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37% accepted. That's still a huge drop from just several years ago when it was a bit above 50%.

Hey moms, I totally feel your pain. My daughter went through recruitment last year and it was devastating to be dropped so quickly by so many houses. Even the house that had contacted one of her recs, asked for additional photos (which we now know were for a power point,) and was told to "tell the mother we are VERY INTERESTED IN HER!" It is a cruel process at a time when the girls need to feel good about themselves - leaving home, starting college, making new friends - it's a huge adjustment. I got those crying calls too - all week long. In the end, if you stick with the process you're guaranteed a bid, but it may be in a house you don't necessarily think you want, but think it's better than not joining one at all. Best advice we got was from a boy who was a year ahead - you'll be friends with girls in all the houses and the fraternities do things with all the sororities so it's not that big of a deal. In then end, that turned out to be true, but the rejection hurt all the same and I think set her up for a bunch of failures last year.

If your daughters truly accepted their maximum invites each day and would accept a bid from any house which offered a bid that would be heartbreaking. I hope they will meet friends in class, get involved in other student organizations and if they want try again. No one should feel good about good girls being hurt.

Agree with the post above

It was a brutal year. My adorable daughter was shocked every day to have fewer and fewer houses to go back to. She did pledge a house, and is happy after bid night. I was told by a panhellenic rep that this was the worst year yet, as more girls than ever went through rush. As a result- likely each pledge class is filled with wonderful girls. I am sad to hear that some were dropped all together- as they were promised a bid if they stuck it out. Did something go wrong with TCU's computer or something? Seems like it!

only promised if they made it to prefs -- if they're dropped before it's sad but not wrong

Sad- not wrong? Seriously? These girls arrive from thousands of miles away now that TCU attracts a national student body. They want to pledge a house. There is nothing to do other than wait around to go to a few parties to be humiliated!?! That is wrong to me. Certainly not very "Christian". All houses may have great girls. But all girls are also great if they are given a chance. TCU rush was worse than my other daughters top university . Kids want to start over in college- how sad you have essentially told them they will be sitting at the nerd table for the next 4 years. Tcu rush feels like a pack of mean girls to me.

Why are all these parents posting on here?! GROW UP. no wonder your kid didn't get a bid.

Parents are posting on here because it is a free public place to voice concern for our recruitment process and their daughters pain. Those of us that were lucky enough to have a positive outcome don't help Texas Christian University by coming on here and now bullying the parents. Our school rush gets harder each year. Most of our greek sisters do not want to hurt anyone but each house tries to pick girls that they think will the best fit for their house without knowledge of how things are going for that student with the other houses. We are sorry for the heartbreak your family is feeling and have confidence she will find great friends and other places to plug in.