A Recruitment Reality Check

#1 01-30-2008, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AlterEgo

My southern school has 8 chapters. The first day you go to all 8, then max 5, max 3, and max 2. I was a legacy, and though that doesn't mean too much, I wasn't invited back past the second day. Therefore, future recruitment goers- do not rely on being a legacy, it doesn't mean you get a bid. As far as grades, even if you have the required 2.5 or 2.75 or whatever it may be, it does matter how high/low it is.

During my preference day, I had two houses. One I absolutely had grown to adore. I walked in and the gal that picked me up was the same I had talked to the day before. She told me how she was so excited to have had seen my name on the list for today, how she thought I was the epitome of an ABC and how she could not wait to be sisters, we were so alike. I felt very good leaving, and ended up feeling very lead on.

How was it that you got to Preference after not being invited back pas the second day?

SWTXBelle · #2 01-30-2008, 10:45 PM

I think she meant she wasn't invited to her legacy house past the second day.

Xylochick216 · #3 01-30-2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW

How was it that you got to Preference after not being invited back pas the second day?

I was about to ask the same thing.

Also, just because you have the minimum CAMPUS GPA doesn't mean you have the minimum for each sorority.

You can analyze your experience to death and try to figure out what went wrong. You may never know.

GC200823 · #4 01-30-2008, 10:46 PM

Maybe she was saying for the house she was a legacy for, she wasn't invited back the second day yet continued to go through recruitment and went to pref for 2 houses?

#5 01-30-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I think she meant she wasn't invited to her legacy house past the second day.

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Originally Posted by GC200823

Maybe she was saying for the house she was a legacy for, she wasn't invited back the second day yet continued to go through recruitment and went to pref for 2 houses?

Thanks for the clarification!

I have a tendency to read entire posts, but for some reason I tend to overlook a sentence or two!

GC200823 · #6 01-30-2008, 10:49 PM

No problem, I do the same too, I'll read something and I'll need to re-read it to get the details down.

UGAalum94 · #7 01-30-2008, 10:53 PM

To add to the advice and warning, PNMs should keep in mind that the girls from the group are rushing you, wanting to make you want the group. Short of actually promising a bid, which would be a recruitment violation, their job is to make you see yourself in the group and want the group.

If they are good rushers, you're going to believe that they want you. They aren't going to seem disinterested having you are a member, even if they intend to cut you.

Additionally, no one member can really make it for you, really. But if you make it to prefs, the group probably really does want you.

KSUViolet06 · #8 01-30-2008, 11:05 PM

Honestly, thanks for sharing. Your story shows alot of the most important things we TRY to tell PNMs:

*Being a legacy doesn't guarantee you a bid to your legacy chapter.

*Having the minimum GPA to participate in recruitment isn't always going to get you very far, since that GPA is often lower than the individual sorority GPA requirements.

*At the end of the day, there just aren't any guarantees with recruitment in general. You could have good conversations with girls everyday, you could look very put together every day, and you could follow every piece of advice you get. Sometimes (for whatever reasons), girls just don't get invited to join a chapter. Is it painful for PNMs? I'm sure it is, but every sorority has their reasons and is entitled to make those decisions.