Sunflower, your situation seems similar to mine. I rerushed when I was a Sophomore, had an excellent recruitment and ended up getting the bid to my very favorite sorority.
My re-rush link is here:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...trawberrygloss
However to have a successful recruitment I knew I needed to change and improve some things big time.
1. I talked to basically any friend I had in the sorority. I sent them all messages in the spring telling them that I really enjoyed their chapter and asked them if I was COB'ing. So about 6/8 of the sororities had gals that knew I was interested in them.
2. I talked to a girl in my dorm that was in one of my favorite sororities. She knew my personality, but also knew that I was super shy and bombed recruitment in the Fall. She gave me a lot of pointers like having a lot of energy, being interested in what they were saying and very animated.
3. I had letter of Rec's to every sorority
4. For me, I needed a serious confidence boost. I felt so rejected from Greek Life the year prior, so for me the boost came from wearing comfortable, stylish clothes that really flattered my body.
5. I also practiced Rush conversations with my mom and honestly everyone that I met. Rush conversations are so different in that they're like speed-dating. Be cheerful, interested in what they're saying and you can always ask about them! People LOVE talking about themselves. One of the best tips I have ever been given for rush conversations is to listen for the nouns in what your person is saying. For example: Rusher: "I love XYZ sorority, we have really fun
sisterhoods such as going to the
corn maze during halloween and going
hiking"
You've got 3 nouns to go off of. Since I'm into hiking I would say "Oh I love hiking! Do you hike a lot?" Or whatever. Ask a question back to the rusher about herself.
6. I also knew the typical questions they were going to ask "Where are you from?" "Where are you living?"I was living in an apartment that year, so I mentioned that and added "with three roommates whom I LOVE. We cook together and have movie nights together." This gave the rusher many topics to go off of.
The last page of my re-recruitment story goes over the changes I made more in depth. Good luck to you!