Rush at UC Davis . . .

[UCDErn]

Hi girls!! I'm kinda new to the boards, but I've been reading them for a little while and they've been very helpfull! Okay, so this fall I will be a 2nd year at University of California, Davis. I didn't rush fall of last year (my freshman year) because I wasn't sure I wanted to join a sorrority and wanted time to adjust to the new school, being away from home, classes, etc. I had a really awesome first year, but felt like I was missing out on something. So towards the end of the year I decided I really wanted to rush, but unfortunately Davis doesn't have any kind of formal recruitment in the spring (and I didn't know which sorrority I wanted to join). One thing that I didn't even know I'd have to worry about though was that rushing as a sophomore is sometimes more difficult than as a freshman! I read a thread about it and got really scared! People were saying that it was more of an issue with upperclassmen getting cut a lot (just because of their class standing) at more "competitive schools". But the thing is I'm not sure how competitive Davis is... we have 8 NPC sorrorities: Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Pi Beta Phi. And I think that I heard something like 4 of them made quota last year. My sister was Membership VP in her sorrority at UC Santa Barbara for the last 2 years, so she and her friends have told me a lot about how rush goes there and how competitive it is, but I know it's different at every school... They also said that I'd be an "ideal PNM" because I'm pretty well-rounded and easy to talk to, which made me feel better , but I am still nervous! There have been a fair amount of people in my family who have been greek, but I'm not a legacy to any of the sorrorities at Davis, and I thought about getting recs, but people said I don't really need them. I don't know anyone too well that's in a sorrority at Davis who can tell me about rush at Davis specifically, so I was hoping there would be someone here that either goes to Davis and can tell me about it, or that at least knows more than I do about Davis recruitment. So if anyone can tell me anything about how competitive it is there, what it's like for sophomores rushing, what rush is like in general, and if there's anything I should keep in mind that'd be great!!! thanks!!