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Depledging and rerushing: advice
I went through formal recruitment in Fall 2012 at a school that isn't a very competitive school. Most girls that go through get bids, and many go through as sophomores or even juniors.
The only houses I was cut from during recruitment were the ones that I really didn't click with anyway. I was very focused on one house throughout recruitment but once I got to pref night I felt slightly more connected with the other house I saw that night. When it was time for me to make my choice I was really confused and talked to a rho gam who I happened to be friends with. I didn't know it at the time but she was in one of the houses I prefed and sort of helped me decide on that house over the one I had really loved throughout the rest of recruitment.
I got a bid from the house and was really excited until I started to get to know the girls more. I hadn't talked to as many of them in recruitment so I barely knew anyone when I got in the house and I just really wasn't able to put in the time it deserved so I had trouble clicking with the girls when I couldn't be there as much. It didn't help that at the time I was having a lot of problems with choosing a major, I was working for the first time, and I started to have a lot of health issues. I was really afraid that I either made the wrong choice in sorority or going greek. In short I really feel like I tried to go greek too soon so I depledged a little bit before I was to be initiated.
Now that I am more settled in my school I really do want the opportunity to put the time and effort into greek life that I just couldn't give my freshman year. I really want to go through fall recruitment again and I have been encouraged by friends of mine in greek life. I don't know how I should broach this topic during recruitment because I still see some of the girls that talked to me during recruitment so I know a few will remember me. I don't want to sound like I dropped my house because I wanted a "top house" because that wasn't the reason. I was just overwhelmed with the whole being a freshman thing, but I don't know how to put that in a positive way.
Thanks for any help in advance, and I'm sorry my post was so long.
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