University of Missouri Recruitment 2011

[barbino]

Great idea to use sterling patterns for chapters! My younger sister (not Greek) got my mother's set of Grande Baroque because she got married first. Sigh - I wanted it.

[MizzouMom]

I just spoke with my daughter, and she said she is having a great time! She is worn out after visiting eight chapters today. Fortunately, she has just six events tomorrow, so there is more break time built in. The sororities host 20 open house events over two days, and the PMs attend 14 events spread out over those two days. Here are her first impressions - some of the information is from our phone conversation, and some is from text messages she sent me throughout the day.

Acorn - connected with the girl who walked her in as they are both runners, also met a couple of other girls
Buttercup - talked about choir with one girl but otherwise she said the conversations with other girls were kind of generic
Candlelight - she sent me a text right after this party saying she "love love loved" Candlelight (then texted me three minutes later and said "did I mention I LOVE Candlelight?") - had a conversation with a girl she played soccer against in high school, said she felt like she really bonded with each girl she talked with
Old Master - she spilled water all over her leg at this chapter and said it was embarrassing, talked with three different girls
Burgundy - talked with the same girl the whole time, said they kind of ran out of stuff to talk about and she was kind of the one keeping the conversation going
Fairfax - described them as super nice and easy to talk to, spoke with five different girls and said that the president and vice president made a point of meeting her
Francis I - very friendly, saw a girl she knew but didn't get to talk with her, did get to meet several other girls
Grande Baroque - talked with the same girl the whole time, and said they bonded instantly (over a television show they are both "obsessed" with)

The chapters she felt the strongest connection with were:
Candlelight
Fairfax
Grande Baroque
Acorn

Tomorrow, she gets to visit her other legacy chapter, Repousse, and see her friends in Rose Point. She will also visit Chantilly, Eloquence, Strasbourg, and Chrysanthemum.

[FSUZeta]

sounds like a good day!

[IvyLeaf]

When do the girls get their party schedule for the next round?

[roses1992]

I'm going through as a sophomore right now too, nervewracking! And we get schedules tomorrow morning!

[MizzouMom]

Rainy day in Columbia - many compromised hairstyles! Here is information from my daughter on the six chapters she visited today.

Chrysanthemum - had a great conversation with a girl who also participated in science olympiad in high school and is a chemical engineering major - in her words, they "totally nerded out" - she really liked this group
Eloquence - some fraternity boys blew an airhorn right outside the chapter about two minutes before the social was supposed to start, and the girls did their walkout early - then they realized they were the only ones who came out and went back in. My daughter said she felt so bad for them. Once she got inside she talked to a girl who was really nice - they talked about the chapter's philanthropy quite a bit - she said she loved this chapter
Repousse - she felt very emotional here as it is one of her legacy chapters - she talked with several different girls, including the chapter president and membership chair, and said that they talked about everything and the conversation was effortless - she said "I felt like I was home"
Rose Point - she made a couple of friends in this chapter last year, but she said when she was in the house today she didn't feel like she did when she was in Repousse - she did talk with several girls about topics like greek week, sports, majors, etc. and said it was really loud and hard to hear
Chantilly - this was kind of a surprise for her as she didn't feel much of a connection with this chapter, and it had been one she thought she was really interested in before recruitment started - she reported that it was really loud and the girls were nice, they talked mostly about studying abroad
Strasbourg - talked with three different girls, said they were all very pretty, talked a lot about sisterhood with one of the girls, said the coversations were okay

So, at the end of two very long days, she reports that the chapters she's feeling the most connection with are (not in any particular order):
Grande Baroque
Fairfax
Eloquence
Respousse
Candlelight
Chrysanthemum

Tomorrow is sisterhood day. The blurb in the recruitment booklet describes it as "a day to sit back and relax and let each chapter educate the Potential Members about their sorority in a skit." This is the first day to dress up, which will be a nice change from recruitment t-shirts. The PMs can attend a maximum of 11 socials tomorrow. They will get their invitations/schedule at around 8:00 tomorrow morning. My daughter says she's so nervous about getting cut from her favorites that she doesn't think she'll be able to sleep. I can sympathize!!!

I will post her invite list tomorrow morning.

[IvyLeaf]

My daughter just called and was very happy that she received 10 out of her 11 top choices. She is happy but also sad as many girls did not receive as many bids. Her Pi Chi indicated that grade cuts are severe and that they were VERY strict this year due to the large number of girls going through rush. I hope that the weather is more cooperative today as they get to wear sundresses versus shorts and tshirts.

[MizzouMom]

My daughter has a full schedule today - she will attend 11 socials. She is so excited! She was asked back to the following chapters:

Francis I
Rose Point
Acorn
Chantilly
Fairfax
Strasbourg
Grande Baroque
Candlelight
Chrysanthemum
Repousse
Eloquence

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by IvyLeaf

My daughter just called and was very happy that she received 10 out of her 11 top choices. She is happy but also sad as many girls did not receive as many bids. Her Pi Chi indicated that grade cuts are severe and that they were VERY strict this year due to the large number of girls going through rush. I hope that the weather is more cooperative today as they get to wear sundresses versus shorts and tshirts.

Just to clarify, other PNMs did not receive many invites. A bid is what PNMs receive at the end of recruitment as an invitation to join a chapter.

Glad to hear the good news about your daughter!!

[scrapcat]

Love this story, glad to hear your daughter was invited back to so many parties. Best of luck to her!

[Tigermom]

My daughter is also attending 11 today. The most severe cuts will probably be after today's round.

[IvyLeaf]

You are so right! Invites not bids! My daughter just texted me and said to go to all 11 today they will be socializing into the later evening hours. I would have to assume that the cuts tonite will be severe! She did talk to a gal in her group who did not have a full day of parties and was told that several of the sororities already did their grade cuts and that they were extremely strict according to their Pi Chi. As most of you are --I am anxiously awaiting the days report.

[Tigermom]

Yes, going from 11 today to 5 tomorrow means lots of consideration from both the chapters and the PNMs!

[pearlalum]

There are 4 girls from the high school that I work at that are going through Mizzou rush. I wish them all well. It seems to be a very intense process there. I think that tomorrow morning may be the time that many PNMs take themselves out of the process.

[Mizzou802]

My Pi Chi told me that all of the houses have done their grade cuts, which ended up being very harsh for me since I'm a sophomore with just "okay" grades. I only ended up being invited back to two houses, both of which I'm very fond of, but I'm super nervous for tomorrow when I could be dropped completely. It sounds like your daughter has a very good chance with any of the houses if she's made it through this round.