Sophomore Rush Questions

[aggiedancer10]

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[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by aggiedancer10

Hey there, I'm going to be a sophomore at Texas A&M and have enthusiastically signed up for rush next August. I contacted my Panhellenic in April to get recs and completed registration in March, and up till now, I have been nothing but excited to find a great group of girls to share sisterhood with. I have an excellent GPA, stellar resume, and know how to put together a great outfit; honestly, I feel I'd be a perfect candidate for sorority life.

However, I'm starting to get a little concerned about it. Is it going to be weird that I'm rushing as a sophomore? I actually went through a few days of recruitment last year and got invited back to all my favorite houses, but felt so overwhelmed (my family are anti-Greeks and I had NO idea what to expect) that I left.

A lot of my Greek friends told me that it's actually easier for sophs to rush at A&M because of new rules that require the houses to choose X number of new sophomore pledges. I'm just kind of worried that since I didn't pledge with girls "my age", I'll be left out.

During my freshman year I had some unfortunate troubles with my friends, and I REALLY want to go Greek to find a group of sisters to last a lifetime instead of petty party friends. I am so excited for the sorority experience and can't wait to craft decorations for my apartment and gifts for my future big if I do pledge, but I'm worried that as the "awkward sophomore" I won't make friends.

Do y'all think sophomore rushing is weird? I'd love to hear your opinion -- especially from fellow ags!

I'm not sure that the whole "houses are required to choose x number of sophs" thing is true. Yes, A&M may have an upperclassman quota which gives chapters the OPPORTUNITY to take on upperclassmen, but they certainly are not obligated to do so. I've never heard of a school requiring any chapter to use it.

Any A&Mers can correct me if I'm wrong, but I doubt that I am.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by aggiedancer10

However, I'm starting to get a little concerned about it. Is it going to be weird that I'm rushing as a sophomore? I actually went through a few days of recruitment last year and got invited back to all my favorite houses, but felt so overwhelmed (my family are anti-Greeks and I had NO idea what to expect) that I left.

I would think up a better story than "my family are anti-Greek so I couldn't take it and dropped out." That makes you look pretty wishy-washy. I'm sure you also may have disappointed some chapters when you dropped out if your rush experience was going as well as you say.

And as was stated on another thread here, no NPC sorority can be FORCED to bid pledges from a designated group (like sophomores). This would violate the confidentiality and autonomy of the sororities' membership selection policies. If there is an "upperclass quota" it may make it easier for the sororities to offer you a bid without missing out on the freshmen they want, but even if you are the only upperclassman going through, nobody HAS to take you. That's not what a sophomore/upperclass quota means.