Well, since recruitment didn't work out for a large number of girls from our high school last fall, I'll jump in here. One sorority did spring informal rush and some of the mothers encouraged these 6 or so girls who were close friends to try it, but by that point in time they had already made arrangements to live in apartments next year and frankly, I think were still a little stung over the whole experience. I talked to a couple of the moms and discovered that they were not released heavily in the first couple of rounds and they had dropped some of the chapters where they may had found a home. Then, when they got to the end and only received invitiations from a chapter or two they were not interested in, those sororities previously dropped were no longer options. I don't know if they were advised that they could receive a snap bid, but I believe they all got together and decided to drop out before pref.
My friend's daughter, however, did participate in informal spring rush at UGA as a sophomore and received a bid....and is still on cloud nine with initiation approaching.
I can count on two hands (and at least one foot!) the girls from my daughter's class who will be putting themselves out there at UGA this fall, and I am holding my breath that things will work out better for them.
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