we don't know what they are thinking.
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