3rd time's the charm?

[White_Chocolate]

wow, i know the pressure
i went through rush at a university
and totally knew i was the wrong skin color to get a bid
but i knew that i was totally a sorority girl
because i would always end up be mistaken for a sorority chick at parties
anyway, i switched schools and one of my guy friends decided to rush
and he begged me to do it
i kept saying no until i finally decided to go ahead and do it

i don't exactly fit my sorority
but they are all so different
that somehow i manage to fit in with them

[GPhiBLtColonel]

...go for it!!! Be the confident and cheerful and classy woman we have come to know on GC. Third time is a charm! Just one suggestion -- Try to get good strong recs for all the sororities at Truman now -- that will help.
Keep us posted!

[LeslieAGD]

Originally posted by ToBeSororityGrl
I guess my real question is, at all the rush, informal or what not how many of you have seen girls who had been there before? Did you look down upon them? I know that seems harsh to say, but I mean did you feel bad for them or something? OR did you think to yourself, wow that's a girl with courage and dedication to try again?

Through the years as a collegian, I definitely saw repeat PNMs at rush (both structured and COB). The reaction depend on the girl. There are some that I couldn't believe were back and others that I thought "how has this girl not been pick up by another group yet?!?" One instance in particular, there was a girl who went throught Structured Recruitment and didn't get a bid. She then came to our COB and was not offered a bid, but she kept coming back. She was, at the time, a very quiet girl and it was extremely difficult to pull conversation out of her, which turned a lot of people off. But, she swayed us with her determination and, once bid and initiated, she became a very active member...one who was always willing to do something for a sister.

[sigmagrrl]

I'm also a "third time's the charm" member. I went to one sorority's informal recruitment the end of my freshman year, and was cut the first round. I was trying WAY too hard and in retrospect, was NOT a good fit. I went to another sorority's informal rrecruitment in the fall of my sophomore year. I REALLY thought I was a shoe-in, but it was not to be. I went thru Formal recruitment, and found my chapter....but I should say they found me. My roommate in freshman year pledged my chapter and I would NOT have ever thought of joining when she was going thru. I knew someone else who was pledging and my chapter was NOT my first choice at all. But they fell in love with me during recruitment and I ended up loving them.... We all find the place for us eventually, even if it takes a long time. I wouldn't have had it any other way...