Dang, I just typed all this and have to retype it!!
This is a current thread in that my son will be a freshman this fall. But, rush has been going on for a while. I didn't want to post his story until we were past the scary period. I didn't want to jinx anything
Let me give a little background - at this school there are 21 fraternities registered with IFC and one unregistered one. Rush starts during a guy's senior year. I had been told by moms whose kids go there that my son would be rushing during the spring and summer and that he would have a bid before school starts in the fall. My concern when I heard this was that it is kind of like a "Catch 22," how do you get invited to things when they don't know you, how do they know you if you don't get invited?
Somehow it happens. In my son's case, he knew people there, but they were primarily in 2 fraternities. He didn't really know any other guys, but somehow he ended up getting invited to quite a few fraternity events (not from all 22 groups, but enough that he could really see differences). I think guys in the fraternities must ask around to see who will be coming the next year and who they might want to rush. Also, my son met people at parties and then got on their fraternity's rush list.
However it happens, my son has had a ball and has met a ton of people!
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