Should I rush again next semester?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by bummedout93

So I'm a transfer student and wanted to rush this semester. My school is smaller and we only have 4 sororities and well the second day I only got invited back one of them...and then the next day nobody invited me back My gpa is a 2.5 so I knew there was a big risk but it thought it seemed like it went really well with all the girls that I talked to. My mom, aunts, grandmother and a lot of my cousins are all greek so this really means a lot to me. I'm like 99% positive that my gpa for this semester will be a 3.6 or higher....should I try to rush next semester or would that be lame and desperate? I also just turned 21 and I wasn't sure if that was a huge issue....Greek life isn't like a huge thing here, less than 5% of the students are greek and we don't even have houses. Any helpful info would be greatly appreciated

QFP

Originally Posted by bummedout93

Thanks for the advice guys! It's just a really shitty situation bc my gpa is so low, bc 2 months into my freshmen year my little sister who I was really close to passed away from leukemia. I had an extremely hard time coping, couldn't make it throughout a class without having to leave bc I would start bawling. Ended up failed every class and then got D's and C's the next semester....but the last 2 semesters and over the summer I've had B's and A's. I didn't want to bring any of that up bc I didn't want the girls to think that I was trying to make them feel sorry for me to get a bid.....it just sucks because I feel like that period in my life keeps coming back to get me even when I've made so much progress. A 2.5 def doesn't reflect me...I was an A/B student in highschool but since I was transfer they only looked at my transcript from my previous college

This is why you get recs. Alumnae can explain the situation.

Originally Posted by bummedout93

I really appreciate the information! I'm really confident that i will have high grades this semester. I also made friends with girls who now are in the sorority that was my top pick. Oddly, like 75% of the girls that I talked to during recruitment live in the same apartment complex as me, so hopefully I get to know them better! The weirdest thing about recruitment is the sorority that did ask me back is the one that has the highest gpa on campus 0_0

Sounds like they may have considered the risk since their GPA could absorb yours without dropping too much, but in the end it was too big of a risk.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

QFP


This is why you get recs. Alumnae can explain the situation.

This was my first thought. The academic withdrawal was my second.

Another day late, another dollar short.

[bummedout93]

How do I get recs if I don't know any alumnae from the chapters at my school?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by bummedout93

How do I get recs if I don't know any alumnae from the chapters at my school?

The alumnae just have to be from that sorority, not just your school's chapter.

[AZTheta]

Something that just occurred to me: you are currently in your junior year. So, taking a year to bump up that GPA is going to really add a "handicap" to your recruitment. It's relatively rare that a senior is extended a bid. I only know of one woman who received a bid as a senior, and it was from a colony.

So, I would pursue the additional option of "Official Withdrawal" based on circumstances at your previous college/university. That will help your current GPA, a lot. It may be a lengthy process so get moving on it. You're probably going to have to provide documentation and that takes time to obtain.

And I would keep an open mind to every chapter on your campus, not just your favorite ("pick") chapter. You don't have a lot of time. I wish you the best of luck.