Can I still rush a sorority at a different school if I was in one at my old school?
 

I was in college for a year and rushed a non panhellenic sorority. While I was a pledge the girls basically painted a pretty picture for us and when the 6 weeks were over hell kinda broke lose. Due to this I was suffering huge panic attacks and had to actually leave my school! It was the only sorority on campus with about 14 girls or so. The school was so small but there was no Greek spirit (one sorority, no frat, literally no funding) that no one knew about it and the people who did know about would call it horrid names (fat girls club, the fatppas', fat girl's gossip club, and the lesbians.) Since dropping out of college I've been looking for bigger schools and University of Mississippi has really caught my eye! It's affordable, they have my major, and they have everything I want! However I would love to rush another sorority because they have my top two chapters there (Chi O and Kappa Delta). I have no issue about being "shady" since my sisters were not the best to me. Can I still rush a NPCS? Thank you!

If it was not a NPC sorority, there is nothing preventing you from going through recruitment.

Do understand that as, I assume, a sophomore, your options may be limited. Most chapters prefer freshmen. I hope you have a stellar g.p.a and extracurriculars other than your previous sorority.

You can rush if your sorority was non-NPC but believe me, you can not choose ahead of time which sorority you want to be in. Those 2 chapters are major choices of many freshmen with connections, high GPAs, and top activities.

I'll actually be a freshman. I attended a private college before and I heard it's very hard to transfer the credits over because of that. So there for I'm starting over at the new school and paying off my loans with scholarships

Have you been accepted to Ole Miss? Even if you're coming in as a "freshman" you will be older and have a year long gap in your resume.

Do you know anyone at Ole Miss?

Ole miss is a tough recruitment. You'll need plenty of recs and stellar activities and GPA. It's very old southern.

Is anyone colonizing there? That could be an option. However, I know nil about Ole Miss.

Alpha Phi is colonizing right now (fall 2015)

I'm actually still looking at colleges but right now Ole Miss is my top one. I'm thinking about applying next year since this year I'm just doing scholarships to pay off my last school and hopefully then put some towards my new school. I was just using Ole Miss as an example since it's my top one. I don't know anyone at Ole Miss but I have family in Kappa Delta so I was hoping to use that since Kappa Delta is my DREAM chapter

How can it be your dream chapter when you've never met any member of that chapter???? You've already said enough here to be identified when you register for recruitment, so I would watch what else you put out for public consumption.

So you'll be 20 when you go through recruitment? That's going to be a handicap at a lot of schools, not just Ole Miss.

I have no clue what you mean about using scholarships to pay for your other school but you aren't enrolled there?

You can use scholarships to pay off student loans.

Really? I never knew that!

You might want to google Department of Education and Student Aid. Scholarships are for off-setting the cost of education or paying for school (if you're that fortunate). Students loans are loans, (i.e. you borrow money and pay back). Depending on your area of study you might be eligible for programs that offer loan repayment for working in a particular field but again those aren't scholarships.

Great huh?! I googled it and certain scholarships can be put towards loans or any college expense (i.e. books, laptops, school supplies, etc)

I'm taking online classes to boost my GPA. I was REALLY involved in high school and in college, I was constantly doing clubs. I don't think I want to put my old sorority on a resume though only because I don't want put a bad taste in anyone's mouth. As far as saying I can go through rush does that mean I can only do rush or can I actually join a sorority at a new school?

Take it one step at a time. Identify the universities in which you have interest, apply, and see if you are accepted (and if so, what courses will be accepted for transfer.) As a general rule, if your previous school is accredited, and your new school has an equivalent course, it will be accepted. So typical freshman courses such as English 101, Biology 101, U.S. History, etc. are very transferable. When you get that ironed out, *then* worry about recruitment.

When you get to recruitment at your new school, don't put your previous sorority on your resume. If you really, really want the sorority experience, then be advised that Ole Miss is one of the toughest recruitments in the country. Coming in as a 20-year old, you would be very fortunate to get a bid to any chapter at all there. Honestly, that would be the case for even moderately competitive recruitments at other universities, much less Ole Miss. It's unwise to go into recruitment as an upperclassman thinking that you are interested in only certain chapters, because those chapters are looking at the 17 and 18 year olds with packed resumes and connections.

Have you looked into how much a sorority costs? At a school like Ole Miss it's thousands of dollars a semester. It's a big financial commitment. And I don't think you can pay dues with scholarships.

Find the college you want to go to based on its academics, apply, get accepted and then think about Greek life.

Who is giving you a scholarship to NOT attend school?

