informal recruitment tips?
by: pls helpHey! I'm a rising second year and I participated in formal recruitment this past January but it didn't end up working out for me. I really want to try rushing again and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on informal recruitment / any thoughts on informal vs. formal rush?
Comment#7by: Here you go
- Informal is not for freshmen.
- Informal recruitment is not an organized process like formal, and is not run by Panhellenic. Each house decides if they want to offer a few bids in the fall, or not, so you have to ask the houses if they are considering doing so. They can only do that if they are below the maximum allowed house total, and they are usually only interested in girls they already know well. No house has to do informal at all.
- Each house can do informal in one of two ways:
1) If a house has only a few spots to fill, they will reach out privately to girls they already know well and who are interested in their house and invite them to an event or two, or will just go ahead and offer bids. You really have to be an insider with them already for this to work for you.
2) They will have a more open event or two that they might announce publicly. Or not. Only houses that can take more than a few girls will do this.
- Best advice: If you know members in a house where you would like a bid, then reach out to them and tell them you are interested and see what they say. If you don't know anyone at all and did not go through formal recruitment, you are probably best waiting for formal this year.
Does this help?
by: Here you go
Formal recruitment gives you a shot at all the houses. It is your best bet coming in new. Informal is very, very, very limited, and you would only have contact with a few houses, if that many, but you can ask your contacts and see what happens. If you don't find your home during informal then you should certainly do formal recruitment. You would not be blacklisted. Unless you lead a certain house to believe that you wanted a bid from them and then you turned it down. That would be tricky.
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by: advice
no downside to doing informal because if you don't like any of them then you can just wait until formal. if you do end up liking one, then you can join! doing it isn't binding
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by: hm
As an incoming second year transfer, would it be a good idea to do informal or should I just wait for formal? I was thinking about doing informal so I could get involved with a sorority and find a community earlier but this makes me not so sure. I know a few girls in sororities at UVA but I haven't asked them about informal. Also, if I did informal and didn't get a bid or didn't find a place I liked, would I be able to do formal later or would I basically be blacklisted?
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