Re-Rush or Give Up?

[33girl]

Three sororities with 50 people each is NOT a medium sized school. It is a small school. Not everyone who rushes at a small system like this will find a group they fit with. It's not like a chapter of 300 where just by law of averages, you will find SOMEONE in every chapter you can relate to.

That being said, "the biggest turnout ever" had ZERO to do with you getting cut. It's not like they decide the spring before "oh, for next fall's rush, only 30 girls can get bids." Bids given = number of girls rushing ÷ number of sororities. PERIOD. The only time that doesn't apply is when the school applies an arbitrary membership cap and that is very rare and not advocated by national panhellenic.

Go ahead and rush again and keep an open mind to all three groups. What did you mean by you could attend only one group's cob events? If it was a scheduling conflict, make sure you convey that to the two groups whose events you didn't attend.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Three sororities with 50 people each is NOT a medium sized school. It is a small school. Not everyone who rushes at a small system like this will find a group they fit with.

Not necessarily -- the University of Alabama Birmingham has around 18 thousand total enrollment -- around 11 thousand of those are undergrads.

Yet there are only 4 NPC chapters, which is a small number especially considering that the largest recruitment in the country is 45 minutes away.

I think it depends on the culture of the campus, though having only a few chapters among many students does make it more difficult to meet chapter actives.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

Not necessarily -- the University of Alabama Birmingham has around 18 thousand total enrollment -- around 11 thousand of those are undergrads.

Yet there are only 4 NPC chapters, which is a small number especially considering that the largest recruitment in the country is 45 minutes away.

I think it depends on the culture of the campus, though having only a few chapters among many students does make it more difficult to meet chapter actives.

But isn't chapter total at UAB way bigger than 50?

[LXA SE285]

^ It's 80 per irishpipes' list.

[storm0217]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Bids given = number of girls rushing ÷ number of sororities. PERIOD. The only time that doesn't apply is when the school applies an arbitrary membership cap and that is very rare and not advocated by national panhellenic.

Our sororities don't have houses and I think meeting placed vary. Usually they have 20 girls at formal recruitment but in Fall 2013 they had 100. They told us there were only a few spots available in each. I originally had been under the impression that there wasn't a limit until I was told about that. Now that you mention it I wonder why it s like that. My school is mainly a commuter school so the Greeks ARE campus involvement. They talk about making the system bigger but then they have limits as to what they can do.

And thanks everyone I'll definitely try then.... if it is even allowed at my school. I'm not sure if we're allowed to rush twice. I haven't been told of a cut once cut always rule but I was told that one sorority felt weird about putting a girl through twice though there was no rule on it.