Thanks for all the posts. It helps to have a support system because when your daughter hurts, you hurt! Yes, by not putting a second and third choice on her preference card, she did free up spots for other girls. Yes, she does have friends who were pulling for her inside of her first choice so perhaps that would help in the spring (if they offer spring Rush) - in fact, they pulled so hard and were so sure that she was going to get in that they said they don't know if THEY could take the stress of her going through Rush again!
) She did make a lot of additional friends in that sorority just by going through the process - girls came up to her all week saying that they had heard so much about her and were so glad she was still in the running. As we know, when one door closes...
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