The Long Sorority Recruitment Road

[Cookiez17]

Sadly, with how well I thought recruitment went, I did not receive a bid. I was upset and not thinking logically, but after lurking Greek Chat I learned:
1. Juniors being recruited is rare, especially since I was coming in with freshmen who would have 3 years of membership as an undergrad
2. If a sorority cuts you once or twice, they usually won't bid on you.

There were also a few things I noticed. For one, my school’s quota was extremely small, and with there being no cuts after any rounds, all the girls naturally gravitated towards the more popular houses, not only leaving the bigger houses with an overabundance of girls, which meant harsher cuts for bid day. The less popular houses would also stay rather small, as I remember one house only getting 2 new members.

But my adventure isn’t over yet…..

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by Cookiez17

There were also a few things I noticed. For one, my school’s quota was extremely small, and with there being no cuts after any rounds, all the girls naturally gravitated towards the more popular houses, not only leaving the bigger houses with an overabundance of girls, which meant harsher cuts for bid day. The less popular houses would also stay rather small, as I remember one house only getting 2 new members.

But my adventure isn’t over yet…..

THIS!!! This is exactly why RFM was put in place for NPC rush. I know that your university is almost entirely locals, so NPC rules and processes do not apply. This does not sound like a healthy sorority environment. Chapters will close and lovely girls will go without a Greek life experience. Very sad.

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by thetalady

THIS!!! This is exactly why RFM was put in place for NPC rush. I know that your university is almost entirely locals, so NPC rules and processes do not apply. This does not sound like a healthy sorority environment. Chapters will close and lovely girls will go without a Greek life experience. Very sad.

Yeah, there was a new greek advisor, so who knows if there will be an expansion or mergers in the next few years. I shall continue my story.





So in recruitment going wrong for me, I realized something deeper. I didn’t like my current school. While I’m not going to go through the reasons here, the failed recruitment was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I ended up transferring. The rest of the semester, I focused on my school work and applications. I ended up finding a school I loved (great program in my major, close to a major city, and close enough to home that I could go during a long weekend.) When I go there, I felt comfortable on campus. The first thing I did was go to the involvement fair. I was not thinking about sororities at the time due to my experience with recruitment and such. I did pass the sorority tables and one mentioned they were doing informal recruitment this semester.

I often remember people saying “oh you’ll know where you belong.” and my god I felt that even just meeting them at this super causal event. The girls were extremely friendly and their philanthropy was something I had experience with. So we’re gonna introduce a new Chinese Dish to our feast and talk about informal recruitment


Mapo Tofu