A touch more tension..

As the pre-panhel ladies of Duke filed in to get their schedules for the day, there was definite tension in the air…and a few crossed fingers. People were fidgeting with their carefully placed accessories which aimed at the 'slightly-formal-but-not-trying-too-hard' look of the day. By the time round 3 arrives cuts are getting more severe, and PNM’s (aka us) are getting more attached to particular sororities. Many were incredibly disappointed by their cuts this round, and I know a lot of us were looking at some of our cuts and wondering ‘why’? There was definitely a lot of talk: “but I loved them”, “we got on sooo well”, “they totally liked me at the time!”.

 “What happened?”

That’s the thing with rush, you will never know “what happened”. With a thousand and one possible reasons for why you might have been dropped, you will never know why exactly you didn’t make it back on their list. Fact of the matter 'they're just not that into you'.

We visited a maximum of 5 sororities today and started seriously considering where we would like to end up. At the end of the day ‘cutting’ two sororities was equally hard as the last time, what if they were the one? Should you give that one another chance? 

The final round will have us go to a maximum of three sororities, only to have to rank them in the order we wish to receive a bid from. We can only get one bid, from one sorority which could be any of our final (max) three. Tomorrow’s decision making will be difficult. There is also the concern as round 4 approaches that some of your favourite three will drop you in this final hurdle, which could mean a less-desired bid for you come Sunday. But though I had no voice left, and everyone is pretty well exhausted, I still had a great time. Going through these final stages, there is an excited energy as we realise that very soon we will actually BE in a sorority. We also have established connections with some girls, and are excited to see them again in rounds. Even if you don’t end up in that sorority, you know that running into them on campus (once we are allowed to talk to them again) could lead to coffee and even perhaps a new friendship. Bring on the final round!