Auburn Recruitment 2011 - 17 jewels!

[hmills2]

My daughter went through rush at Auburn this year and it did not go well.

She is a cute girl with a lot of friends and from out of state. By the last day she had two choices left and she disliked both of them so she decided to withdraw rather than getting a bid from one she did not want to join or getting shut out completely.

It was very hard on her. Part of her vision of college is being in a sorority and she is very much the "sorority type". All of hers and our friends are very suprised that she did not get into a sorority. Even worse, every one of her close friends got in a good sorority as did all the girls from her HS. It has really been a bad week for her.

Classes began yesterday and she is doing a good job of looking forward and anticipating other activities/organizations. She has already applied to an organization and it would be great for her if she gets into it. The oncoming stress of classes will distract her from thinking about it, too.

In the meantime she has registered her name for COB and is doing her best to get the word out that she is interested. The chances are slim, but it's the best option right now. As time goes on the shock and disappointment of fall rush will lessen and she will be ok and hopefully she might get a bid someday.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by hmills2

My daughter went through rush at Auburn this year and it did not go well.

She is a cute girl with a lot of friends and from out of state. By the last day she had two choices left and she disliked both of them so she decided to withdraw rather than getting a bid from one she did not want to join or getting shut out completely.

It was very hard on her. Part of her vision of college is being in a sorority and she is very much the "sorority type". All of hers and our friends are very suprised that she did not get into a sorority. Even worse, every one of her close friends got in a good sorority as did all the girls from her HS. It has really been a bad week for her.

Classes began yesterday and she is doing a good job of looking forward and anticipating other activities/organizations. She has already applied to an organization and it would be great for her if she gets into it. The oncoming stress of classes will distract her from thinking about it, too.

In the meantime she has registered her name for COB and is doing her best to get the word out that she is interested. The chances are slim, but it's the best option right now. As time goes on the shock and disappointment of fall rush will lessen and she will be ok and hopefully she might get a bid someday.

I'm sorry she had a frustrating experience, but I know there were a lot of women who would have loved to had two houses left for prefs.

She should be prepared that COB is limited to sororities not at total, and that there are a lot of people who could potentially fill the unfilled spaces.

If she keeps an open mind, and doesn't have her heart set on one or two places, she might find a home.

But remember that there is a difference in getting sacked from recruitment and withdrawing from it.

[MaggieXi]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

But remember that there is a difference in getting sacked from recruitment and withdrawing from it.

This line should be stickied, tagged, and quoted often - especially for the ultra-competitive recruitments!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by hmills2

My daughter went through rush at Auburn this year and it did not go well.

She is a cute girl with a lot of friends and from out of state. By the last day she had two choices left and she disliked both of them so she decided to withdraw rather than getting a bid from one she did not want to join or getting shut out completely.

It was very hard on her. Part of her vision of college is being in a sorority and she is very much the "sorority type". All of hers and our friends are very suprised that she did not get into a sorority. Even worse, every one of her close friends got in a good sorority as did all the girls from her HS. It has really been a bad week for her.

Classes began yesterday and she is doing a good job of looking forward and anticipating other activities/organizations. She has already applied to an organization and it would be great for her if she gets into it. The oncoming stress of classes will distract her from thinking about it, too.

In the meantime she has registered her name for COB and is doing her best to get the word out that she is interested. The chances are slim, but it's the best option right now. As time goes on the shock and disappointment of fall rush will lessen and she will be ok and hopefully she might get a bid someday.

1. It is bad form on this board to rain on someone's thread. This post should be elsewhere.

2. Sorry your daughter didn't get into a "good" sorority. She probably could have been Greek if she had filled out her pref card. Seeing how all chapters made quota, I highly doubt anyone is COBing. On the off chance that there are chapters COBing, it would probably be the ones she deemed herself too good to join.

3. Check out this post.

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by hmills2

My daughter went through rush at Auburn this year and it did not go well.

She is a cute girl with a lot of friends and from out of state. By the last day she had two choices left and she disliked both of them so she decided to withdraw rather than getting a bid from one she did not want to join or getting shut out completely.

It was very hard on her. Part of her vision of college is being in a sorority and she is very much the "sorority type". All of hers and our friends are very suprised that she did not get into a sorority. Even worse, every one of her close friends got in a good sorority as did all the girls from her HS. It has really been a bad week for her.

Classes began yesterday and she is doing a good job of looking forward and anticipating other activities/organizations. She has already applied to an organization and it would be great for her if she gets into it. The oncoming stress of classes will distract her from thinking about it, too.

In the meantime she has registered her name for COB and is doing her best to get the word out that she is interested. The chances are slim, but it's the best option right now. As time goes on the shock and disappointment of fall rush will lessen and she will be ok and hopefully she might get a bid someday.

I'm sorry that your daughter feels that she had a less than successful recruitment, but the reality is that she didn't. She had two houses who invited her to preference and she CHOSE to withdrawal.

I don't mean to be harsh, but you invaded another person's recruitment thread with whoa's about your daughter and how great she is and how the "good" sororities dropped her. You aren't going to get any sympathy from us.

The many PNM's who were completely released from recruitment would have killed for those 2 invites to pref that your daughter got but turned down.

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by hmills2

My daughter went through rush at Auburn this year and it did not go well.

She is a cute girl with a lot of friends and from out of state. By the last day she had two choices left and she disliked both of them so she decided to withdraw rather than getting a bid from one she did not want to join or getting shut out completely.
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You posted before that she was "sacked" from recruitment. I felt really awful when I read that, but your daughter was not sacked. She turned two wonderful chapters down so I don't see why you are looking for sympathy on here, you likely won't find it.

Originally Posted by violetpretty

1. It is bad form on this board to rain on someone's thread. This post should be elsewhere.

She did post elsewhere and got sympathetic responses, she left out that her daughter wasn't actually sacked though.