Can you NOT rush particular sororities?
 

there are two sororities that i do not want to rush...because i have rushed for them before. (i was told by my school those were the only two i was allowed to rush bc of gpa problems) neither gave me a bid (...probably bc my gpa was low) anyways just answer the initial question? do you have to rush ALL the sororities?

Formal recruitment or informal recruitment?

Rush the library instead.

Good advice :)

my grades are up now guys! that is why i am rushing ;) oh and if you are referring to my bad grammar...sorry i just really dont care when im on these sites...i just use text language on here

actually i am not really sure of the difference between formal and informal?

i looked up the difference, its for formal rush.

Bloomsburg University has formal recruitment in the Fall.

yes thanks, how did you know?haha

Greekchat knows all.

In answer to your question, if it is formal recruitment you will have to attend all 1st round parties. Don't worry - I suspect your problem will resolve itself by the 2nd round.

If it's formal recruitment, then yes, you do need to visit all of the houses during the first round. Don't skip these two houses, and don't skip them if you're invited back for future rounds. You have to follow your Panhellenic's procedure for being excused for missing any parties, and not having received a bid from them previously would not be a valid reason. You won't be the first person in the position of going through recruitment a second time. Hopefully they'll be impressed with your higher GPA! It sounds like there is a range of minimum GPAs for membership at your campus. Some might be 2.5, some might be 3.0...it can vary, but you would still attend all the chapters during the first round, even if you don't meet the minimum GPA for certain sororities. Who knows, these two may have really liked you before, but if you barely made their GPA, they still might have been nervous about your future grades...minimum isn't ideal.

If it's informal recruitment, then you generally have more freedom to be selective from the start amongst the chapters that are participating. However, you should consult your Panhellenic/Greek Life office to be sure of the procedures on your campus. Again, though, I'd keep your options open.

oh okay. so my school has this set up for rush -http://www.bloomu.edu/greek_life/recruitment

so are you saying for opens i will need to go to all of them?

my school also does this thing where u can be a COB if you choose to, which means u dont do all this rush..you just choose one sorority and thats it and just hope they choose you too. i think i want to do that...

These questions should be directed to your Greek Life office. They can give you a definitive answer.

I would advise you to talk to someone knowledgeable in the Greek Life office. I couldn't find any information on the URL you posted about fall recruitment, nor did I see NPC/Panhellenic mentioned. Maybe someone else here on Greekchat is more familiar with your campus...with a combination of local and NPC sororities, I'm not sure if the locals are following the same recruitment procedures.

the fall recruitment should be basically the same as that^it doesnt really change at all

So your grades aren't great, you're a junior, and you just want to rush one organization? Yeah... good luck with that.

clearly you havent read correctly...i said my grades are up now...jeez why u need to be so bitchy

The first rule of holes - when you are in one, stop digging.

OK, then I'd definitely recommend talking to your Greek Life office. They could give you a definitive answer.

Because if your grades were too low for groups that required a 2.5 last year, I can't imagine they're going to be high enough to impress groups that require a 3.0 this year, especially since you're an upperclassman. I hope I'm wrong. Good luck to you.

Well, if you don't care, why should anyone else care enough to bother to answer you?

This is totally that twizzler chick who was also this too http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ght=bloomsberg

OK, I edited, but due to circumstances beyond my (lack of self-) control, I am making this edit my signature.

ETA: twizzler chick!!! how can I work that in?

It's 4:40 a and I just read that whole thread. I'm not going to be worth 2 cents today.

There isn't a bra big enough for that boob!!

Good grief. I was clearly under the influence of something while posting in that thread.

You Win the Award for Best One Liners for this Thread!!!!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Thank you, thank you very much.
I'll be here all week. :)

IF you get a bid, you're going to cross paths with the members of these groups you "didn't want" many times. Going to a half hour (probably less) party is not that bad. Suck it up. You need to open your mind a whole lot right now if you want to get a bid from anyone and limiting your choices in any way is a bad plan.

Sciencewoman: the locals and NPCs rush together at her campus. There is really no differentiation between the two as far as rush rules, quota/total etc.

And East Stroudsburg =/= Bloomsburg, so these may not be the same person.

I am DYING at the Little Mermaid portion of the thread.

Also, REJECTMENT.

33girl is right...PLEASE can someone explain to me COB's?? why in the world would a sorority give a bid to a girl that has just chosen their sorority only and not go through rush?

Uh, why wouldn't they?

Huh?

Don't mind her.. She apparently doesn't care enough to have her posts make sense, either.

Just Shaking my Head!! How can someone this dense have grown to adulthood? Where is natural selection when you need it?

The bold text is the only portion of the post that makes sense.

Seriously?
 

Okay, I'm sorry but, it has to be said...If you can't maintain a 2.5 GPA at Bloomsburg University, then the LAST thing you need to do is worry about joining a sorority. I am trying to say this in the nicest way possible. Unless your major is something like a hard science or math then there is no reason you should be doing so poor at Bloomsburg. I say this as someone who grew up around that area. Stop worrying about Greek Life and start thinking about whether or not you will actually graduate and if you ever do graduate what you will do from there.

what are you talking about??i have a 3.0 now and its continually getting higher...im doing really good in school i just started off rough..

and because my grades are up and im academically stable i feel i am ready to rush...

and about my earlier question bout COB's...what i meant was they don't really get a chance to know the COB's since its just one party...so why would they give a bid to them? at my school they have a COB night and u can get a bid from that night..but if you dont you can still continue with rush the following week. do u get it?

What am I talking about? So, then what is your major? A 3.0 isn't that impressive and if it wasn't enough to go through rush at Bloomsburg University--then you need to worry about school and not going Greek. What I'm talking about is that some schools aren't known for being so challenging. If you aren't in a particularly challenging program and you can't even make the minimum GPA to rush then you should be more concerned about your grades and school.