Auburn Recruitment Fall '08

AuburnMom08 · #1 08-16-2008, 12:00 AM

My daughter did drop this afternoon after pref parties but before they did the final rankings. She said her Pi Chi was great and very supportive and understanding. She told me she was ready to be around some boys for a while - lol- so she is hanging out with some friends tonight and seems to be fine. In fact, she said it felt like 500 lbs was lifted off her. She knows that her chances at a COB are slim to none and she's fine with that but right now she is still interested in the new chapter, Theta? Who knows, by then she may be so strapped for time with her crazy class schedule that she will change her mind.

She's already talking about some club on campus she wants to join and maybe try out for Tigerettes or the basketball hostess (forgot what cute name they had) or a bunch of other stuff. She will be okay. I know she will and I know that greek or not, rush week was a good experience for her and a great way for her to meet people and learn her way around campus a little bit, and maybe learn a little something about herself. She has talked about doing this rush since she was a junior in high school. She was really excited about it but in the end it just didn't fit her like she thought it should.

Thank you all for the kind messages this week, it has been a long, strange week for sure.

Her roommates are still in it so I will update on them next week. One is suiciding tri delt (legacy) and I don't know about the other. Another good friend who just transferred to AU got dropped from her last group today before prefs. Another local girl who was a freshman rush at Bama was dropped by all houses either today or yesterday, another mom I spoke with told me today - her husband is a colleague of the girl's dad. I was surprised by that one, she is a cookie cutter sorority girl for sure. But like we've seen this week, you just never know and the competition is mad tough!

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Who is 'Hair Spray Mom'??? I completely missed this!

LMAO! Its a lady I saw at the hair salon on Tuesday who was going into fits because her baby didn't get invited back to her top 2 after the 1st cuts. She didn't shut up about it the entire time I was there - which was a long time because I got highlights! I mentioned her somewhere in this post or the Bama post or the SEC post, somewhere.

AuburnUmom · #2 08-16-2008, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by AuburnMom08

My daughter did drop this afternoon after pref parties but before they did the final rankings. She said her Pi Chi was great and very supportive and understanding. She told me she was ready to be around some boys for a while - lol- so she is hanging out with some friends tonight and seems to be fine. In fact, she said it felt like 500 lbs was lifted off her. She knows that her chances at a COB are slim to none and she's fine with that but right now she is still interested in the new chapter, Theta? Who knows, by then she may be so strapped for time with her crazy class schedule that she will change her mind.

She's already talking about some club on campus she wants to join and maybe try out for Tigerettes or the basketball hostess (forgot what cute name they had) or a bunch of other stuff. She will be okay. I know she will and I know that greek or not, rush week was a good experience for her and a great way for her to meet people and learn her way around campus a little bit, and maybe learn a little something about herself. She has talked about doing this rush since she was a junior in high school. She was really excited about it but in the end it just didn't fit her like she thought it should.

Thank you all for the kind messages this week, it has been a long, strange week for sure.

Her roommates are still in it so I will update on them next week. One is suiciding tri delt (legacy) and I don't know about the other. Another good friend who just transferred to AU got dropped from her last group today before prefs. Another local girl who was a freshman rush at Bama was dropped by all houses either today or yesterday, another mom I spoke with told me today - her husband is a colleague of the girl's dad. I was surprised by that one, she is a cookie cutter sorority girl for sure. But like we've seen this week, you just never know and the competition is mad tough!

LMAO! Its a lady I saw at the hair salon on Tuesday who was going into fits because her baby didn't get invited back to her top 2 after the 1st cuts. She didn't shut up about it the entire time I was there - which was a long time because I got highlights! I mentioned her somewhere in this post or the Bama post or the SEC post, somewhere.

AuburnMom08, Kudos to your daughter for being true to herself if she wasn't able to find the right fit during rush. Sounds like both of you have a great perspective on the situation. If she decides that she wants to try COB, please encourage her to look into it. Contrary to what some have said, there were at least three very strong groups at Auburn who were under chapter total despite making quota, and they pledged girls after formal rush ended last fall & spring. Of course this year could be different, but who knows?

SWTXBelle · #3 08-16-2008, 09:17 AM

And don't forget - Kappa Alpha Theta will be coming on later, and it may be that she is meant to be a Theta! Best of luck to her.

WarEagle07 · #4 08-16-2008, 09:29 AM

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AuburnMom08, Kudos to your daughter for being true to herself if she wasn't able to find the right fit during rush. Sounds like both of you have a great perspective on the situation. If she decides that she wants to try COB, please encourage her to look into it. Contrary to what some have said, there were at least three very strong groups at Auburn who were under chapter total despite making quota, and they pledged girls after formal rush ended last fall & spring. Of course this year could be different, but who knows?

Last year was an anomaly at Auburn. Due to high mid-year graduation rates and girls not returning to Auburn for whatever reasons, several strong chapters were left under total and did participate in Spring Rush. I had also heard that there was a raise in chapter total at some point last year and some chapters chose to go ahead and do spring rush to fill up. This could be totally wrong, I'm in no position of authority. My understanding is that this had never happened before and it is highly unlikely that it will happen again so I wouldn't use it as a barometer for COR.