Texas Daughter's Recruitment Thread!

[dvs-dz]

Best of luck to your daughter, Texasmom! I wrote many, many recommendations for girls at A&M this year so I am quite interested to hear of your daughter's experiences.

[southernyankee]

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Along with the Pepto...a big fat ambien always helps for those worry filled nights!

[pinkyphimu]

good luck to your daughter and to you too!!

[LouisaMay]

I'm excited for you!!!!! Here we go..................................

[BetteDavisEyes]

Good-luck!

[texasmom]

I spoke to TexasDaughter very briefly just after she completed touring the first six houses early this afternoon. She sounded really happy and was excited about all the groups. I'll wait to give you a synposis of all 12 after she visits the remaining houses this evening and calls me with her impressions. She said all the sisters have been very easy to talk to. I asked her if she had any favorites at this point, and she said at this point she couldn't rule any of them out.

The PNMs are split into 24 groups of 30-31 with two Rho Gammas per group. Two groups of PNMs visit each house at once, so in some houses there are two PNMs for each sister. TexasDaughter has been impressed with how she's met several sisters in each chapter. Everyone is answering her questions and making her feel welcome. The only negative is the temperature. It was over 100 today. She says she can literally feel her makeup melting away whenever they are outside.

One thing surprised me -- TexasDaughter said their Rho Gammas told them they won't get their invitations to the next round until tomorrow morning, right before they visit the houses. Is this standard, or does each school do this differently?

Thanks!

[AGDee]

That sounds about right. After all, the sororities have to decide which of those women to invite back and they have to do that AFTER all the events for the day. 24 groups x 30 women per group is around 720 women for them to remember and decide on. As tiring as recruitment is for the PNMs, it's even more work for the sorority members! They also have to clean up, review what they are doing for the next rounds and set up for the next day.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by texasmom

One thing surprised me -- TexasDaughter said their Rho Gammas told them they won't get their invitations to the next round until tomorrow morning, right before they visit the houses. Is this standard, or does each school do this differently?

When I went through recruitment, we got our invites on the "off" days in between rounds. This past formal recruitment, however, we switched to giving the PNMs their invites right before the parties. It's an initiative to help increase retention throughout recruitment. For example, let's say that a PNM gets released from her "favorite" chapter. If she finds out a day before, she is more likely to drop out of recruitment. If she finds out right before the parties, she is all dressed, ready to go, and more likely to go at least one more round.

Good luck to your daughter!

[LOVEinZTA]

Originally Posted by texasmom

One thing surprised me -- TexasDaughter said their Rho Gammas told them they won't get their invitations to the next round until tomorrow morning, right before they visit the houses. Is this standard, or does each school do this differently?

Thanks!

That's how it was when I rushed, you had a meeting in the morning at 8 or 9 and then usually had about an hour before your first party. so hectic!