sorority rush take two

Don't do fall rush unless AOII is your top choice (since they will probably be the only ones who will be doing it). They're full of awesome, fun, genuinely great girls who deserve people who actually want them not ones who join just so they can say they're part of Greek life and will then complain about not getting anything better. They've been doing much better in the past and fall rush is ther chance to be more selective and only pick the girls they really want and they can tell actually want them.

How big of a factor is GPA? Like I thought as long as it was above the cutoff it shouldn't be an issue?

It depends entirely on the chapter/sorority. There is a minimum set by Panhel, but a chapter can have a cutoff above that because of standards set by the chapter or by their National organization.

It also depends on the GPA of the other PNMs. If you just met the minimum, but not by much, and you were competing for a spot with other PNMS who had better GPAs, you could get cross-cut for grades easily. If you are close to the line, it's really easy for a chapter to cut you. Being in a sorority is a time committment. If your grades are borderline, it's probably not a good idea to go through recruitment.

Time to pledge the library.

What if you were cut from rush? Do you still have a chance as a sophomore or do they automatically think something is wrong with you?

i def can't tell you what other chapters look for, but what i know i've looked for in the past and other friends in like two chapters who have also taken sophomores and talked about it is stuff like this. basically if you are going through as a sophomore, you need to convince me why we should take a chance on you instead of as a freshman. if you're not a transfer, what made you go through rush as a sophomore instead of as a freshman? did you want to establish yourself and be a leader in other stuff on campus before going greek? did you need to get your grades up and did you? are you actually going to do stuff with the chapter instead of being dead weight? do you have friends in the chapte rwho can vouch for you being a cool person who can fit in? if you rushed as a freshmen and are rerushing again, why? did you drop or were you dropped? if you dropped because you thought you were too good for what you had back then who says you're more mature now?

stuff like that are going to be things that can swing it in your favor or against you. we all would prefer freshmen but at the same time one of my closest friends joined as a sophomore and we're juniors now and she just decided too late to rush as a freshman and it was our loss for not knowing her sooner. everyone is different and obviously this won't be the same for every chapter but i'm trying to be as general as possible.