Not accepting juniors??

That's very true, I am not in a hurry for it, I just thought it would be a great way to socialize and get out there. I jsut found out that the particular sorority only rushed girls who are sophomores and freshman, so I guess that she was being truthful when she said about not rushing upperclassmen. Anyways, thank for the reply's, I think that they made the blow not so harsh

[FSUZeta]

i am no expert on "free juniors" but as i understand it from speaking to others who have had experience with campuses that have "free juniors" there will be "X" amount of juniors that each sorority can take which would not count in the quota. for instance, quota is 38 and each sorority can take 2 free juniors, so they can end up with a new member class of 40. i have never heard of a campus where sororities could take as many juniors as they wished.

perhaps the chapters membership pyramid is out of proportion and that is why they were not able to offer bids to any juniors in the spring? there really could have been a legitimate reason, which we are not privy to.

[adpiucf]

I'd let it go. Re-rush during formal recruitment if there is an opportunity and get involved with activities at your university (you are bound to meet sorority women and new friends this way). Rejection is never pleasant, whether it has to do with a sorority, a boy, a job, etc., but at least they called you and gave you a seemingly legitimate reason, which is somewhat reassuring that it isn't a personal "defect," you know? Technically, you aren't supposed to know why you didn't get in, per 99.9999% of sororities' membership selection processes are known only to the membership, but at least they did call you, which some never do and leave you wondering what is happening! I wish you the best and hope you clear this hurdle. Be happy-- you deserve it!

[UGAalum94]

Ask someone in the Greek Life office if your school treats juniors differently during rush in terms of quota.

If they do, then the group may have been sincere about your rushing in the fall.

I'm going to try to explain something; other folks please correct me if I'm wrong.

In general, it's good for the overall numbers of the group to be evenly divided among the four classes. It's good to know that you won't ever lose a big section of your group to graduation at one time.

So, wanting folks to be involved for four years is part of why groups like freshmen, but making sure that the group doesn't end up with too many of its members in the class of '08 is part of it too.

If the group you were rushing is doing spring rush because they didn't bid to quota this year during fall rush AND fall rush is usually mostly or all freshmen, then for the sake of balancing the classes, ideally they'd want to pledge girls who will graduate in 2010 this spring to fill that class.

So, your being class of 2008 puts you at a disadvantage.
If your school count juniors in the regular quota, then you will still be at a disadvantage next fall.

But if juniors are free or count separately in fall rush, then offering you a bid doesn't take a freshmen slot. Being a junior wouldn't hurt your chances as much or at all in such a system.

Did I understand you correctly that all the groups do informal or is it just some of them?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Ask someone in the Greek Life office if your school treats juniors differently during rush in terms of quota.

This is GOOD ADVICE. Your Greek Life office should also have stats for how many juniors were offered bids in past years.

I agree about contacting the Greek Office at my school, only to know that I have sent them 2 e-mails and I haven't heard from them, and no one answers the phone. And to another question that someone asked, I am not sure if all 4 sororities had spring rush, I just know of the one I went to that they had it.

[UGAalum94]

I don't know your campus, but you might bettter luck going live in person. Email and the phone can be really easy to ignore, particularly when someone asks for information that they haven't actually prepared.

Just as an example, a while ago I sent an email to the office of Greek Life at my old school to ask what campus total was these days, and I never heard from them at all, and I was asking for a piece of information that they would have had readily on hand.

If you go in person, they may be more ready to help. My impression is that matching women to groups really makes them happy, and they'd want to give you helpful info. if they can.

very true, I might do that..