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Old 08-23-2012, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by MidWestRush92 View Post
I have a slightly unique situation. I'll be transferring to a mid sized State school in the Spring...I have not attended college since my freshman fall semester in 2010. Due to my mother's illness I left the small private school I was attending to help at home. I've had my heart set on going Greek for almost 3 years and would LOVE to go through Spring informal recruitment. Here are my questions:

1. Since only certain chapters participate in informal recruitment should I still do it?

2. Being a 21 year old college freshman will I be turned away or cut early? Note I have a 2.9 high school GPA and a 3.4 college GPA and this is a moderately competitive school

3. Should I wait and participate in Fall recruitment after completed Spring and Summer semesters course work, or should I not rush at all?
If you have the opportunity to participate in informal recruitment in the spring, you should do it. Nobody can tell you what your chances are, or if you will be turned away, but we generally advise women to rush at the first opportunity. A 3.4 is pretty good, so doing more coursework isn't going to help you on that front.

When I was in school, there would usually be about five chapters participating in informal recruitment. There were always a handful of women who showed up to check it out and then decided they wanted to wait for fall to see all 19 chapters. Well, guess what? Many of them would find those same five chapters dominating their invites.

If there is only one chapter participating, and it doesn't seem like a good fit for you, you don't have to accept a bid, but if there are two or more chapters offering you membership, you should give serious, serious thought to joining one of them.
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