Re-Rushing as a Sophomore

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

If you have a chapter that you end up preffing that you absolutely hate, and know you would not accept a bid, DO NOT LIST THEM ON YOUR PREF/BID card. If your Rho Chi tries to tell you that you have to, she is misinformed.

The reason women are told that is that some of the computer systems kick out people who suicide or don't put the max amount of sororities on their card and they end up not getting bids. My solution to that - if there are prefs you went to that you don't want to be in - is put on the sorority that cut you after first round that you have not a snowball's chance in hell to get a bid from. That way your card is full and the program won't kick you out.

Oh, and if the Rho Chi tells you you can't do this, tell her you can list whatever you want. Because you can.

[UCLArusher]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The reason women are told that is that some of the computer systems kick out people who suicide or don't put the max amount of sororities on their card and they end up not getting bids. My solution to that - if there are prefs you went to that you don't want to be in - is put on the sorority that cut you after first round that you have not a snowball's chance in hell to get a bid from. That way your card is full and the program won't kick you out.

Oh, and if the Rho Chi tells you you can't do this, tell her you can list whatever you want. Because you can.

genius! i'll remember that. b/c yeah, that was the exact reason i even listed the one i hated... i had to!

[SoCalGirl]

I don't try to scare off newbies so please don't think I'm trying to be mean but I must pick the nit!

Rushees are rushed by Rushers. You would be a Rushee. Not a Rusher. Unless you're actually in a chapter and on the other side of rush.

I feel better now.

[UCLArusher]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

I don't try to scare off newbies so please don't think I'm trying to be mean but I must pick the nit!

Rushees are rushed by Rushers. You would be a Rushee. Not a Rusher. Unless you're actually in a chapter and on the other side of rush.

I feel better now.

oops haha, guess that shows how lost i am in this whole thing

[bejazd]

Okay, UCLARusher, so you made a mistake when you listed a sorority that you didn't actually intend to accept a bid from. Is it a mortal mistake? No. I'm just saying that you know that refusing a bid could potentially bother some people who are evaluating your potential as a sister...because they are considering you vs a ton of other women and considering if they offer you an invitation, will you accept it? But you already knew that, which is why you asked the question in the first place, right?

You are going to meet a lot of different women this year as anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 of the chapter membes will have just joined in the last year themselves (another great reason to give all the chapters a fresh look!) And now that you've been on campus awhile you probably know women in all the houses. I'm just saying that it might be to your benefit to be prepared to say something to the effect of "I was overwhelmed before, and now I've spent a year thinking about what sorority membership means to me, and what I have to offer, and what I'm looking for...and now I know that I'm truly ready to make decisions I wasn't ready to make before" or something like that. But it's gotta be sincere, so if you don't mean it, don't say it.

I hope that helps! Go Bruins!