Rushing in Fall...I'd love advice

[adpiucf]

The Alumnae Panhellenic in your hometown may have good advice for you. I'm noticing more and more how active the hometown APs are here in helping rising freshmen!

I agree, you're going to have a tough time at recruitment due to the already competitive nature of LSU recruitment and your lower GPA. Don't let that stop you-- you are guaranteed to not get a bid by not going through at all!!! The best advice I can give you is to just go in, be yourself and do prepare yourself for some harsh cuts. Just know that its not personal-- it's just having to do with your grades. Keep this in mind and you'll be in a better emotional state.

Other campus activities are not a substitute for a sorority, but LSU is a large school with a lot going on. Whether or not you join a sorority, investigate opportunities with the campus organizations. You'll meet a lot of people this way and have a great time through these activities and leadership opportunities (IE: Student Senate, Homecoming, Dance Marathon, Newspaper, Circle K, pre-professional or honor society, etc.) Having this contingency plan in place may help get you through recruitment if the outcome is not what you'd hoped.

[AOIIBrandi]

The best advice I can give about recruitment conversation is keep it light. The parties are short and you don't have enough time to get into an in depth conversation so for the first few rounds most of them will be small talk anyway. You'll probably even get asked the same questions at every house.

Good Luck with recruitment, have fun, and keep an open mind.