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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone want to commiserate anonymously about the experience? I have shown  as much restraint as I can muster and let DD lead the discussion which has been minimal before she intentionally shits it down. I sincerely hope she keeps an open mind after the last cut from 11 sororities down to 3 today. My only information is that these are not the 3 where she thought she had the best connection.  One friend thinks there were computer-generated GPA cuts last PM which could partly explain the outcome. I have friends whose daughters are also rushing but we are avoiding the details this week as the results are all over the place.

Experienced parents, will you share advice for parenting through the next cuts and likely disappointments?

I know that DD and others will need to dig into and develop their resilience and this is just a life event and not the goal. Still, hearing your thoughts and experiences  would be helpful for me.TIA![/quote]

Encourage her to stick it out through the process.  Go all the way through the process before deciding to drop out. Go to any preference parties to which you are invited and listen with an open mind during the preference party.  These groups are huge and there are all kinds of girls in every single one of them.  If she decides to accept a bid from one of her groups that is not her favorite during recruitment, she'll be fine.  Every sorority has women with whom she can make life long friends.  In the end, the groups are not THAT different.  Some look better during recruitment because they have more members with good recruitment skills, but you could assign women to sororities randomly and have about the same level of satisfaction with the outcome.  [/quote]

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