Should I bother trying?

[superstars333]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

For the record I'm one of the most positive people on this site, so please do not take anything I say in the wrong manner. I'm not trrying to be mean, I just like for girls going through recruitment to get honest advice as opposed to someone telling you just what you want to hear:

*It would be beneficial to you to be open-minded about every sorority you visit during the recruitment process. Look around and read some of the recruitment story threads here. You can see that often, girls go into it with a "favorite" only to have that change after a few rounds.

*Recruitment is mutual selection process, which means that as you are checking out the sororities and thinking about which ones you're interested in, the sororities are also looking for members that they think will best fit them. As such, there are cuts made every round as recruitment goes on. There's a chance that the "favorite" may choose not to invite you back at some point. That's why it is best to be open minded about all of them, that way, you have others that you're interested in, in the event that that should happen.

*The selection process of each sorority is private of course, but there is alot that goes into deciding who gets invited back. It is more than just GPA, so just because you have the GPA for a certain chapter, does not = an automatic invite to the next round.

*Grade exceptions are extremely rare. A sorority with a 3.0 GPA requirement is not likely to invite back someone below that, unless they are truly stellar in other areas (campus involvement, community service, etc). Furthermore, that decision is often not even up to the chapter, as depending on the sorority, the decision to invite back someone below the GPA requirement may rest with their advisors or some other authority figure.

*Friends in a sorority also do not neccessarily increase your chances of getting a bid there.

*If you can, get recs for EVERY sorority--especially since you said your school is a "competitive one" in the south. At some schools, you will be cut very heavily the first day if you don't have them, and you want to maximize your options.

*Only you can determine whether you "should bother." You will never know if you'll receive a bid unless you go through recruitment.

Some more advice, check out our general advice thread. it's long but it has aton of good info in it:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=54403

Best of luck to you withyour decision!

Don't worry, I'm going in with an open mind. Thanks for the clarification.


And to MTSUGURL, saying "ok there" and "I hope you guys realize" still doesn't prove I have a less than delightful demeanor so don't read the wrong emotion into what I write . And to the person above, I dropped that statement already. My GPA is a 2.77 now unfortunately, but its not too far. And if i wanted to really try, I could get it to a 3...