HELP! Auburn PNM question!

[UGAalum94]

ETA: I didn't read carefully enough, and I apologize. I see now that you were suggesting a designated thread.

WarEagle07,

Those very thoughts have been discussed in other recruitment threads. One in particular I can remember was about UGA recruitment last year and the girls who drop out of rush. I'm not saying they shouldn't be discussed again, but it's not really just been brought up this recruitment.

Maybe it too should be its own stickied thread for the recruitment forum, but again, the very people it most applies to are the ones who won't realize we meant them until they either drop out or are left unhappy and even then, what has seemed to happen here is that they still think they are exceptional and the system is flawed.

I'm not someone who thinks that new posters are obligated to research and read from beginning to end any possible thread that touches on a topic, but just because it's the first time something has happened to you (ETA: I don't mean you personally, WarEagle07, I just mean it generically) doesn't mean it's the first time it's ever happened. I just think people are going to be disappointed in the response they get from others who are more familiar with the process if they don't research a little before they post.

[UNCKKG]

I may be joining the thread too late, but I just wanted to add my two cents -- I went through ACC rush, but I know SEC rush well, having grown up in an SEC state, and it is brutal. I agree with everyone who has said that your daughter's chances of getting a bid next year at "top" sororities are slim. SEC schools tend not to be kind to girls who rush twice or to sophomore rushees. The question she needs to be able to answer, in deciding whether to accept the bid that is extended to her now, is: "Will I be embarrassed to be a member of XYZ house?" She has the advantage of being out of state -- she isn't surrounded by friends from high school who are competitive about what sororities they joined. And her roommate is just one person and one opinion. If your daughter thinks she would be embarrassed, for whatever reason, to tell a lab partner or a boy at a party that she's a member of XYZ, she shouldn't join. If there's no embarrassment involved, I would encourage her to take the bid, because if the girls are nice, she will end up having a good time and finding sisterly love. I don't know any girls who were embarrassed to be part of their sorority just because it wasn't the top one. I did have a friend at another school, however, who joined a house that was, unfortunately, known for being a crummy house, and her embarrassment did ruin her experience. If the house that has extended your daughter a bid isn't known as a crummy house, and the only problem is just that it isn't a "top" sorority, I think your daughter should be fine.

[WarEagle07]

[QUOTE=AlphaGamUGAAlum;1512314]
WarEagle07,

Those very thoughts have been discussed in other recruitment threads. One in particular I can remember was about UGA recruitment last year


Perhaps this is why I didn't see it? I've been a lurker for a long time, new to posting though. Sorry for the duplication in any case!

[UGAalum94]

[QUOTE=WarEagle07;1512356]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

WarEagle07,

Those very thoughts have been discussed in other recruitment threads. One in particular I can remember was about UGA recruitment last year


Perhaps this is why I didn't see it? I've been a lurker for a long time, new to posting though. Sorry for the duplication in any case!

I honestly didn't mean it come of as a criticism of your suggestion. I just wanted to note that it seemed to recur as an issue just like many of the issue regarding posts by parents.

(although to be honest, I don't think any of the UGA commenters at the time were parents of PNMs)

Do you think we need to have separate thread for every SEC school to make sure the folks have a chance to read them? (You only read the Auburn threads? Really? I can't resist any SEC thread.)