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Don't take cuts personally, especially the early ones, because it is a numbers game and doesn't mean a sorority didn't like you, or found you lacking somehow, or that the members wouldn't want to be friends with you. It's just that the cutoff line is tighter for certain sororities. Don't compare yourself to how many invitations the other pnm's say they are getting back and just remember: ALL IT TAKES IS ONE. The way it actually works: Each sorority is given the absolute maximum number of pnm's they can invite back each round. The numbers are different for each sorority and are based on historical data from the previous few years' recruitments. The stronger recruiting sororities, meaning the ones that are consistently higher each year on the pnm's ranking cards, are the ones that are limited to fewer pnm's each round because they can count on higher pnm return rates. Sororities with lower return rates must invite larger numbers each round. This ensures equity among the chapters for quota and more pnm's getting bids. It is all based on percentages, not hard numbers, and is adjusted each round, so the more pnm's staying in the process means the actual number of invitations is larger. The releases are huge in the early rounds from the sororities that are more limited, so those pnm's that make that cutoff get more invitations back simply because they get those plus invitations from the other houses that are inviting back more. And BTW it is not common to get 12 back, or the max for each round. Only the top pnm's with stellar grades, looks, great conversations and connections in the sororities will have that experience. Most pnm's get half the max amount back on average, but it has nothing to do with "fit into a sorority". Each sorority is looking for something a little different in vibe so "fit" is not a one size fits all. And about those 'rude' pnm's mentioned in another comment - getting yourself dropped from certain houses does NOTHING to get you invited back to others, that is just not how it works, and it will actually backfire and you'll have a bad rush. Hope this helps.