Texas A&M Recruitment...as a junior?

[33girl]

Is there an upperclassmen quota or what there? If there is, what classes constitute "upper"?

[TXalum1]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Is there an upperclassmen quota or what there? If there is, what classes constitute "upper"?

This was their first year to have an upperclassmen quota. I don't know what constitutes one, since my friend only said theirs was 7 or 8.

In past conversations, she mentioned this quota was a real possibility for TAMU because they were losing so many good sophomores in the recruitment process. I think sophomores prompted the change rather than juniors.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by TXalum1

Whoever told you juniors get priority in recruitment misled you. You had a bid in hand, which is difficult for a sophomore at A&M, and walked away because it wasn't what you wanted. That is your chance. It won't happen next year because until the sophomore quota was implemented this year, it seldom happened for sophomores. I know a number of young women in the Greek system there so this is not supposition on my part.

So if there was a sophomore quota or sophomores were included in an "upperclassman" quota, the OP can't claim she was cut for being a sophomore, because she was only competing against other sophomores/upperclassmen.

[TXalum1]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

So if there was a sophomore quota or sophomores were included in an "upperclassman" quota, the OP can't claim she was cut for being a sophomore, because she was only competing against other sophomores/upperclassmen.

That's the way I understood it. They wanted to give the sophomores, especially the transfers, more opportunities to join sororities. It was tough, tough for a sophomore to get a bid the last few years.

[amperches]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

So if there was a sophomore quota or sophomores were included in an "upperclassman" quota, the OP can't claim she was cut for being a sophomore, because she was only competing against other sophomores/upperclassmen.

I'm not claiming that the fact I'm a sophomore was the reason I was cut. I know that there were other factors that played into being cut from the sororities I liked. There is an upperclassman quota (it was put into effect this year), but I am not sure of the actual number of upperclassmen needed in order to fill that quota.

[aggieAXO]

I rushed many years ago as a junior so I am sure somethings have changed but rushing as a junior was difficult. There was a junior quota of 3 per house, not sure if this is the case now? It wasn't too unusual for sophomores to rush but I see things have changed.

[IrishLake]

Why again did you put them on your bid card if it was that bad?

[pibetaphi2013]

You don't know why they asked you back. And even if she said it was numbers, you were still asked back over other girls who could have been invited. They still wanted you.
Also, I don't think it's right to say the woman who preffed you was disinterested in her sorority. If a pnm came in at pref and told me she had "found a home elsewhere" and was not interested in my chapter, I probably wouldn't try too hard to convince her otherwise.

[amperches]

It wasn't that the sister I spoke to on Pref Night was the only one who seemed disinterested, the sister who picked me up the first day was the exact same way.

I was not promised a bid from any house ever. There was always the "hopefully we see you tomorrow!" said but never anything that gave me false hope about being invited back.

And I talked to my RG about what I should do in regards to my options for Pref Night and she advised me to not suicide, but rather list all my options (which was what I did-now I wish I had suicided).

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by amperches

I was not promised a bid from any house ever. There was always the "hopefully we see you tomorrow!" said but never anything that gave me false hope about being invited back.

Then why would you say "I've already found a home elsewhere?"

And it was 2 sisters (out of however many) who seemed disinterested? And for one of them, that was after you basically said "I'm just here for the food"?

Just trying to understand.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by amperches

It wasn't that the sister I spoke to on Pref Night was the only one who seemed disinterested, the sister who picked me up the first day was the exact same way.

I was not promised a bid from any house ever. There was always the "hopefully we see you tomorrow!" said but never anything that gave me false hope about being invited back.

And I talked to my RG about what I should do in regards to my options for Pref Night and she advised me to not suicide, but rather list all my options (which was what I did-now I wish I had suicided).

But again, a couple of bad rushers does not a bad chapter make. Not to mention, you told the active on Pref that you weren't interested in her house. How interested in rushing you was she supposed to be?

I'm working on the assumption that you knew before you signed the card that if you got a bid but did not accept it you would be bound for one year. So despite what your RG said, I don't understand listing the chapter you knew you wouldn't accept a bid from. I was advised not to suicide as a freshman PNM, but did so anyway because (at the time) I thought I would ONLY be happy in my chapter and was willing to risk not getting a bid rather than getting a bid from my second choice and being bound for a year. If you know, don't list.

[DubaiSis]

I'm still confused about why you would put this house that was so horrible (whether that's fair or not, it's what you think) on your card at all.

[Just interested]

It really upsets me when a girl does not accept her bid. That means that another girl who really wanted to be in XYZ is not there and you are in her place. I understand not suiciding but if you absolutely know you would not accept a bid to a group that wants you then perhaps it would be best to sit in your room alone drowning in your tears than to cause others to be effected including the chapter who was looking forward to greeting you on bid day as a new sister.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Just interested

It really upsets me when a girl does not accept her bid. That means that another girl who really wanted to be in XYZ is not there and you are in her place. I understand not suiciding but if you absolutely know you would not accept a bid to a group that wants you then perhaps it would be best to sit in your room alone drowning in your tears than to cause others to be effected including the chapter who was looking forward to greeting you on bid day as a new sister.

If she declined her bid, I do believe that leaves it open for snap bidding. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Just interested]

It's not that they can't snap bid. The girls can fill to quota. It's just the principle that this girl took a spot from someone. Lucky for the snap bid girl I guess but still...