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Originally Posted by carnation
University of Georgia recruitment is on the way! Do we have any PNMs out there?
My daughter, who works there, said the sororities are setting out white tents today. She's wearing a Valdosta State Chi O event shirt and has already been grabbed and scolded by a recruitment counselor, who slunk off when she learned that Ballerina is 27.
Does anyone have any final numbers? Insights?
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So, they're at roughly 1450 registered for this year, last I heard.
17 sororities. They predict pledge classes in the 60-70s, as there will be some attrition throughout the week.
I'll offer the same caveat that I've read for Auburn and Alabama.
There are 17
great chapters. Don't listen to your best friend, your neighbor's cousin or the know-it-alls in your Rho Gamma group. The "best" house is the one that loves you for you.
The cuts after first round may take your breath away. Don't let it rattle you. You can go to the max number of parties, but you only take one bid.
I got cut by at least half each round - and I had four great years in the sorority I fell in love with day one.
If you absolutely haaaaaate a chapter, you should still behave as though you're happy to be there. They worked very hard to make a nice party for you, and it's poor form to roll eyes, give one word answers or act as anything other than the lovely person that you are. This is a skill that will come in handy. Cultivate it now.
Remember that most houses at UGA have enough legacies going through to fill their pledge class twice over. Just because your grandmother was a PQR, and your mother was a PQR, and all your cousins are PQRs... doesn't mean you will be too. My roommate in college got dropped from her legacy house after 3rd round and was a multiple legacy. By then, she'd been rude enough about her legacy status that several other chapters had released her for just that.
Trust the system. You will end up where you belong.
Be nice to the Rho Gams - I should have been nicer to mine. But be nice to all the Rho Gams... because you never know who will end up being your sister.
If anything suspicious happens, speak up. Infractions are unfair to you, your fellow PNMs and all seventeen houses.
Have fun. It is something you'll only do once (maybe twice) and it's crazy and wonderful. Enjoy it!!!
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