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My daughter also rushed at a very competitive SEC school, as you can see from my screen name, as an out of state student. She rushed her freshman year and had recs for all but one house, a great HS GPA, and a good resume but she did not know anyone in the houses and was pretty shy so she did not have a good rush getting dropped by all but one house and she did not feel at all comfortable there. She rushed again her sophomore year, and that year she went to the Panhellenic Weekend in the spring and knew lots of girls in the houses and had two recs per house. She pledged her first choice. The difference was knowing girls, and going through Panhellenic Weekend in the spring. She also kept up her grades and got involved on campus.
As an out of state student, recs are even more important because chances are you don't know anyone in the houses and this is the only information the chapters have besides your registration form. Try your best to get recs from people who really know you because they can give a better picture of who you are then someone who only knows you on paper. Also, any time there are things like Panhellenic Weekend you should try to go.
As Lamplighter said, out of state students do get bids, even sophomore, but if you don't do the legwork before, you really lessen your chances.
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