University of Alabama Recruitment 2007

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Originally Posted by SECMom

Actually, the title is: A SOUTHERN BELLE PRIMER, OR WHY PRINCESS MARGARET WILL NEVER BE A KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA. It is absolutely hilarious, but to me, as a lifelong southerner, what is so funny is that it is so true. Ridiculous, absolutely! But when you grow up in it you just think that is the way it is.

I think the "rushing" of juniors and seniors in high school has become much more pronounced over the past few years. My kids are 5 years apart, and when Daughter #1 was a senior she did get quite a few hand written notes from different girls in different sororities....the name of the GLO was never mentioned, but there was always the stationery or a sticker on the envelope that gave it away. When daughter #2 was a senior (2005-2006) I was amazed at the gorgeous invitations to teas that she got from sororities in Tuscaloosa and to alum's houses in Birmingham as well. Funny thing is that this kid had no intention of going to Alabama and was headed to Ole Miss from the getgo. Even so, she STILL got invited to rush parties way late into the spring--I guess her name wound up on a list somewhere.

Did they do the early rushing parties in the late 80's? I don't remember ANY of us from my HS going to parties, letters, etc. My HS friends who went to Bama with me pledged all Old Row sororities, one went on to be President, one was on the HC Court. They were definitely the "in" crowd at Bama and were all legacies. We were all good friends, cheered together, and I don't think I would have missed hearing about this stuff. Just wondering if our HS was out of the loop (it was a small town in North Alabama)? I went to "Serious Night" (dating myself) to 3 Old Row houses, but dropped out when I didn't match to my 1st choice. I also had heard GPhiB was coming to Bama, and my mom was a GPhi. I decided to go that route. Did I regret not choosing another house when I didn't get my match? At times, of course. But I also am very proud to be a charter member of GPhiB at Bama.

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[quote=triplefigs;1529363]Did they do the early rushing parties in the late 80's? I don't remember ANY of us from my HS going to parties, letters, etc.

I don't think so, I was writing recs and talking to mamas in the 80s and I don't remember anything like this until my oldest daughter was a senior in 2001. And even then, she had been to a state-wide program that enabled her to meet a ton of girls her age and a year or so older and a lot of the notes came from some of them, so I initially associated it with the program, but as more and more came I realized that this was a "rush" technique.

By the time 2006 rolled around I had survived putting on (and paying for) a wedding and all I could think about was how much those beautiful invitations to all those teas must have cost