What would be the point of letting you go thru rush if you aren't allowed to join? Your questions and situation are very odd. I think you need to get accepted at a school and then come back to ask questions that truly apply.

If you are thinking about Ole Miss, something to consider…there are more legacies going through recruitment for many sororities (maybe all of them) during Formal Recruitment than quota. That is not to say that the pledge classes will be comprised of legacies exclusively, but that is what young women are up against when they go through Recruitment at Ole Miss.

My questions and situation aren't "odd" at all. Saying "Nothing is stopping you from rushing." can be taken as you can rush but not join or you can rush and join, they never specified. But there are still a lot of great benefits if you just go through rush, you're able to meet girls you probably would have never met and the networking opportunities are incredible. Also my situation isn't odd it's a really common one for most college students, only a sorority isn't usually involved.

Oh trust and believe I know! For Kappa Delta I'm going to get letters of rec from my cousin and a different cousin's girlfriend (both were KD at their schools) even though that doesn't make me a legacy it's still good for them to see I have family in the organization. I also want to get some other letters of rec for other chapters I've been doing my research on (Phi Mu and DG) hopefully it will keep me in mind even if I'm not a legacy...I'll just have to stand out a lot and make sure I'm giving it my all haha!

Recruitment doesn't work this way. It's been said and explained why to you, nicely, and more times than 1.

You can't just get recs to any chapter and think that means they'll scoop you right up. It's Ole Miss, EVERYONE has recs. Recs don't make you stand out, they're all but required in an SEC recruitment and having them doesn't make you special or unique.

Though since you're so gung-ho on KD, you might have a chance if your rec comes from Leigh Anne Tuohy :cool:

Please step away from the keyboard, MNB717. You have said way too much.

Spend time reading through the extensive threads here on recruitment, not just at Ole Miss, but everywhere. Good luck to you wherever you go to school, regardless of whether a sorority is in your future or not.

Your situation, if you aren't a troll and I'm not convinced you aren't, is odd in the reason that it is weird enough in the way you e explained it for this thread to be used to identify you. You do not want to be THAT girl on GreekChat. Seriously. Say thank you and goodbye to us now.

Hands down best piece of advice ... ever!

Does anyone remember cristinasmile?

SKEPi!!!!!!!!!!!

At least this one was in an actual sorority to start.

She might be a SKEPi legacy. I think they consider cousins as legacies.

I dunno, guys. SKEPi is known for having more legacies than they can take so it's super hard to get a bid unless your legacy relation is from that chapter and donates money all the time...

You are not likely to get a bid at Ole Miss. Ole Miss is one of the toughest recruitments in the country.

You will be a sophomore. That's strike one.

Your prior GPA isn't the best. That's strike two.

Your high school extracurriculars might be broad, but they are not deep. "Doing clubs" doesn't cut it. You need some achievements and/or leadership experience. That's strike three.

Your posts indicate that you don't know what you are doing. You don't understand recs and letters of support. You need them for all the organizations and recs from chapter alumnae are better. You don't understand that recruitment mostly involves sororities choosing you, not you choosing a sorority. I doubt that you will understand how the rest of it works any better. That's strike four.

Adding to that you have money issues. That may or may not be apparent during recruitment, but I always err on the side of people finding out stuff that you don't want them to know. You left school because you were having a mental health issue. Assume that they will find that out, too, and that it will count against you.

You haven't got a snowball's chance at Ole Miss or any super-competitive recruitment. I am a first generation Greek and first generation college graduate. I wouldn't have stood a snowball's chance, either. You should assume that you can attend Ole Miss or be Greek, but that you can't be Greek at Ole Miss.

Anyone else getting thoughts of Brandi Rae here?

KDCat.......that was harsh, but entirely spot on. You called it like you saw it. She definitely needs to reassess.

Oh, wow. Good ol' Brandi Rae. Wonder whatever became of her?

I'm not trying to be harsh. I'm trying to be honest. It's a super-tough recruitment at Ole Miss. If OP's heart is set on being Greek, she'd have a better chance at a less competitive state school where all of that matters less. If her heart is set on Ole Miss, she can take her chances on recruitment, but know that it probably won't happen for her.

I've been where she is -- a transfer student who was a first generation PNM. (Except I didn't even have a cousin to give me advice.) What I didn't know about recruitment would fill a library.

I am a GC lurker and this thread has pulled me out of the shadows!

I am amazed at how obtuse the OP is. Maybe she is not real and is someone's weird idea of a joke.

That's what we call a troll and I questioned she might be

Yes.