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I haven't read more than the first post, so who knows what has already been said of what I'm going to say. I just want to give you an example of how this can work for you, but also an example of how it can work against you.
I went through Fall Rush at UGA, a very difficult school to rush at, with 1300 other PNMs. I was cut by my first choice after round 2 and decided to leave rush after round 3 ended. I didn't really fit with the 6 houses I visited that round an decided that I would rather not be Greek than be Greek and not be a DG.
Before I rushed again, I was cast in roles in mainstage plays at the university and other area theatres. I even got to direct shows at UGA. I started an improv troupe that was very successful in the area and was chosen as Artistic Director for a student theatre company. I lost 30 lbs and got great grades, while making many friends who were Greek and non-Greek. At 19, I was a very different rushee than I was at 18.
I re-rushed as a sophomore with my heart set only on DG. The girl who ended up becoming my Big knew my name from the drama department, and other girls who rushed me even commented about seeing me in the paper. I suicided DG and got a bid from my first choice. A lot of the girls said that when I was cut the first time, it was a mistake made because it's easy to get lost in a sea of so many PNMs.
My re-rushing worked so well for me for only one reason: I got good grades while becoming extremely involved on campus, so I was a noticeable rushee who was sought after by the chapter I wanted. If I had spent my freshman year hanging around the dorms, I would have been as easy to overlook as any Susie Q Sophomore.
I had several friends who re-rushed, hoping for their top houses, and had their hearts broken. The major problem for these girls was that sorority life was the only way they planned to be involved on campus, and so they did not bother to get involved during their first years when they did not get bids from the houses they liked. A couple of them told me throughout college how much they wished they had just taken the bids from their second choices.
USC is a huge place for Greek Life, and, from what I've heard, sophomores can have a rough time. If you truly believe that you do not belong in your current house, don't go through with initiation and pledge your future to them... but understand that unless you will have something your top house wants next fall that you did not have this fall, you're probably not going to be better off than you were this year.
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