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considering dropping??

by: Just rushed

I rushed this year and only got into one of the bottom 2 sororities, and I'm considering dropping. I really don't want to offend anyone on here because I KNOW there are nice, pretty girls in every sorority, but I can't help feeling somehow worse than my friends who got into one of the top 3 sororitys. Seeing all my friends' pics from bid day makes me so sad now and I feel less attractive/cool than them- I just can't help feeling labeled as not good enough because I didn't get into phi mu or aphi or kappa. Any opinions from people who have dropped in the past? Everyone so far has told me to stick with it and I know that's the PC thing to say but I was wondering if anyone can tell me their experience of dropping and whether they regretted it or were happy?

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#1  by: been there   
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i don't know anything about pi phi so i don't want to say anything about them. i'm sure they are a great sorority, but i do have a lot of friends in theta, and they mix with a lot of athletic teams and frats. they have a really close sisterhood and they're new so there's definitely a lot you can do in that sorority. they had a really good pledge class last year so it would be great to have them as bigs

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#2  by: tbh   
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You have literally nothing to lose by giving it a chance. If after a few weeks you really do hate it then drop before initiation. As long as you're not initiated you can re-rush next year. However, three facts to keep in mind:

1) Since you received a bid through formal recruitment you cannot receive another bid for a full year (until next formal recruitment) so even if any of the top three have additional bids to give out this spring or fall (doubtful), you would be ineligible. That's just panhellenic rules.

2) If you rerush as a sophomore you are likely to just get a bid to one of the bottom two again, the same as this year, unless something changes significantly, like you make a lot of friends in one of the top three. It hardly ever happens, but it does once in a blue moon (for example there was a girl a few years ago who dropped a lower-tier sorority before initiation and got into phi mu the next year as a sophomore).

3) No sorority wants a member who doesn't want to be there. So, after you really give it a fair shot (as in, a few weeks, not 1/2 a day), if you still don't want to be there, then please drop.

Emotions run high on bid day. Try to focus on finding girls you can bond with in your new sorority, not on what your friends are doing. Comparison is the thief of joy. Good luck, truly.

By: tbh
by: ^Jan 31, 2016 7:08:43 PM

^^^good point!
Also don't feel like a lesser human because you didn't get into the top three. Both APhi and Phi Mu have random and not very attractive girls. All boys are eager to be friends with IX but majority of their girls are nothing special or even unattractive. Therefore, it's definetely not your looks that kept you from being accepted. But in any case, you have 3,5 years to make something out yourself. Join clubs, professional fraternity, maybe revisit your personal style. Freshmen friendship rarely lasts for four years. You'll find new friends who will love you. Being in a sorority is much better than being GDI.

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