Cutting

AChiOhSnap · #1 07-20-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by RedRover

I have enjoyed reading the various recruitment stories, but I have one question.

I have read about fraternities and sororities eliminating or "cutting" rushees through the various rounds. I am curious if any forum members know of a case where rushee was cut from all the fraternities or sororities during the first round of rush.

I ask the question because, from what I have read in the various postings, a rushee might only have less than 30 minutes to make positive impression on the members of a particular house. I have wonder if some 18 or 19 year olds have enough social skills to make a positive impression on a group of strangers, givien the various limitations of time, logistics, etc.

Just wonderin'

The short answer is yes, but you really had to screw up, at least on my campus, to be dropped from recruitment right away.

We had a girl come through rush who was cut by every chapter after the first night. She was a nice enough girl as a person....but she had made some incredibly poor choices during freshman week which led to a really gross situation. Needless to say, her reputation was trashed, and no chapter wanted to associate her kind of behavior with their group. She was the only PNM released after the first round that year.

There always seemed to be at least one woman cut by all groups after the first round. Normally these weren't due to reputation issues (honestly, you had to have a LEGENDARY rep like the aforementioned PNM) but due to bizzare behavior. Looking back, those bizzare PNMs probably had a personality disorder of some sort -- you had to have been really, really weird to be cut by all chapters on my campus after 1st round -- but the absolute lack of social skills, even by an 18 year old's standards, probably did them in. Think about a PNM in all seriousness saying really sexual, creepy, or violent things. That would be the kind of woman to get cut after the first round.

FuzzieAlum · #2 07-20-2007, 03:23 PM

Aside from grades, it took something spectacular to get cut from everywhere in the first set of cuts at my school. I can only think of one girl, who (since we had deferred) everyone probably knew was, um, odd even before rush. But bringing her twin sister (who did not go to our institution) with her to all the parties was apparently the dealbreaker.

adrie435 · #3 07-20-2007, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by FuzzieAlum

Aside from grades, it took something spectacular to get cut from everywhere in the first set of cuts at my school. I can only think of one girl, who (since we had deferred) everyone probably knew was, um, odd even before rush. But bringing her twin sister (who did not go to our institution) with her to all the parties was apparently the dealbreaker.

Maybe that's the end to Recruitment's retro story!

Sorry, I couldn't resist!!!

thetaprincess · #4 07-20-2007, 06:28 PM

I want more retro recruitment

ThetaPrincess24 · #5 07-20-2007, 06:39 PM

I would guess if someone was cut from every chapter after the open house round of recruitment it's most likely an issue with grades. Most chapters wont take grade risks so if a PNM's GPA is below that chapter's minimum requirement and/or below the NPC grade requirement for that campus (if there is one) then you can expect automatic cuts from each house.

DeltaBetaBaby · #6 07-21-2007, 10:10 AM

I have seen normal women get dropped from all chapters after second or third round, but never after the first. In our rush, there were about 1200 PNM's. Usually this would happen to about 10 of them. Sometimes chapters would find this out and invite them back to later rounds, sometimes the GL office would encourage chapters to consider them for snap bids, sometimes they would COB.

dgdramadawg · #7 07-21-2007, 01:56 PM

I knew a girl who was cut by all but one house after round one. She was an on campus legacy to this house (her sister was a current member in the chapter). I think the assumption of the other chapters must have been that she would pledge her sister's house; she did, but ended up depledging because it wasn't the right choice for her.

That's the closest story I've heard to being cut by everyone after round one. I have known girls who were cut by every house at UGA or Auburn, but this was not until after rounds two and three. It can happen that a girl is cut by everyone after round one, but I can't imagine that it happens much...