Cut from legacy chapter, and almost every other chapter after first round

[AnchorAlumna]

My daughter was also released during recruitment. Her legacy sorority was no longer on campus....there were such outrageous lies told at that time bout it that I often wonder if she was let go because of that.
BUT - I will never know. Nobody will tell me, even if they could.
That one and done rule - I dunno, I often see it ignored.

Best bet is to get active on campus in other orgs, make tons of friends, study hard and get good grades. COB is a possibility - that's how I pledged although I did not go through formal recruitment. And that's how my daughter pledged - and to the sorority of her initial choice.

[AOIILisa]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

My daughter was also released during recruitment. Her legacy sorority was no longer on campus....there were such outrageous lies told at that time bout it that I often wonder if she was let go because of that.
BUT - I will never know. Nobody will tell me, even if they could.
That one and done rule - I dunno, I often see it ignored.

Best bet is to get active on campus in other orgs, make tons of friends, study hard and get good grades. COB is a possibility - that's how I pledged although I did not go through formal recruitment. And that's how my daughter pledged - and to the sorority of her initial choice.

I never went through formal recruitment either, but I ended up living on a dorm floor with a lot of Chi Omegas and AOIIs and ended up informally visiting both groups and getting a bid that way.

As a finance adviser to two chapters, I can tell you that sometimes spots open up in a chapter for one reason or another, especially after fall semester with seniors graduating early or taking early alum status due to internships and getting to know active sisters can be a good way to nab one of those spots.

[jenidallas]

Also with NPC encouraging chapters to reset total every year to median chapter size right after (72 hours) formal recruitment, that now means on many campuses up to half of the chapter may need to COB to hit total. (This obviously depends on how tightly they were clustered in chapter size at that point, but it's a positive move for this purpose.)