Baylor Recruitment 2010
 

Hi to all of you people who have helped me learn so much about this process and community!
I just finished my freshman year at Baylor and have decided that I definitely want to rush next year. I am so excited and so nervous (and it's only the beginning of summer :eek:) and wanted to know if anyone could tell me if being a sophomore is going to hurt me a lot during recruitment.
Also, any advice about Baylor sororities would be awesome (I know that I have seen some other girls ask about Baylor but they seemed to be in other circumstances with different questions than I have).
Thanks in advance for all of the help :D

Also...what to wear would be extremely helpful, especially since every university is different.

I was afraid of that, but I am hoping that I won't suffer heavy cuts just for that. I am really hoping that they don't cut me just for that...hopefully my personality will change their minds.

At least I know now and will be well-prepared. It helps me a lot to understand that early so I can adjust my mindset. Hard news to hear, but very helpful.
Thanks!

And I was not counting in all of the hours that I tested out of. I will be at Baylor for three more years, but because of AP tests I will have 74 hours and will be considered a junior...thereby not part of the quota but potentially less desirable.
Guess it's time for me to take a look at the Baylor junior thread.

Make sure to let girls know this, it does make a difference that you will be on campus (and therefore an active sister) for three more years.

It may make a difference.

EEEEP! This is becoming a little bit nerve racking for me. I really feel like a sorority would be a great place for me and that I have a lot to offer, including making the Dean's List every semester, being an honors student, being involved in other groups where I am very active, and doing community service. I know that freshman are more desirable, but while my hours say junior, I am only a second year student who will be attending for four years.
If anyone could offer me suggestions on how to best downplay the negatives so that I could maximize my options during recruitment, I would love to hear them. I do have some ideas, but would really like hearing (or rather, reading) others.

if you have the opportunity during the course of conversation, when asked what year you are you might reply, " in hours i am a junior, due to the ap classes i took in hs, but i actually have "x" amount of years left on campus ."

the alumnae who write recommendations for you could also explain that in writing when they send in the rec. for you.

you might also be able to make note of it on your recruitment enrollment form.

I will definitely do that. Every one of the alumnae I have spoken to is aware of my situation...the great thing is that they have all been extremely supportive :). I feel like I am getting off to the best start that I possibly can.

I didn't go to school @ Baylor but from what I understand, it's a competitive school.

Make sure you have recs for all of the houses.

I am working extremely hard to get all of my recs in for every house.

Ok I know about Baylor. It's pretty well know that you have jr hours but on really a soph because of your graduation date. They send out an email in the Fall if you have Soph hours but are living in a Freshamn dorm let them know. The older you are the more that grade count. They what people that can help the Chapters GPA. PM for more info.

Grades count lots for Soph/Jr even the GPA requirement are higher to go through rush. I know of a sorority who took a soph grade risk. You have to have a 2.5 to go through rush as a freshman and 2.75 to be in most soroities. It jumps up to a 3.0 as to be consider in most chapters as a soph or a Jr. But you only have to have a 2.75 to go through rush. Rush really takes mostly Freshmen but Jr don't count against quota at least this year. Most chapter only take 2 true soph hours people. Soph count double for quota. Rush is in Jan so it usually isn't difficult to have Jr hours if you came in the credit and then went to summer school after your freshman year. Grades at Baylor are a very big deal. So someon who comes in with Dean's list and A's as a jr is more desirable than a soph with a 3.0.

Ok, so Baylor may not be big on taking sophs, but I have to tell you that I have NEVER heard of ONE sophomore counting as 2 PEOPLE in quota.

That can't be true. Please clarify if I'm reading this wrong.

that's what I read too... that doesn't make any sense.

It's like Tom Earp had a sex change, and the lack of testosterone caused him to stop using smileys. The extra estrogen made him type long paragraphs consisting of fragments and run-on sentences instead of several lines of text.

Seriously lady, are you on speed or just typing from an iPhone?

I think what she is trying to say is that these days, kids commonly come in with AP credits. If you go to summer school after your freshman year, then you very well may have credits that qualify you as a junior when you are really a sophomore. Perhaps she means that it doesn't necessarily make you a junior for rush, given that this is a common trend.

In my state, a majority of kids go into college with a number of AP classes under their belt. By the middle of their college careers they are far ahead of the game.

As far as sophs counting twice during recruitment, I am not sure what she means and I think it might be difficult for you all to decipher what she is trying to say in her explanation, as it is written.

http://www.baylor.edu/student_activities/greek_life/index.php?id=37837

What I read from this is that as long as I have over 60 hours, I will be considered a Junior during rush--regardless of whether or not it is the norm for second-year students. Is this correct?

Yes, I agree. It looks like you have your answer. You will be considered a junior, regardless of whether the credits were from AP, transfer hours, etc.

Good luck!

Thank you for the luck...hopefully all will go well!

Actually, I just happen to read another thread started by Kitemom and I am going to assume she is not a native English speaker. If that is the case, she is doing quite well.

That would explain much. Apologies if that's the case.