fall formal recruitment 2013

I shouldn't have posted this it will just make the girls who happened to go to the right highschool in the right town even more smug

Trust me, hearts are breaking all over Lawrence this morning. 2nd round cuts are rough! Make no mistake, girls who went to KC and Wichita high schools are at a distinct advantage over OOS girls. But if you only think you are good enough for just a few select houses, then chances are you never really had a chance.

I want to transfer..... If I had known it would be like this way. WHY DIDN'T PANHELLENIC SAY THIS TO ALL PF US

Believe me Greek life is a joke and u will love KU! What dorm
U in?

My daughter called me crying this morning, she was cut from all remaining sororities. I went to KU and was not in a sorority because of the crap but I wanted her to have her own experience and kept my thoughts to myself. Now I'm left trying to undo all the damage this awful week has done to her confidence. Girls, if you see this, rise above the crap. This degrading process has nothing to do with who you are.

This is such an inaccurate and inappropriate post. Open your eyes. There's a reason your daughter didn't get asked back to a single house, and it isn't because you're out of state. Grow up.

Many campuses went to deferred recruitment (Spring Semester) just for this reason. A PNM has a bad recruitment, thinks her life is over and wants to transfer. Deferred recruitment allows the PNM to establish a solid existence and keep her on campus.

OP, your life is not over, go to class, study hard, get good grades, get involved and meet a lot of people.

My daughter started off the week with lots of confidence. She enjoyed rush and got almost maximum call backs each day, until the last day, where she was dropped, except by two. One she really liked, had great visits with. The other she felt she was not going to fit in and no connection. She ended up with no bid today, and is thinking what did she do wrong? She is devastated and the majority of her dorm is now sorority, including her two room mates. Everyone I've told is shocked bc she's well rounded, great grades, outgoing, tons of service hours and heavily involved in both in/out school, rec letters from many alumni's, and to top it off, she is a pretty girl. I've never seen her this depressed and am very frustrated with her going through all this for nothing, other than less confidence. This was supposed to be a great time in her life. The only thing I can think of is there was a high number of girls rushing this year, but still just very very frustrated.

Most of the ones with shattered confidence are ones who only thought they'd fit in at a top house. They didn't take the time to get to know any girls in the middle or lower houses. So when the top ones cut them, they dropped out. Tooooooo bad for them. All the houses at KU are filled with great girls. A bid from any house is a treasure not to be taken lightly.

To all the girls who didn't get into a house don't fret. My daughter is in sorority at KU. She rushed 2 years ago and was also devastated at how it went. She was dropped by all the houses she wanted. She quit on the last day. A couple of weeks later several houses were still looking for girls so she went to some casual parties. She pledged to one house. It wasn't her first choice but she's been very happy with it. So the bottom line is to keep in touch with the houses and maybe some houses will be looking for girls in the next few weeks.