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I understand that I might have to take a chance on "that" or "those" chapters that would in turn be taking a chance on me. In the end, it really should be that way: the girls who did their research in high school and had their hearts set on rush from the get go are the ones who deserve the best chances. But even the chapters that are considered "top-tier" or even "middle-tier" or whatever have nicknames depending on who one speaks to. I'm involved in a traveling sports team and recently another competitive traveling team on campus... as well as a service fraternity. I believe that my conversation skills are great (not to boast) and I even thought they were great while I rushed freshman year. I thought I had fantastic conversations with almost every girl I spoke to (except the one or two that I did just not click with at all). I certainly wasn't rude or mean. I firmly believe it was all in the wardrobe: it took me too long to catch on to what I should have been dressed like. I walked into recruitment my first day in jeans (because, like I said, I'd missed orientation and had no idea what the process actually entailed or what it required of me) and while I had a fantastic sense of humor about it with the girls I spoke to while wearing them... it just wasn't happening. Had I actually received a bid to a house, it would have been a hilarious rush story to tell. Anyway, my biggest deterrent is my grades and now my quickly rising upperclassman status.
The thing I'm concerned about with informal rush is the time I get to talk to each girl. There is another thread on here that kind of describes how the informal rush has taken place at my school in recent years and it seems like I don't get a lot of time to have a conversation with each girl... which leaves me less time to throw in the stuff about my "sophomore-ish" junior status and how I struggled with grades and all that because, clearly, I don't want to have a conversation based on all that alone.
I do have some friends in chapters that I think would pull for me (most of these girls made it into so-called "middle-tier" chapters their sophomore year without recs) which still makes me wonder about my initial question... if my GPA is too low that would count for nothing, but would that make a house more open minded about taking a junior?
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