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sophomore rushing

by: abcdefg

How likely are sophomores able to get their top choice during rush? Do some houses cut sophomores automatically? I know that keeping an open mind is important but is there a high chance that by being a sophomore you'll be cut by a lot of houses during the first round?

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#1  by: Depends   
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You won’t get cut anywhere automatically just for being a sophomore (typically every chapter will take at least a couple sophs), but it will be harder for you to make it all the way through to the final rounds. Rushing as a sophomore is definitely much more challenging than rushing as a freshman. Sororities tend to have sort of policy in place where they will only take sophomore members if people in the chapter REALLY want you to join- like for example, they might require that a current member offers upfront during rush to take you as their little. You’ll either need a close friend in the chapter who is willing to fight for you to join or else you need to make an extra strong impression on the people you talk to during rush. And yeah, chances are you will get cut from more chapters than most freshmen.

But also idk about gamma phi, since they’re still kinda new they might be more open than most other chapters to accepting sophomores.

If you have a close friend in your top choice chapter, you’ll generally have a decent shot at getting in.

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by: YeahDec 21, 2018 1:21:01 PM

Because you are a sophomore you will get cut from some chapters that might have taken you if u rushed as a freshman. Theres like a lot of sophomores rushing and top 3 will take 1-2 maybe, next four gonna take probs 3-4 max so that leaves a lot left over for next 2. People will be disappointed at their lack of options. It is hard to rush as a sophomore no matter how great you are. If u are actually interested in joining greek life you should keep an open mind and your options open till the end, if you go in thinking if im not this one or that one you wont get those and will be pissed.

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by: TruthDec 21, 2018 2:55:00 PM

If your a sophomore it is hard to get in, and yes chapters will mass cut a lot of the sophomores early on because they want mosty freshman and the sophomores they accept will have multiple active members talking them up and speaking on their behalf to their chapter since they are friends and know them well. That being said if you are a sophomore do not get discouraged from rushing, chances are a chapter already has their eye on you and you have friends in the chapter. If you never rushed before or transferred it is a different game than if you rushed last year and got cut by the chapters ur now trying to join

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#2  by: abcdefg   
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When you say its hard for sophomores to make it to the final round does that mean many sophomores won't even get a bid?

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by: TruthDec 21, 2018 2:50:48 PM

For sorority rush if you stay in the process till the end, im pretty sure like 99% of people will receive a bid from a chapter. However, many people suicide bid (two options left only want one and say they would never join the second so when they rank their 1 & 2 they leave 2nd blank, theres a professional who talks w ever girl before they submit) and their one option doesnt come thru and they end up w no one or people drop the process unsatisfied w the choices they have left bc they went in with preconcieved notions. If you rush and have at least one left going into later rounds and stay in it till end you will end up w a bid and a chance to join the greek life community.

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by: DependsDec 21, 2018 2:56:48 PM

Yeah. I wouldn't be able to tell you the exact statistic, but from what I remember in previous years I would guess that only about half (or fewer) of the sophomores who rush seem to end up accepting a bid. I'm sure some also voluntarily drop out of recruitment bc they don't like the limited selection of chapters they're left with. Like someone mentioned above, each chapter probably accepts on average like 2-4 new sophomores, so obviously that's not a ton of available spots.

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by: Depends Dec 21, 2018 3:01:45 PM

And follow up: yeah like the person above mentioned, if you manage to make it to the last day of rush (pref day) and have one chapter left, you are guaranteed to receive a bid to that chapter. You can only be cut after pref day if you have two chapters left and then suicide bid only one of them, so definitely don't do that.

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