Arizona State Rush

[Fleur de Lis]

My dad went to ASU and I randomly met some of the ASU Kappas last time I was in Phoenix. I went to lunch with my grandparents and our waitress noticed I had on a Kappa shirt! She invited me to the "house" and I met some other sisters. So they have a special place in my heart. Good luck to your daughter's friend!

[GatorDG]

Last night the pnm, Sunshine, went to all twelve houses. I am a very uncreative person, but since I love shopping I will use stores for the houses she is interested in joining:

Nordstrom (my house)
Neiman Marcus
Bloomingdale's
Macy's
Barney's
Cache
Dillard's
Icara
Sophora
Lord & Taylor


Sunshine had a GREAT time at the houses and when I talked to her this morning she had fallen in love with Neiman Marcus. She liked the others but she felt a very special connection with Neiman's. She just picked up her schedule and sadly Neiman's did not invite her back. It is Neiman's loss but makes me sad for her. When I asked Sunshine about her visit to Neiman's, she only met the one girl that rushed her. As she only met the one girl, I am sure that hurt her. However, she did have a nice rec from a good friend, so I am not sure what went wrong. She was disappointed but was very positive about the rest of her schedule. That was her only drop.
Last night many of the girls in her rush group really liked Icara, but she was left cold. However, she is going back there today. I told her the person that rushes her can make a big difference. She might go to Icara today and fall in love with the house because she is being rushed by different members. She said she would keep an open mind.

Today she is going to:

Nordstrom
Bloomingdale
Macy's
Barney's
Cache
Dillard's Icara
Dophora
Lord and Taylor

Day 2 is underway and she promised to call me after it is over to give her impressions. I know Sunshine so well, that I am as anxious about her rush as I would be if it were my own daughter (well maybe not QUITE). She is such a lady and will be a great leader and example of sisterhood for any house she joins.

[GatorDG]

Okay, Day 2 is over and Sunshine reported in. She selected five houses for the skit parties today. Her list is as follows:

• Bloomingdales - She loves this house. Right now they are her top choice. She was picked up by the same member who rushed her the first day and this member made an effort to introduce her to a lot of other members.
• Nordstrom - She really likes this house, but there may be some social problems that the house has encountered. That is a little bit of a concern, but she is trying to keep an open mind and will ask at the house today if the rumor is true and what it means as a member.
• Barney's - The girls were really nice and she would like the opportunity to go back again. She has met quite a few girls, but yesteray they seemed to lack energy (of course in Arizona it is a tad HOT!).
• Macy's - The girls were nice but did not present their philanthropy well
• Sophora - The girls seemed very nice, but she just did not feel that there was a connection.

Icara still left her cold. She said that even the pnm's that had been comfortable there the 1st day were not impressed the second time around. Dillard's she really did not have anything to say - no real strong impression either way. Lord and Taylor's was a real struggle for her. She said the members just did not seem to "have it together" and were disorganized. Sunshine said she found herself trying to keep the conversation going. Again, I told her that it all depends upon the members that rush her. There may have been some other pnm's that had members that were very engaging.

She will be keeping an open mind, but her favorites are Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Barney's, with Macy's and Sophora rounding out her top choices for invitations to return.