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An out of state success

<strong>Subject:</strong><br />some advice for 2017 oos pnms<br /><br /> Poster Message:
As a mother, I just got done reading the thread "CUTS" and seeing the lack of recruitment success shared by some of OOS PNMs. Luckily, my OOS daughter had a better experience. She was invited back to 12-13 Round 1, 6-7 Round 2 (with all 5 old row), and 3-3 Prefs (all old row). Fingers crossed for bids tonight. This prompted me to reflect on what she may have done differently? Going in, she knew exactly one girl at UGA, who was a HS friend and a member of a top house. This girl encouraged a long weekend trip to Athens in April. During the visit, she stayed at Brumby and was introduced to several girls in many different houses. She says this informal setting was much easier to get to know people than the 20 mins you get at each house over the first 3 days of rush. She connected with many of these girls on Facebook and Instagram and stayed in touch over the summer. We made sure her social media looked great. She also met a GA HS girl on this trip that had connections in another top house. They decided to become roommates and went to orientation together. Her roomate introduced her to several more girls during orientation weekend. My daughter says that she has heard that many houses have an "A" list of targets before formal rush even starts. So I think you have to visit in the Spring if you are OOS. We are from the West and had no recs from UGA alums. She had 2 recs for 2 houses and 1 rec for about 6 more so recs might be overstated.