why are they dropping out of state girls?

How many enters the phliantraphy round and how many gets cut?

Were the majority of those cuts grades and of so what was the cut?

Numbers: The release number for each house each round is known only to the recruitment committees regarding their particular house. Don't worry about it, it won't help you.

Grades: Releases for grades are sometimes a little more flexible than just a hard number, so houses do have some leeway for certain pnm's. So there isn't a number to tell you. Again, don't worry about, it won't help you.

Honestly. I was told rush was easier here than other places but it’s not. If you don’t already know several members, you get cut. Don’t let Panhellenic paint a false picture. Unless you have GOOD connections, you can’t go phi mu, kd, chi o, alpha gam, adpi and will struggle with not getting cut from others.

While that is partly true, it doesn’t necessarily trickle down to the others. Those five mentioned are looking for very specific types of girls, in my opinion. Many are legacies, friends from high school, a certain look, over involved, perhaps zip codes etc. But the majority of sororities are looking at individuals and what you can bring to the chapter and how you present yourself. Every PNM can find a home. Please enjoy the houses you have left and trust the process. All the sororities at Auburn are great on their own.

There are no new member class size restrictions at Auburn. RFM is in place to NOT eliminate PNM's from recruitment. Every sorority has the same quota and that is not determined until the pref round.

You must have Auburn confused with Ole Miss. ole miss has restrictions because they have variable quota. AFAIK they’re the only SEC school that has this.

Auburn's pledge rate has been anywhere from about 88%-93% in recent history. It is inline with most schools around here so OOS girls ARE having just as much opportunity.

Ole Miss has a far tougher rush, especially with Variable Quota in place. I've known girls who have gone there and it is brutal. The top houses there have massive cuts first round, including chapter legacies, more so than I think here.

I know it's hard to see cuts made because of no connections, but there is a place for you. Keep going!

My roommate and I were both OOS, both of us had full schedules all the way through rush week last year. I think the problem comes when girls want "top" houses, you aren't likely to get those as an OOS without legacy. There are really great houses beyond those so just keep an open mind and maximize your options and DON'T suicide.

I should add, if you are invited back to only one pref.

Yes, if you are invited to only one pref AND you put that one house on your card you are guaranteed that bid! If you go to two prefs and RANK BOTH HOUSES you are also guaranteed a bid to one of those two! It will not necessarily be your first choice but it will be the house that wants you most, and this will be your best chance at sorority membership. If you suicide (rank only one of your two houses) and that one house does not offer the bid then you are bid-less. Please don't drop at pref or suicide or count on a snap bid or a COB - any house that dropped you before pref is not going to turn around and offer you a bid.

So if you get 2houses for Pref but one is a house you've dropped, you still have to go to that house, and rank it, even if you know you don't want that one? You might end up with a bid from a house you know you don't want!

You should rank it if you want a bid from any house at all. Sure, you have the option NOT to rank it, but if you don’t get a bid from your first choice, well.. tough luck.

You need to go into pref with an open mind knowing that your number two house may be the one who bids you. This means that they wanted you the most. There are many actives who can testify that they were disappointed on bid day but stuck with it and now can't imagine being anywhere else. You will never know that feeling if you don't give the house that really wants you a chance. You can drop before initiation if you end up still feeling that you don't want that house.

Not true and you know it. You obviously had a bad recruitment experience .