Rushing as a Junior

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by ~sunflower~

I am thinking about rushing as a junior and want to know if I have a chance at all.

I have been going to the same University since freshman year and am about to finish my sophomore year. I have wanted to rush and join a sorority since starting college. My freshman year, I was intimidated by the process and could get none of my friends to rush with me, so I decided not to go through with it. I regretted that decision almost immedietly. The entire year I kept wishing I had gone through rush and decided that I woudl rush my sophmore year.

I did rush this fall and went through the entire recruitment process. The problem was that the sorority that extended me a bid was the sorority I had placed at the bottom of my list after every day. I signed the bid and went to the meet and greet with the sorority. I was almost in tears I was so upset about the sorority that I had recieved the bid from and the very next day I informed them that I didi not want to go through the pledge season.

I still want to be in a sorority though and have gone through this entire year wishing that I had gotten a bid from any of the other sororites on campus.

I had heard that their was a glitch in the process last fall and that some girls did not get pledges from their first picks even when that sorority had also extended them bids, but I do not know if that is true or not.

I would really like to join a sorority next fall but wonder if I have a chance at all of recieving a bid considering it is my junior year and since I have already been through the rush process. According to Greek Life at my college if you accept a bid and later drop it you are banned from rushing for a year. This fall will be the end of that year so I would be eligable.

I have enjoyed college, but I have felt like it has been incomplete. I want that deep sisterhood friendship that sororities can bring and the sense of belonging.

Any advice or perspective on this would be most welcome! Thank you!

The sororities have already given you a chance and let you know where you fit. The chances of there being "a glitch" are 99.9999% improbable. That kind of rumor is usually the work of girls who didn't get the bid they wanted and ended up at a chapter "below" them.

Even at non-competitive schools, a re-rushing Junior who did previously receive a bid would have a very hard time. Unless something has dramatically changed for the better in the last year. If you decide to rush, make sure you are truly emotionally prepared to not receive any bid this time.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

The sororities have already given you a chance and let you know where you fit. The chances of there being "a glitch" are 99.9999% improbable. That kind of rumor is usually the work of girls who didn't get the bid they wanted and ended up at a chapter "below" them.

Even at non-competitive schools, a re-rushing Junior who did previously receive a bid would have a very hard time. Unless something has dramatically changed for the better in the last year. If you decide to rush, make sure you are truly emotionally prepared to not receive any bid this time.

I didn't go to a very competitive school, but I only ever met one girl who got a bid, depledged, re-rushed, and received another. She was best friends with SEVERAL women in the chapter that gave her a bid the 2nd time (like, she lived in an apt with 3 of them and 2 of them were her best friends from HS.) Any other woman who depledged and re-rushed went bidless.

I feel like it's one of those things where chapters have to know you in order to want to give you a 2nd chance when you already declined/depledged/whatever elsewhere.

PS. I find computer glitch stories to be hilarious. I once overheard a girl saying "I was thisclose to getting a bid to ABC, but something happened with the computer where it kicked off all the girls with names starting with M. So I ended up getting kicked off their list and getting a bid to XYZ instead." Riiight.