The truth about why UARK recruitment is so difficult!

You can’t even wear your letters to frat houses! There are frats that will turn girls away if they don’t think they are cute enough. That is a fact. There are lots of pretty girls in bottom houses and less than pretty girls in top houses. Every house has a mix! Wear your letters with pride and YOU will elevate your house😊!

@Bella I was going to try a nice response but just couldn’t find the words after that statement. You are an idiot. I’m in a low mid house and two of my best friends are in top houses. Our free time is usually spent together!! Such an asinine statement from poor misinformed Bella.

Which is sad really, because all Arkansas Panhellenic does is cause someone who was brave enough and had the determination to actually go off to college to meet new people in reality gets you cut from the top sororities.

I know, there are very, very few exceptions. But for the most part, if nobody knows you..they won’t give you a chance. They don’t even look at your resume or ridiculous video.

Just stop it. The "top" sororities do not have anything going for them that any other sorority has to offer, and not getting a bid to one of them does not limit your Greek experience, your college experience, or your life after all that in any way whatsoever. Any sorority: new friends? check; sisterhood? check; social life? check; involvement? check; connections to anything you want? double check. Life here does not begin and end in four houses with certain letters. To buy into that is losing your grip on real life.

I disagree, but that’s ok. I see what girls of the top sororities do in their free time vs what the girls in average sororities do in their free time. There IS a difference.

Oops. Responded on wrong post - see above @Bella

by: What???Jul 2, 2022 12:15:17 PM
@Bella I was going to try a nice response but just couldn’t find the words after that statement. You are an idiot. I’m in a low mid house and two of my best friends are in top houses. Our free time is usually spent together!! Such an asinine statement from poor misinformed Bella.

So "Bella" is taking notes on what actives do in 'their free time'? Sorority by sorority? Doubtful would be putting it mildly, and stating that "Bella" is actually a greekrank troll and not a sorority active here would be a lot closer to the truth.

try uark rush. does not even compare to ut. promise.

So if your saying UT rush is based off of looks, money, legacy status and connections then to me your saying it’s easier. For sure no more than ten percent of the top houses pledge class make it without one thing….CONNECTIONS! I agree with original post. Intelligence alone will not get you into Pi Phi, money alone will not get you into kappa, looks alone will not get you into zeta, and you sure as heck will not get a bid from chi o ( even if you have all three) if you do not have a connection!

Not trying to set up a 'who's better' competition because they are two different but difficult rushes, so just facts: UT Austin has an acceptance rate of around 30% compared to UA's 80%, so with grades and resumes already gimme's they aren't considered in their rush. What matters are connections, legacy, looks, money, and I will say also personality. None of that is easy for pnm's, who are all smart and accomplished so they have to be the total package to rush successfully, and it's far harder for the sororities as well because the obvious first round cuts for grades don't exist and there aren't any so-so resumes either. Both schools are huge and tough rushes in their own ways.

So you can’t really compare acceptance rates. UA prides itself on placing as many pnms as possible. UA also really loves to point out that we have the largest chapters in the country. Basically, unless a pnm drops out of recruitment or just completely sucks, she will get placed. Definitely not a bad thing either, if you have girls wanting to be involved, why would you NOT take them. Kind of dumb to only accept 30% or whatever-at the end of the day Greek life is a business. $$$

Ole Miss is brutal too. Everybody who rushes wants just three or four houses out of ten. Bottom houses get openly mocked and disrespected, online and in person. More than one sorority has been bullied off campus over the years, and for a long time no new sororities wanted to come to Oxford because of how toxic it can be.

You are confused; the comment is not about sorority placement rates, it's about school admissions acceptance rates. Let's try again. UT Austin is a highly selective university with a 30% acceptance rate - to get into the school. Therefore, there are no grade risks going through rush and every pnm has an impressive resume or they would not be there. At these types of schools, sorority membership selection criteria is very different because there is no need for cuts by grades or resumes. Same for UVA, Vanderbilt, Duke, NC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, UGA, as far as the South's top academic schools. UA's acceptance rate (for the university) is 80%, lots of grade risks in that mix for sororities, so rush involves huge cuts by grades. Same way at Alabama and other schools with a super high acceptance rate. They are very different types of sorority rush. Also, sororities are absolutely not business entities by any financial, legal or otherwise definition. Sororities were founded and exist to promote the welfare of college women. There are no owners of sororities: no sole proprietors, no partnerships, no share holders, no investors of any kind. There are no net gains and nobody's getting a return on investment. There are just members. Membership organizations require money to operate and expand but that's not what it means to be in business or be a business.

AXO is very brave to come onto Ole Miss this year because of everything you just pointed out. I hope they will not be bullied in the same way and will be a success. Ole Miss needs new sororities to turn around their nasty reputation or their Greek life is going to take a huge hit. They had better welcome AXO and understand that they all need that chapter to succeed.

sure wish we could get more chapters on campus.

^^^ this is especially true with the member of pnm’s this year. so sad new houses are scared off because they don’t want to stay at the bottom in rankings. I do think theta could compete because of the texas/Oklahoma girls who know that name!