Going throught recruitment as a sophmore.

[AChiOhSnap]

Originally Posted by abercrombirgirl

Hi, so i am new to this site and it has been very very helpful in answering almost all of the questions i have about recruitment, there are just a couple that i am still confused about and would love if some of you could help answer. I go to a large school that has a very large greek population and we started recruitment a couple weeks ago and i absolutley loved the first round. I was just curious as to if any of you knew if going through recruitment as a shophmore was harder than going through as a freshman because i have heard that most houses only want a much smaller number of sophmores than they do freshman. I was wondering if one this is true and if two, i'm not sure if you can answer this but why it is this way. Also prior to the end of this semester my gpa is a 2.9 but i am going to have a 3.4 for this semester so this will bring my cummulative to a solid 3.0, is this an acceptable gpa to be successful going through recruitment as a sophmore? and lastly i know this question is asked a lot but are recs crucial to being successful throughout the recruitment process, and if so can i have them sent in now even though the first recuritment party has started? I know that i have a lot of questions, and i would greatly appreciate any answers that anyone can post. thank you soooo much for your help, i hope to hear from you all soon!

Hi, welcome to GC. I did my best to pick through your post, it was a bit confusing to be honest with you, but I think I can address everything you asked.

The answers to all of your questions depend on your school. All recruitments are SO different. It's actually pretty obvious where you go to school, but you can keep it a secret if you want. Whatever you feel comfortable with. Maybe someone who knows what recruitment is like at your school will PM you with specifics.

So the answers to your first and your last question are totally dependent on the school you go to and the policies of the individual chapters. Nobody can give you any better advice without knowing where you go to school, except to say that a rec letter never hurt anyone and that there's no harm in obtaining them if you can.

In terms of WHY sophomores are sometimes cut heavily...well, my best guess is that some chapters really prefer to have new member classes filled with freshmen women who will be paying dues for the full 4 years. If a TON of women go through recruitment and are fiercely competing for spots in new member classes, certain chapters might give preference to freshmen for economic reasons. That's my best guess, at least.

Regarding your second question: a 3.0 isn't fabulous but it probably won't get you automatically cut from houses due to their chapter policies....but that's not to say that your GPA won't matter, especially in a competitive recruitment. There's nothing you can really do about it now, so even if your GPA will work against you in some circumstances, don't worry about it. Just go through the rest of recruitment and have fun. Good luck, and start a recruitment thread if you want!