Once cut/Always Cut

[33girl]

No sorority has a national policy stating "once cut, always cut."

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Originally Posted by 33girl

No sorority has a national policy stating "once cut, always cut."

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unfortunately...

[33girl]

Originally Posted by jessicaelaine

unfortunately...

Are you saying you think there should be such a policy nationally? That would be foolish, especially at schools where Greek life is smaller.

[OleMissGlitter]

I think it just depends on the school and the sorority. I have a good friend who was released from everyone at Ole Miss her freshman year but went through her sophomore year and had a much better experience, and she did end up pledging a sorority. I think if you have proved yourself in college your first year and you have been involved with organizations on campus you might have a good chance. But just remember that your school, like other SEC schools, is very competitive so don't assume you'll get your first pick. However, it doesn't hurt to try again.

[FSUZeta]

you have proven that you can cut it as a college student by establishing a good gpa. hopefully you have joined a campus club or organization, done a little volunteer work and are working on gathering recommendations to all the chapters on your campus.

you can let any friends in the campus sororities know that you will be going thru rush in the fall and let them know that you would appreciate them putting in a good word for you. don't worry about that silly "once cut, always cut" rumor, and come fall, just put on your game face and do your best, keeping an open mind and enjoying the whole process.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by jessicaelaine

ok. no. i was just saying that in reaction to one situation at my school where a girl rushed about 3 million times even though she kept getting rejected. Now every time she gets the chance she talks about how she "got the door slammed in her face 4 times" by us. She got the pity vote.

I'm confused. So you denied her a bid 4 times THEN she was given a bid out of pity?

[33girl]

There was another group on our campus where a girl was a fraternity little sister with a bunch of the other girls in the group, and it STILL took her 3 times rushing to get in. I'm guessing they told her something like "you know we want you, but we have a chance to get big campus heroine and if we don't snap her up now someone else will. You know we love you though!! It'll be your time soon!!" I didn't like her either, but I think I would have told them to go @#$% in their hat at that point.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by jessicaelaine

unfortunately...

It would be ridiculous to have that policy without examining the reasons for why a PNM was cut. If a PNM was cut for a reason that would warrant being cut again, like she doesn't get along with a sister, bad reputation, etc., then she would be cut for the same reason, not because "once cut, always cut." PNMs can be cut for stupid, stupid reasons, especially at competitive chapters. A PNM may have had poor grades, but maybe her grades from her first year are awesome, or maybe there was nothing WRONG with a PNM, she just didn't make much of an impression on a chapter the first time, and now she has lots of friends in the chapter that would love to have her as a sister.

I've never heard of a chapter with which I am familiar having this policy. If any chapters claim to have this policy, it's more likely that they will absolutely refuse to take anyone other than a first semester freshman (meaning that a PNM would be cut the second time for being a sophomroe), rather than them having a "once cut, always cut" policy.