Waste of time? or Good Idea?

[UGAalum94]

I know it's a little weird because you can't seem like you expect a bid, but perhaps if in response the invitation you contact someone to RSVP, in the course of the conversation you can express that you'll be rushing next fall and you'd love to know more about them.

Then, they know you are interested, but they also know don't plan to join this spring.

Maybe someone else would know this: if the group did want to give a bid this spring, would Greek Life catch the attempt to give a bid to a PNM who wasn't eligible or does is she responsible for making sure it doesn't happen?

Certainly, if asked, she has to say she's not eligible and explain why. But if no one asks directly and she knows that Greek Life would prevent a bid being extended, couldn't she just kind of avoid talking about why she is re-rushing in the fall?

ETA: I'm used to really big fall recruitments in which the average sorority member might not know where everyone ended up on bid day, so unless you were somebody's rush crush, you might be kind of anonymous.

Also, St3ph888, you may have to face up to the fact that often times re-rushes go worse than first rushes. Even if your situation weren't complicated by de-pledging, I don't know if recs would make that big a difference. I think most folks here feel that PNMs don't usually get cut for not having recs if the group wanted you otherwise, especially if you were released early in the process.

I have no idea when or why you got cut; I don't know you in real life, and I'm not trying to put you down. If you want to be Greek, then you will have to either go through formal again next fall and/or COB, so you don't really have any other options.

But I don't want you to get your feelings hurt and be surprised if the second time through formal isn't even harder than the first, and in the linked post, you mention that your first rush wasn't successful by your standards. Be prepared and be realistic so you don't put too much of yourself into a situation that you can't really control.