Auburn University Recruitment 2014

[southernau]

Good weather prayers going up! Good luck to all the PNM's on move in day and throughout rush as well!

[DallasMom]

Good luck to the girls going through recruitment! I'm looking forward to hearing all about it. My daughter will be headed to Auburn and recruitment in two years!

Have fun & War Eagle!!!

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Tri Delta Alum

[HQWest]

I heard 1401 PNMs? That's huge! Good luck tomorrow! War Eagle!

[DDDMomma]

Originally Posted by HQWest

I heard 1401 PNMs? That's huge! Good luck tomorrow! War Eagle!

I talked with a couple Pi Chis yesterday during move-in and was told that there were 83 Pi Chis with about 17 PNMS each. My daughter's group went out to dinner last night and there were 4 groups of 18 at the restaurant! There was so much energy on campus yesterday, it was amazing! Even with the rain!

[AUmom14]

Hi Ladies! Just wanted to add my daughter's experience going through rush at Auburn this week. We moved her in to her dorm yesterday and left her walking to her Pi Chi meet up last night.

Some facts which will make her recruitment unique... She has no knowledge of any of the sororities on campus and is excited to be in A sorority not a particular one. Her gpa is high (above a 4.0) but her SAT was average. She is out of state and has a rec for every sorority but one. She is a legacy to one.

I will keep you posted on the results! Today is a full day of ice water teas.

[FSUZeta]

Good luck to your girls!

[AUDad]

My second annual post.
Daughter moved back to the the loveliest village on the plains for her second recruitment as a member and just as excited for recruitment as she has ever been. For all the stress she went through as a PMN during recruitment she loves her sisters and enjoys recruitment week with them.
For the dads, like me, who don't understand the process, but have to face the stress, my advice is to tell your daughters to be themselves and embrace the whole process. Somehow it seems to work out. Girls really do find their homes.
My other advice is to keep the corkscrew and the tonic handy to keep mom hydrated during the week!!

WAR EAGLE!!

[carnation]

War Eagle to all you other Tigers! Hang in there--it's an exhausting week but keep your eyes on the prize!

[FSUZeta]

LOL. Great to see you again AUDad! Good advice for the moms, cause if momma ain't happy then noone is happy! Someone posted a photo on FB of a back to school display of wine(complete with Back to school signs all over it). I thought that had to be in a college town and the stocker was solely thinking of PNM parents!!

[brittin]

So it started today. Twelve houses today and five tomorrow. She is having a good time so far. Told me that hair is now in a ponytail bc the humidity is crazy high. High chance of rain tomorrow and for most of the week. The good thing about rain is it is the great equalizer. Everybody looks the same. Soggy.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by brittin

Told me that hair is now in a ponytail bc the humidity is crazy high.

Every year, in both Auburn and Tuscaloosa, we tell people to expect extremely high humidity and rainstorms.
And every year, people think we're kidding.

[AUmom14]

Talked to my daughter briefly last night. She went to 12 houses yesterday. Her feet are killing her and she is losing her voice having to talk over everyone's conversations! She only visits 5 houses today and then list her favorites for philanthropy days.

She told me some girls in her pi chi group were worried that they didn't have any recs. I feel the panhellenic council at Camp War Eagle really steered these girls and their moms wrong. They were adamant that you did not need recs, that recs were just "extra credit".

[carnation]

That makes me crazy. A lot of those girls will be cut tonight for lack of recs.

[iamamom]

If the girls make it through this first cut, does this mean the recs become a non issue for the next round of parties?

With so many rushing this year is a girl with no recs in danger of being dropped?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AUmom14

She told me some girls in her pi chi group were worried that they didn't have any recs. I feel the panhellenic council at Camp War Eagle really steered these girls and their moms wrong. They were adamant that you did not need recs, that recs were just "extra credit".

I've been on GC for a long time and every time I see that a Panhellenic is STILL saying this, it makes me so mad.

I'd imagine it's also really hard to combat misinformation like that when it comes from PANHELLENIC because PNMs (and parents who are either not Greek or just not familiar with Auburn) take it as gospel.

Like, you can tell Patty Parent that Suzie needs recs, but unless they are "in the know" with people who know better, they'll continue to be like "Oh it's ok. Panhellenic says they're not necessary." Sigh.