No bid, should I rush the same fraternity again, a different one, or at all?
I promise I'll try to keep this concise. My school only has 4 fraternities. We also do not have our official rush until the beginning of sophomore year. That said, there was a lot of informal recruitment second semester of last year, and throughout the entire process I felt like I really connected with one fraternity. Now because of this, when the second week of rush came, they all begin scheduling events at the same time, forcing us to narrow down our focus. Naturally, I chose the one I liked. At all the rush events, I felt like I really met a lot of the brothers and connected well. I made good friends with many. Then, halfway through the second week, I got a message from the rush chair saying that "they didn't feel like there would be a spot for me this semester" and that "on a more personal level, I'm really upset to have to do this, because it doesn't reflect my opinion, and this was by far the hardest thing I've had to do as rush chair"
Ok so my friend and current roommate DID get a bid to this fraternity. After conversations with both the rush chair and another brother, he told me that 1. There was a group of brothers that just plain felt they didn't know me well enough or at all. And 2. there was one brother in particular who felt I was "abrasive" towards him. I was pretty upset at myself for not getting to know more people, and for coming off as abrasive towards the one particular brother. I only recall one conversation with him, and it moved from discussing history (a common interest) to sports. At the time it seemed we got along fine.
Anyway, I know nobody on here can give me any specific insights as to what the results would be if I rushed again. But now, with the brothers I already know, as well as being friends with most of the current pledge class, would I stand a better chance rushing again? I know they did accept a few juniors in their PC this year, but I'm not sure whether they had rushed previously or not. And my other question is, if anyone thinks I still wouldn't get a bid the second time around, should I focus on rushing the other three fraternities, or would they be kind of opposed to that since I showed nearly no interest in them the first time around? (The only difference now being that I will know nearly all the new members in all four fraternities, since we have a rather small school, and a low percentage in Greek life- each PC was around 20-25)
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