Another Junior...

[GammaPhi88]

At my moderately competitive school, I've seen junior rush go very well. There haven't been a large number of juniors, but the ones I've seen go well were either junior transfers, or, in a small number of cases, women who have really felt a positive impact from sororities on campus and can add to that positivity.

Sometimes it has not gone so well. One year, I asked a junior PNM why she decided to rush as a junior. She replied, "All my friends went abroad."

[Fleur de Lis]

Make sure to reach out to any greek women you know, and let them know you're excited about going through recruitment, explaining why you waited until Junior year to join. Try to meet any greek women in your classes this semester and get to know them at least on a friendly acquaintance level. As a junior, you will need contacts in the houses to pull for you.

Be ready with an answer as to why you're rushing as a junior. I wouldn't bring up the COB events. Something like "I really wanted to go through last year, but I got really sick and it didn't work out."

During the rounds, your role isn't to be the perfect PNM, it is to be a natural fit with the sisters in the house. So be your most confident self, maybe get a mani or a new outfit to make yourself feel extra-polished, and just HAVE FUN! You've read the threads, so be ready with some good questions in case the conversation stalls. As others have said, your options will be limited, so be open to any house if this is what you really want.

Good luck!

[Fleur de Lis]

And you don't need to apologize this much - on a thread or in real life. You've been around here long enough to know people just like to comment on stuff.

[PhiMuPride]

Something else…You may find that you know more greek women than you actually know PNMs in your recruitment group.

In my case, I went to a larger university and I knew absolutely no one in my PX group because they were all freshmen and sophomores. And get this, because of my involvement in another organization, a few sorority members knew me and I didn’t necessarily know them. A little strange in the beginning, during a middle round of parties, but hey we worked through it.

Everyone has their own personal reasons for participating in formal recruitment whether they are a first semester freshman or a seasoned second semester junior like you. The difference is that you KNOW that something may actually be missing from your collegiate experience.

IMO, it’s not only the year or two that you can experience now, but what awaits you decades later if you choose to stay involved. (Just my opinion….)

Fleur is right, no apologies. Keep your chin up. You’ll never know unless you try. Good for you for being bold!

[mittens]

Originally Posted by Hopefulpledge

So, this is my first post here, although I've read these forums for about a year now in attempts to pick up advice. I'm a junior who's going to be going through formal rush (we do our rush in the spring at my school)... and I guess I'm just looking for advice. I'd post which school I go to, but you never know who could be reading this... and since I'll probably be one of few (if any) juniors doing rush, I'd prefer not to give myself away. I will say that it's not a southern school though.

Why rush as a junior? Well, to be completely honest, I didn't have a clue what sororities were or what they stood for freshman year, so I missed the boat there. And sophomore year I was very sick during the rush period, so I couldn't. I participated in COB twice sophomore year, but wasn't offered a bid either time. So here I am junior year.

My GPA's strong, and, since the COB events, I've joined two new clubs on campus. I'm a more confident individual than I was and I really want to give this a go. Any advice?

Well... I got a bid as a Junior, but I had a high GPA, a lot of involvement (3 clubs, +2 extracurricular activies -sports), and I knew a few sorority women. My advice, get recs from sorority alumni, keep improving your grades, get to know as many sorority women as possible, don't expect to get into the so-called "top" sororities, be yourself and be ready to answer the question (if anyone asks) "why did you decide to rush now?" I don't know if anyone will ask you that, but always be prepared for it. I wouldn't bring up your past rush experiences unless someone asks you about it.

[ree-Xi]

Congratulations! Perhaps you might want to write "Suggestions on going through Recruitment as a Junior" post (although your suggestions already were wonderful).

You followed the rules, presented yourself well, and had the qualifications. That's ALL you could have done, and you did it.

[mittens]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Congratulations! Perhaps you might want to write "Suggestions on going through Recruitment as a Junior" post (although your suggestions already were wonderful).

You followed the rules, presented yourself well, and had the qualifications. That's ALL you could have done, and you did it.

Thank you so much I have to thank everyone on Greek Chat for my success. All I did was read the stickies made by KSUViolet and adpiucf. I am still a new member to my sorority so I feel as if I have a lot to learn before I can make a thread for suggestions for juniors going through recruitment.

[Hopefulpledge]

Thanks for all your help everyone .