Advice for second time through

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I went through formal recruitment this past year and it didn't really work out in my favor. I thought I was a shoe in for XYZ, but I later found out that several girls had voted no for me based on rumors. I've worked my hardest over the past year to make my reputation pristine and better my chances of getting in this year.

Does anyone have any advice on how to have a successful second time around recruitment?

A senior on my track team told me her story about how freshman year she didn't get a bid anywhere, but as a sophomore joined a colonizing sorority. We're going to have a colonizing sorority here my junior year (which sorority is still TBD.) I'm scared that if I wait until junior year to try and be a colony member, I will get rejected from that too.