Texas Daughter's Recruitment Thread!

[LOVEinZTA]

Originally Posted by southernyankee

So the pnm gets to rank the sororities? I don't know how this works logistically, but it sounds like a great idea...that way you are not getting cut because they don't think you are interested in them! It's alittle more communicative.

Well not really, you rank them that night after you attend the parties but the sororities have no way of knowing how a PNM ranked. Say you attend 9 parties one day, you rank them that night and you can only attend say 5 the next day. You'll pick your top 5 and rank the other 4 houses 6, 7, 8, and 9. So if all of your top 5 invite you back, those are the parties you go to and you "release" in a way the other 4 sororities. If 4 of your top 5 ask you back then you'll go to those 4 but you still have one more spot so they'll see if you're 6th has asked you back. If 6 did invite you back that fills your schedule, if not they'll look at 7 and so on.

[southernyankee]

Aahhh! I see...thanks for the explanation!

[texasmom]

TexasDaughter called about an hour ago -- she was a bit upset, I'm afraid. She got 5 invites back, which I tried to tell her was good. Of course, she's in a group where most of the girls got 7, 8 or 9 so she's feeling a little down 'cause she didn't receive that many. Most of those girls are legacies, however, and I reminded her of that fact. She shed a few tears, but then tried to look at the positive. She is determined to put a good face on it and go to the five parties and give them all a chance. The first house she goes back to is one of her favorites, and I think that's probably a good thing. She got a really good vibe from the girls at this house yesterday.

She's a little worried about sitting around outside during down times. Each of the parties will last about 25 minutes, I think. I told her to call me and we'd chat, if she starts to feel down. Was this good advice? I don't want her to sit around and get down on herself.

The five groups she goes back to, in no particular order, are:

Taylor, Chris, Fantasia, Tamyra and Paula.

Thanks for everyone's support. We both really appreciate it.

[texasmom]

Just heard from TexasDaughter again. Her RhoGamma told her there was a mistake on her invites, and she is also to attend Katherine and Ruben. So she will attend seven parties tonight -- Fantasia, Katherine, Ruben, Chris, Paula, Taylor and Tamyra. She sounded a bit more upbeat this time.

[AChiOhSnap]

Oh good! I'm happy to hear she got lots of invites back from her favorites.

[SydneyK]

7 invites on an evening where 9 is max is great! Just remind her to keep an open mind, to be herself, to have fun, and most importantly, to keep us updated . I hope she enjoys this next round!

[southernyankee]

That is sooo good! Tell her to keep a positive attitude...it really helped my daugter get through!