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by: pnmHow does rush honestly work? and how do the girls in sororities go about cutting people? Im a sophomore with a 2.9 gpa so I want to go in prepared. and does anyone know off hand the gpa cuts for sororities cause I obvi don't have a great one lol.
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the first round of cuts is usually just gpa cuts for most chapters. each chapter goes by a different minimum gpa and it can change every year so no one can be sure of each one. i'd say anyone with a 3.1 and above is completely safe from gpa cuts but i've seen so many people get bids with 2.9 gpa's so i wouldn't be too concerned. as a sophomore, as long as you're involved in other stuff on campus, have a decent gpa, and are personable and friendly in rounds you usually won't have too much trouble getting invited back to chapters and getting a bid at the end
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We also cut for other reasons too...not just gpa. I’m tired of PNMs coming here after the first weekend of rush crying because they have a 3.5 and still didn’t get what they wanted.
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No one here can tell you how rush is going to go for you based on anything you tell us here. Or we can tell you is that yeah some sororities have a higher GPA than others and some will cut lower GPAs than others in some situations. There’s no garuntees. Go into rush with an open mind and you’ll find your home.
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Personally, if we don’t have anything memorable about a girl to share during voting then she usually gets out in the middle of the pack. And middle of the pack can be cut if we have to make more cuts according to our advisors since we can only invite a certain number back each round. Make sure you have some useful anecdotes in your memory to share when appropriate. What I mean by that is don’t just interject a neat story or fact about yourself randomly because that would be weird. But if we are talking about what we did over winter session, and you took a class or volunteered don’t just say “I studied” or “I spent time at the animal shelter”. Say “I was watching up on coursework because I wanted to get ahead/I want to improve my gpa/I love school or whatever.” Or “I spent 6 hours a week at our SPCA and I loved hanging out with the animals/it made me feel good to help/I want to help more in the future.” Elaborate, make it memorable. And if you literally binge watched Netflix and babysat, tell us about the show you watched and what you liked about it, but more than just that it was good background TV.
Honestly also if I’m just hitting it off with a PNM not talking about anything in particular but I REALLY want her to come back, I’ll make you sound more interesting during voting :)
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Perfect piece of REAL advice! Only thing is to remember when we talk about being “interesting” she’s not (I’m assuming) talking about how interesting you are as a person, but we have to check off some boxes on you in order to vote you in. They’re different for every chapter but from what I’ve heard they all pretty similar. It’s like “character” and “academics” and maybe something like “talents and skills” or “Interests”. Literally all I have to do if I liked you during rounds Is when it comes time to vote tell everyone “Anna May was great to talk to, she wants to be an engineer and was very passionate when talking about her major with me.” Our recruitment chairs ask if anyone else has anything to say. Another sister might say “Anna May also played volleyball in high school that shows she is good at teamwork.” Literally so basic. But the more good things we actually remember about you the more we will have to say and then in theory, more of my sisters should vote for you. Flip side, if we weren't gelling or a PNM was like hungover/disinterested/ruudddde i might say something like “She didn’t make eye contact/was difficult to talk to or hold a conversation with.” That usually gets the rest of the room to vote no in my chapter. If you also do something really bad like are actually rude we just straight up report you to our rush chairs who may tell Panhel. And I will tel all my friends in other chapters if it was bad enough lol. So don’t be rude no matter how much you think you “don’t like” a chapter.
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and i just want to say you might not get invited back to the max amount of chapters after open house round because of your gpa, but all you need at the end is one chapter to give you a bid! don't get discouraged, while a 2.9 isn't a fantastic gpa for recruitment and it may hold you back slightly it doesn't mean you can't get a bid
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