Rushing as a Sophomore After Being Cut as a Freshman

[Sciencewoman]

I'm going to reemphasize what I said about this fall. This advice is specific to your situation...a sophomore preparing for a second deferred recruitment. This is not the same as freshman, new-on-campus summer recruitment. Members already know you, or of you. I would really work on building rapport this fall...with deferred recruitment, that's much more important than what happens during recruitment week itself. Deferred Recruitment Week is like the icing on the cake...spend the fall baking the cake itself. Recruitment week conversations should not be your primary focus. Spend the fall demonstrating what a great sister you would be. With deferred recruitment, members have a lot more time to get to know PNMs and they will often have a good idea of who they'd like to have as sisters, before recruitmnet week.

[33girl]

It sounds like you also got a lot of rushers who were overly nervous about going into one of those B topics and kept dragging the conversation back to academics. If you're talking to people you know, it isn't going to be like that.

[1964Alum]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I'm going to reemphasize what I said about this fall. This advice is specific to your situation...a sophomore preparing for a second deferred recruitment. This is not the same as freshman, new-on-campus summer recruitment. Members already know you, or of you. I would really work on building rapport this fall...with deferred recruitment, that's much more important than what happens during recruitment week itself. Deferred Recruitment Week is like the icing on the cake...spend the fall baking the cake itself. Recruitment week conversations should not be your primary focus. Spend the fall demonstrating what a great sister you would be. With deferred recruitment, members have a lot more time to get to know PNMs and they will often have a good idea of who they'd like to have as sisters, before recruitmnet week.

Agreed! Our recruitment back in the Dark Ages was deferred for an entire year, giving both us as PNMs and the GLO actives time to get to know each other. By the time formal recruitment rolled around, a lot of the selection had informally taken place. Now is the time to build relationships and bolster your activities and GPA to show how you can contribute to a group. Be impeccable in your dress and off hours behavior at ALL times. And of course be certain that you have your recs in place!