Do I have a chance?

[Old_Row]

Originally Posted by greeneyedgal

This fall I will be a sophomore transfer student to an SEC school and I will be going through recruitment to join a sorority. I am super excited for this, but at my new school I know that recruitment is super competitive, but I'm a northerner and don't know any girls who are in sororities down there, and I'm not a legacy to any of the houses. I just made the recommended GPA, but when signing up for recruitment I was able to list all my volunteer work and extracurricular activities from both high school and my freshman year at my old school, which was a good sized list with a couple of leadership roles. I also have found recommendations for all but one of the sororities on campus, two for a couple of them.

I know that no one can tell me if I will or will not receive a bid from a sorority, but I was wondering if any women might be able to tell me if I have a chance this fall even though I'm a northerner who knows no one, and who is an upperclassmen.

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

You are not shut out of the bidding process because you are a Northerner.

It's that just made the recommended GPA and sophomore status that will get you.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by Old_Row

It's that just made the recommended GPA and sophomore status that will get you.

Those ^^^ things could indeed trump all the other good things about you. Still you will never know unless you try, and you must make some effort at preparation, including developing a way to present yourself quickly at those first parties. It needs to positive and memorable. You expect to be rushed, well rush right back. Sparkle and wear your inner tiara! Learn the questions you can expect to be asked (whole thread here on that.)

When visiting Paris, I just enter every interaction with Parisians as if I do not expect them to be anything other than professional and pleasant. I am calm, serene, and not nervous or negatively anticipating. After my first week there ever, only two people had been rude, one was a Pakistani Taxi Drive who thought women were vermin, and the other was obviously an impoverished aristocrat.

Go into this recruitment without expecting rainbows and unicorns, but also without expecting rejection and dismissal. If you go looking to make new acquaintances, new friends, and possibly become a sister, I think you'll strike the right note. And mind your manners. Good manners go a long way to help create a great first impression.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by MaryPoppins

Those ^^^ things could indeed trump all the other good things about you. Still you will never know unless you try, and you must make some effort at preparation, including developing a way to present yourself quickly at those first parties. It needs to positive and memorable. You expect to be rushed, well rush right back. Sparkle and wear your inner tiara! Learn the questions you can expect to be asked (whole thread here on that.)

When visiting Paris, I just enter every interaction with Parisians as if I do not expect them to be anything other than professional and pleasant. I am calm, serene, and not nervous or negatively anticipating. After my first week there ever, only two people had been rude, one was a Pakistani Taxi Drive who thought women were vermin, and the other was obviously an impoverished aristocrat.

Go into this recruitment without expecting rainbows and unicorns, but also without expecting rejection and dismissal. If you go looking to make new acquaintances, new friends, and possibly become a sister, I think you'll strike the right note. And mind your manners. Good manners go a long way to help create a great first impression.

This is fabulous advice.