not getting a bid?

Its quite unlikely you won't get any bid, it doe happen, but rarely. You will get one to one, but a lot of girls who didn't get bids ended up doing it to themselves because they dropped out of rush because they didn't want the bottom 2 or 3 sororities. A lot of those girls tried to do PhiSig, the new sorority, but only 186 girls got in out of the 500 or so who came out for it. Phi SIg will also be recruiting this year, so there will be more spots available. However, more and more girls rush every year especially sophomores that end up coming back to rush again because they realize that reputations of sororities do not matter because girls are friends with girls in every "tier". You just have to know that you end up where you end up, and most times if you re-rush you are just gonna end up with what you did the first time. As long as you go in with an open mind as you will here over and over again, you will end up happy and in a sorority more than likely!

Most PNMs who don't get bids end up that way because THEY drop out, not because they get dropped by all the chapters. They don't like the chapters they have left after a round, and that's it for them. Not sugar coating anything, but it HURTS when your favorites drop you, but girls who pick themselves up and find new favorites are usually so glad they stayed with the process. They see that they really did end up in the best place for them. Those who drop are often sorry they did. Rush ends and it's everyday life. They see sororities they could have gone back to around campus, meet members in class or the dorms, and realize they chose to miss out on a chance for a great sisterhood.

Just enjoy your first semester! Keep your grades up, try joining a club, and HAVE FUN, just don't make a bad name for yourself.

as long as you keep an open mind and act real, you'll find somewhere. every sorority has a stereotype, but you can't let that influence you. from alpha phi to dg, there are really great girls and some not so great girls. you just need to keep an open mind and you'll find a greek home :)

Lots of times when someone says they didn't get a bid, it's really because they dropped out on their own. They didn't like their invites after a round, so that's it for them. Dropping will definitely keep you from getting a bid. So don't listen to rumors that girls just straight up not receiving bids. I am sure there are girls who aren't but not a whole lot are.
honestly think about it for a second, if all the girls who dropped out of recruitment on their own or turned down bids from theta and DG actually stuck it out and accepted those bids, those chapters would be the same as any other chapter here at UD! There would be none of this "bottom" talk and if there still was it would be from people who cannot accept change.
While it is true that you will become the chapter you get a bid from, remember that the chapter will become whoever YOU are as well. As much as the chapter makes the girl, the girls make the chapter too!

We only have 5 sororities on my campus, 1 of which is reserved solely for Tech students. I went through recruitment my first time (informal) and didn't receive any bids and then my second time (formal) being COMPLETELY dropped. I made sure to maximize my options, unfortunately it wasn't good enough. So it can happen, it's just rare. I'm probably done with Greek life, since who would want someone who had to rush 3 times, but I hope that the same problem never happens to you. Good luck

If youre a PNM read "actually" and "yes" because that just made me smile. I was one of those pnms that had my heart set on a one chapter, got dropped before philanthropy and couldnt believe it. But I reminded myself what everyone told me "you end up where youre suppose to be" and it couldnt be more true. I know from the bottom of my heart if I had not picked myself back up, took a deep breath, and realized that my chapter was always suppose to be mine. JUST LIKE IT HAS BEEN SAID if you girls just joined the bids you got, because those women really want you, then the "tier" BS would end. Everyone would be able to be in harmony.

For panhel- all the pnms that go through pref night basically and this is where each girl picks their preferred sororities... then the next day each chapter gives out bids. as long as you ranked both of the chapters you had left will get a bid...
but as it has been said before, it might not be the chapter you put down as number 1 in your rankings.