Quick decisions after first round?
My daughter is going through rush right now and halfway through first round. At one of her first round parties, one girl stayed with her the whole time and that's who she basically talked to. She said she met a few other people that came in and out but the one girl stayed with her the whole time so she didn't really get all that great a feel for the rest of the girls in the house. She said it seemed like that with all the rushees i.e.that was this sorority's method. At the other party, she was able to speak with 3 other girls and feels she got a better feel.
So the question is: how can you make a decision on whether you want to go back to a sorority when you haven't really had a chance to get to know them - even a little bit? Do you just go on gut feelings? If you spend time looking around the room to try and get a "sense" of other members, do you risk irritating the one girl who's try to get to know you?
She's trying to keep an open mind but it's hard in this situation not to fall back on campus stereotypes (especially as it's a small, deferred recruitment school).
Thoughts and suggestions I can pass along to her before the next set of first round parties? (which is tonight!)
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