2nd hand Recruitment Story at U of Arkansas

[MomofPNM11]

Thank you so much for wonderful support and advice, Wavy and Dubai!

Lindsey called me when she was about to get ready for her House Tour party today. She was a totally different girl! She is fine now and happy to be going forward.

If I weren't posting in real time, I probably would have left Lindsey's emotional breakdown out of the story, but that wouldn't give other PNM's and their moms a realistic view of the ups and downs of recruitment.

Anyway, this thread is serving as my therapy, which I won't need after recruitment is over. I have no one else to really talk about it with. My husband wanted Lindsey to pick a certain sorority because they have the same colors as his favorite football team. Umm... yeah that's how it works.

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My daughter is at Univ. of Iowa. They break rush into two weeks as well. It will all start next week. I think your daughters reaction is perfectly normal. My oldest went through rush several years ago at a mid-size mid-western school. Even though the greek system wasn't huge, she was still cut after first rounds and she also felt like quitting. She stuck it out, got 3(!) pref round invites (two houses she really liked and one failing house) Got into her first choice! oh and that "failing house?" it closed that following January. Very sad.