Didn't get a bid, planning on rushing again

[BlueArrow2049]

Hi guys, this is my first post and thanks to everyone that responds to this

I'm a transfer student and this fall, I hit the ground running in terms of getting involved. Before school began, I emailed 5 of the fraternity rush chairs at my school and asked them for more info about their fraternities. Before rush week, I tried to meet the brothers from their houses at parties or on-campus events just to figure out what group I'd fit in.

At my school, the greek system is pretty small, as the school is relatively new (less then 50 years), so getting a feel for the different fraternities was definitely not an issue.

Anyway, rush week came and I decided to just rush one fraternity that I really wanted to get to know better since I clicked with the guys instantly before rush week.

However, bid night came and I didn't get a bid. When I talked to a brother about why I didn't get a bid, he had told me that I was one of the ones on the line and that a lot of brothers felt like they hadn't gotten to know me, or thought I came off as overeager, lacked confidence or gave answers that I thought they wanted to hear to their questions (though I felt that my answers were pretty honest).

Needless to say, the guys still ask me to hang out with them and even though I didn't get a bid, I made a couple good friends during rush week.

I don't want to rush again and be on the line and not get a bid, so I know I need to change the way I go about rushing. So my question to you all is between now and the next rush week 5 months away (and yes, I will rush multiple houses next time), what should I do to improve the way I go about rushing a house? How should I improve the view the brothers of the house I rushed? How should I expose myself to brothers from other houses to see if I fit somewhere else? (Btw, we don't have a greek row.)