Rushing as a sophomore transfer

[winnie_tuck]

The freshman/sophomore debate is the same as the fall to spring recruitment argument. What does it matter your age if you're a good student and make friends with the girls? It's really sad when I hear about sororities that won't do spring recruitment, why should reaching "quota" be enough? I believe it's a lie personally because there is this stigma about spring being easy. Yes, fewer girls but they still do the same things as new members. Also, if you don't like them initially why would they be so great in the Spring? That is just another comment I've heard, "try for a bid in the Spring" again like the Spring is the free pass. The 5 or 10 Spring girls become your sister yet there is always the animosity. It really is my pet peeve on things like this. I'm an advocate for deferred rush as it allows you to get to know the person better and possible cuts down the crazy level. As for guys, I think we could all agree Spring rush would be so much better because it leaves the guys who aren't binge drinking or falling the 1st semester.

[carnation]

What animosity?

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by winnie_tuck

The freshman/sophomore debate is the same as the fall to spring recruitment argument. What does it matter your age if you're a good student and make friends with the girls? It's really sad when I hear about sororities that won't do spring recruitment, why should reaching "quota" be enough? I believe it's a lie personally because there is this stigma about spring being easy. Yes, fewer girls but they still do the same things as new members. Also, if you don't like them initially why would they be so great in the Spring? That is just another comment I've heard, "try for a bid in the Spring" again like the Spring is the free pass. The 5 or 10 Spring girls become your sister yet there is always the animosity. It really is my pet peeve on things like this. I'm an advocate for deferred rush as it allows you to get to know the person better and possible cuts down the crazy level. As for guys, I think we could all agree Spring rush would be so much better because it leaves the guys who aren't binge drinking or falling the 1st semester.

WT - that is not really what the OP was asking about. I have friend that went to Shippensburg, and they have a very relaxed recruitment. It was very much like what informal rush is at other schools.

If you make quota - you can't do Spring Recruitment unless you are under total. Even if they are under total, some chapters will not do a spring class for just three or four girls, because it takes a lot of work to put together a new member period and hold initiation.

[33girl]

The last three posts are POINTLESS to the OP's situation. Obviously the people blabbing (which is not carnation lol) have no idea about the school or the style of rush. She came here to get answers and reassurance, which she has gotten from PEOPLE ACTUALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SCHOOL. So if you want to get into a big deferred vs. prefreshman rush debate, put it somewhere else and don't clog up her thread or worse yet, make her worry about something that has nothing to do with what will actually be happening to her. KTHXBYE.