<p>The new cadets were only allowed 10 minutes total for each phone call, three times during Beast - and they are timed. Of course, the more people the new cadet wants to call, the less time each gets. They are allowed phone privileges when they go to a sponsor’s house for the Ice Cream Social (usually on a Sunday about 1/2 way through Beast when cadre changes).</p>
<p>My d only wrote a few letters to me, but she was very good about filling out the form letters I sent. (I sent each with a SASE.) On each letter, I included a few multiple choice questions with the answers ranging from one extreme to the other (tried to give humorous choices). She would sometimes circle more than one and also crossed out part of the answers. I also included some fill in the blank questions for things like what company, roommates names, etc. Overall, even though she isn’t much of a writer, I was able to piece together enough information to know she was surviving. Not happy, but surviving. ;)</p>