Rushing as a Junior at UT Austin

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Originally Posted by UTforever

I know this topic has been done a lot, but my story is a tad different. I went through recruitment at UT with a good GPA, recs, and knowing people in sororities. My only setback was being a transfer student and I was rushing as a sophomore. Rush was great until I all of a sudden had one house left for pref night that was NOT a favorite at all...but with wanting to be in greek life I decided to accept it. Its about been over a week since bid day and with not connecting to anyone at all, I decided to drop.

My question is, do I have literally NO chance of getting another bid if I rush next fall as a junior and I had accepted a bid last year? Even if I know a lotttt of people in sororities that are pulling for me and I have a good GPA and I get involved in other activities on campus?

If anyone has advice or in stores, PLEASE do share!
Thanks!

We don't have a crystal ball that will tell us if you'll get one or not.

However, I'm going to be very honest.

With competitive recruitment, results do not tend to be BETTER for repeat PNMs.

What I mean by this is that if you had one invite as a sophomore, it is highly unlikely that you're going to go through again one year older and suddenly have a full schedule of the most desirable chapters on campus.

Or a lot of times, there are certain chapters a PNM wanted and didn't get. They think that it will be better next time and that these chapters will appear on their invite lists, not realizing that the chapters they want (and who cut them last year) are likely not in the least bit interested in a 2x rushing junior.

You also have to look at the fact that every PNM in Austin has a good GPA, knows people in chapters, etc. Relationships are pretty important, but you'd have to know someone really well (and be Miss America who cured cancer) to be considered as a junior in some chapters.

Also consider that if having friends in chapters didn't help you as a sophomore, it may not do you much good as a re-rushing junior.

All of that said, if you can handle the fact that going through a second time does not always mean a more favorable result (and would be ok with only getting a handful of invites, likely to the same groups you were invited back to last year), by all means please try again.

Good luck.