Hi, I have been reading these posts from girls who go through recruitment and have stellar personal attributes/grades...and did not receive a bid for whatever reason (that is not their fault). I am not one of those girls. I go to a southern school which is VERY small (an average freshman class is about 500 people, and an average undergrad class is about 2,600) and that has a very small, but active Greek community (5 NPC, and 3 NPHC organizations). Anyway, last fall, as a freshmen (after taking summer classes, which I did not take seriously) I had a GPA of 2.0. During rush I became phony. In short I tried to be what I thought they wanted. In the entire process, myself and I believe one other girl did not get an invite from ANY sororities (despite knowing people, and having great convo's with some girls). A couple of weeks later I COB'ed with a sorority I was fairly interested in (looking back, I would ask, "oh so are you doing COB?" Irritating? I know), but I did not get a bid (I never asked her straight out, I merely said, "oh so who got in from the COB?"). The question is should I go through the process again? I thought it would be best to wait and raise my grades more, but I am not sure. As of now I have had two semesters where I have had a GPA of 3.0 or higher (current GPA is 2.57 (rounded up 2.6), while holding a 25-35 hour/week job (in Spring '05 I held two jobs), and mentoring a high school student. In my past I have interned with a prominent radio station in Alabama, been on Who's Who of American High School Students, been in my HS choir/band, been a member of a local church, and their choir, been in Yearbook, and member of Habitat for Humanity. My cumulative High school GPA was about 2.6 (with semesters that had awful grades partly due to a 6 year battle with depression, which even plagued me as recent as December of '04), and my ACT score was 24. Basically what I am trying to ask is this, I recognize I did all the wrong things, and went about the entire process wrong. But now I want to be in a sorority for the right reasons. The social life would be great, but I really want the relationships that last past college. Should I even try again? To be honest I am still embarrassed that I did not get a invite from any sororities last year. What should I do?
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Should I try again?
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