Rushing at WVU
 

Hello!

I will be a junior transfer in Fall 2013 and was curious about sorority recruitment at West Virginia University. Is it super competitive? Are recommendations absolutely necessary?

I tried to look for threads specific to WVU but only found ones about fraternity recruitment. maybe I wasn't looking hard enough?
Thank You so much!

Any advice and tips will be super helpful and much appreciated :)

I'm going to make a few assumptions here since I don't know specifically, but according to our NPC Recruitment thread, and assuming everyone reached an average number of pledges (within a handful), my interpretation of those stats is a lot of girls drop out of rush during the process. Being a state institution, there may be a lot of girls who register and get cut heavily or completely because of grades. There may also be a few chapters that all the girls want and when they get cut they drop out completely. Even if I did know that for sure, I wouldn't specify because it's counter-productive.

So here's my advice to you: 1-if you are the person going through rush, it's competitive. 2-Cuts will happen and as a junior, you will get hid harder than your equally as awesome freshman counterparts. Be aware that the most competitive chapters may not be interested in taking a junior, so keep your mind open to those less competitive chapters. Once rush is over, that status won't matter one bit, so ranking all the chapters as though it's life and death is just silly. Sure, you will have preferences, but unless there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with a chapter, be open to them. Your membership is for a lifetime, and as a junior you will want to think bigger picture than the younger gals probably will.

And regarding your searches here, try using google or bing and use Greekchat in the search. It works better than starting from within this site.

Thank you for the advice! I do know that I have to keep an open mind which I plan to.
Being more specific in terms of my bio, I'll be a junior with a sophomore standing (b/c of credits) with a 3.3 GPA, with a lot of extracurricular activity. I've done short-term missionary work in South America for 4 years during the summer.

Should I get recommendation letters for rush at WVU? Are they a necessity there as it is in SEC schools?

Thanks again!

It was a looong time ago, but I had a friend who transferred to WVU, did fall rush as a sophomore and had no problem getting a bid. If you have sophomore standing, register as a sophomore, not a junior. Like most schools north of the Mason-Dixon line, no one did or cared about recs.

If you are a Martian with sophomore standing, you're a sophomore.

West Virginia is in the Big XII, not the SEC.

She was just missing the comma that would make the sentence correct. She knows it is not in the SEC :) Try this for better clarity....

Are they a necessity there, as it is in SEC schools?

:eek: I'm glad to see the "CP" brought you back to GC...but...WV is south of the Mason Dixon line. I live in PA and work in Morgantown on weekends, so I literally cross the M-D Line to and from work.

On Topic: WVU has some pretty sorority houses!

Yes, that's what I meant :) Sorry for the typo.

Thank you! That's really good to hear

Point taken, but you know what I meant. It's a mountain school with cold winters, it rushes like a northern school, not a southern one.

I have a junior friend that rushed at WVU that was cut early from most houses - including a legacy chapter (I can't remember exactly how many). She made sure she kept open mind. She only ended up with one chapter on pref night, but bid day she knew she had found her home. She's a completely happy active now :)

runningswiftly, it can never hurt to get recs!

that is so great! makes me feel more at ease :) thanks!