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Old 09-29-2009, 01:23 PM
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Formal/Informal Recruitment as Soph.?

I attend a Big 10 school and am interested in going through recruitment as a sophomore. We have deferred formal recruitment in January mainly for freshmen. Informal recruitment is held in March and September for those with at least 12 credit hours.

I currently have a 2.85 GPA and am a sophomore. I am a little confused on whether I should do informal recruitment now, or wait till Jan. to participate in formal with mainly freshmen even though I'm older. I did not participate in recruitment at all last year.

I can not attend the open house that is held before informal recruitment activities begin because it is during one of my classes. This makes me nervous that I might skip over a house that could have been perfect for me. However, I have read a lot about the different sororities and have narrowed my list down to 5 potential houses just to make it easier for me to participate in activities since there is a limited time to fit everything in before they select new members.

I really am just looking for opinions... my GPA is not that high, and this quarter I will be able to bring it up because freshman year was challenging for me but over the summer I got straight A's and have now figured out how to approach school in a way that I am successful. If I wait till formal recruitment, I might be able to get my GPA up to a 3.2 or so. Also, formal will give me a chance to look at ALL of the houses rather than just make my own opinions without even meeting any of the girls.

Would any of you advise me to go through informal now? Or do you think I should wait till formal? I'm also nervous about attending the informal activities without knowing anyone, since I can't go to the open house guided tours of all the houses. However, I'm also nervous that going through formal recruitment with all of the freshmen will make me less appealing to a sorority. Any information or advice is appreciated! Sorry this post is so long, just trying to share all my thoughts and information

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