UVA/ VA-Tech re-rushing

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by girlygirl1

I went through recruitment spring of my freshman year at Virginia Tech. I very reluctantly accepted a bid to my second choice sorority -- I liked them and they are a very good but not "top" sorority. Besides all of that I just knew that I didn't really belong there so I decided to drop out on bid day. I waited my year, got to know girls in my first choice sorority, went through rush again (as a sophomore) and got a bid to my first choice and am as happy as I can be. When I went back through rush and went to parties at the sorority I dropped I really don't think they even remembered me (luckily). They were nice to me and even invited me back to philanthropy round but I dropped them then. I can't speak about rush at UVA -- I think it is much more competitive then here at Tech -- but I am very glad I followed my heart and did what was right for me.

what was different with your recruitment this time around, i.e., did you have recs. vs. no recs. the first time, did you get involved in other orgs. on campus, did your gpa improve, had you made a lot of friends in your #1 choice, such good friends that you hung out with #1 a lot? what do you think turned the tide in your favor the 2nd time around?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

what do you think turned the tide in your favor the 2nd time around?

The fact that it happened in the Imaginarium.

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by girlygirl1

I am for real...anyway. Several of us read this site all the time but we hardly see anything about Virginia schools, particularly Tech. So when I did, I wanted to comment because you all are telling this girl that she is wrong for not wanting to stay with a group where she does not feel totally at home. All I did was get to know girls I met through recruitment from my first choice sorority -- the one that I originally did not get a bid from. We became friends and the next year I went through I got a bid. I did not improve my grades, they have always been decent and I have never gotten recs -- they just aren't important at Tech and very few girls get them. I am involved with a few other groups on campus but it is nothing spectacular. I simply got to know people. And obviously no one held it against me that I dropped out the year before from the group I didn't feel totally at home with. Maybe my situation is totally a fluke but I am example that it is not impossible. And I hate that we are stuck here for another weekend in the snow!!

Coolio! And what Sorority has the pleasure of you as a member?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by girlygirl1

. . . I wanted to comment because you all are telling this girl that she is wrong for not wanting to stay with a group where she does not feel totally at home.

Many of us have a very hard time believeing that she could have a real clue whether or not she feels totally at home barely a day after getting her bid.

[CougarGrad]

Originally Posted by girlygirl1

you all are telling this girl that she is wrong for not wanting to stay with a group where she does not feel totally at home.

That's not actually what we're telling her. That's great that things worked out for you, though.