Cutting

FuzzieAlum · #1 07-20-2007, 03:23 PM

Aside from grades, it took something spectacular to get cut from everywhere in the first set of cuts at my school. I can only think of one girl, who (since we had deferred) everyone probably knew was, um, odd even before rush. But bringing her twin sister (who did not go to our institution) with her to all the parties was apparently the dealbreaker.

adrie435 · #2 07-20-2007, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by FuzzieAlum

Aside from grades, it took something spectacular to get cut from everywhere in the first set of cuts at my school. I can only think of one girl, who (since we had deferred) everyone probably knew was, um, odd even before rush. But bringing her twin sister (who did not go to our institution) with her to all the parties was apparently the dealbreaker.

Maybe that's the end to Recruitment's retro story!

Sorry, I couldn't resist!!!

thetaprincess · #3 07-20-2007, 06:28 PM

I want more retro recruitment

ThetaPrincess24 · #4 07-20-2007, 06:39 PM

I would guess if someone was cut from every chapter after the open house round of recruitment it's most likely an issue with grades. Most chapters wont take grade risks so if a PNM's GPA is below that chapter's minimum requirement and/or below the NPC grade requirement for that campus (if there is one) then you can expect automatic cuts from each house.

DeltaBetaBaby · #5 07-21-2007, 10:10 AM

I have seen normal women get dropped from all chapters after second or third round, but never after the first. In our rush, there were about 1200 PNM's. Usually this would happen to about 10 of them. Sometimes chapters would find this out and invite them back to later rounds, sometimes the GL office would encourage chapters to consider them for snap bids, sometimes they would COB.

dgdramadawg · #6 07-21-2007, 01:56 PM

I knew a girl who was cut by all but one house after round one. She was an on campus legacy to this house (her sister was a current member in the chapter). I think the assumption of the other chapters must have been that she would pledge her sister's house; she did, but ended up depledging because it wasn't the right choice for her.

That's the closest story I've heard to being cut by everyone after round one. I have known girls who were cut by every house at UGA or Auburn, but this was not until after rounds two and three. It can happen that a girl is cut by everyone after round one, but I can't imagine that it happens much...

honeychile · #7 07-21-2007, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dgdramadawg

I knew a girl who was cut by all but one house after round one. She was an on campus legacy to this house (her sister was a current member in the chapter). I think the assumption of the other chapters must have been that she would pledge her sister's house; she did, but ended up depledging because it wasn't the right choice for her.

This isn't the first time I've heard of this happening. What's sad is, there was probably a chapter where the sister WOULD have fit in, but because of a possible defeatist attitude, she never got a real chance.

It should serve as a lesson to those chapters who would cut legacies to other houses without giving them a shot. In my chapter, one sister had two in-house sisters in another sorority, but still went ADPi. Two others had sisters who had just graduated from another chapter, and at least two of us decided not to pledge our legacy chapters. That's five woman right there who wouldn't have gotten a second chance on another campus!

IndieGirl · #8 08-04-2007, 10:01 AM

I was at a big southern college where Greek organizations dominated the campus. Rush was hell. (It was 1992, when it was still called Rush) I was a stellar student, involved in lots of other extra cirricular activities and had recs to all eleven houses. I even had a rec from the National President (family friend) of one very southern very big house and was cut by ALL houses after the second round of parties. It was devastating to me.

Rush was the week before the semester started so I knew no one on campus and felt very alone during the process. We were basically on lock down in the dorm and the only thing I did was eat, sleep and breathe sorority. We had no telephone privileges and college students didn't have cell phones back then. I wish I would have had family and friends to talk to during the process.

The worst was the sorority dorm was right next to my Freshman dorm and I had to hear all the chanting, running and screaming when all the other girls got bids and got to run to their new sorority.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Be sure that you pick a school for other things other than a sorority.

I will say that I was overweight and definitely wasn't rail thin. Maybe things have changed but 15 years ago it was VERY cut throat. It didn't matter how great my grades and activities were, it only mattered that I wasn't a size 2/4.