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Hey there! I rushed as a junior at UCF. Even though I thought I had great qualities that would make me a "desired" PNM, and I had lots of friends in every chapter, I got cut from four chapters right off the bat. The other two I would have expected to be cut from as well, I had recs for, but then got cut the next day. I've seen very few juniors go through recruitment "successfully" and by that I mean, getting cut from very few chapters and always getting their top picks. There is a very high chance you will get dropped from houses just because you were a junior; I had this experience and I've spoken with many others that had the same.
When I hear about other juniors going through recruitment, my main thought is... you're NOT like the rest of the PNMs but you have to ACT like them. I don't mean to change your personality or anything about yourself. What I mean is, you have to decide what you are looking for out of a Greek experience. At UCF there is a LOT of "tent talk" before and during recruitment, and you'll hear other PNMs openly discussing why they loved or hated a certain chapter. Sometimes you'll come out of a chapter less than impressed, but after hearing some girls gush about it you start wondering if maybe you just talked to the wrong girls or if you missed something. It's very easy to be confused!
You already seem pretty acquainted with UCF greek life and probably know a lot about the different chapters, but I implore you to keep an open mind during recruitment. I also had friends in chapters and on pref night had a very difficult decision of putting down Chapter ABC where I had a few really good friends and also met other nice girls or Chapter XYZ where I didn't know as many people but had a good feeling about the chapter and where my place would be there. I had a hard time separating whether I wanted ABC because I had friends there or because that was actually the place for me. Avoid my situation by keeping an open mind and knowing what you are looking for.
Recs at UCF are definitely helpful because not many PNMs do get them, so it makes you stand out. If you can get them by all means do it. If nothing else if will give you another day at some chapters to "impress" them enough to keep you around. But, in my opinion, you shouldn't have to impress anyone, being yourself should be enough! Keep an open mind and good luck!!
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