bids!

50 - 200 PNMs are shut out of Greek Life at SMU annually due to quota limits. The dark side of SMU. These newly GDIs at facing one of their first major life crisis. Beginning tonight, they have to call home and tell their parents the bad news. Then call all of their family friends who now unnecessary wrote recommendation letters for her.

All of the time, money and major effort during the fall semester was a complete waste of time. It is a gauntlet of steps to reach bid day. SMU should let PNMs of the reality that 50-200 will not get an invitation to enter Greek Life.

If these GDIs stay at SMU this semester, they will hear and watch their dormitories celebrate and enjoy Greek Life. Many lonely nights while their dorm mates enjoy Chapter meetings, mixers, parties and formals.

They are deciding tonight if they should return home and transfer to their hometown community college this semester. This would save their family at least $50,000 on what is now going to be a disappointing semester at SMU.

This is a cruel evening for a 18 year old freshman sitting in her dorm who studied hard to be accepted by SMU and whose family has already paid almost $50,000 in expenses. Now to be socially shunned as an outcast for no reason other than being cut by girls she never knew before these brief sorority receptions. A horror show...

It is a cruel and fake process. They will lead you on and drop you. I understand how you feel. The humiliation I felt to call my parent’s sweet friends who worked so hard to help me with this process. I am out of here the end of this semester. Greek life builds you up just to push you out.

After a full semester at a University, ready to begin Spring classes tomorrow, a freshman should feel secure and happy. Unfortunately, at SMU a newly GDI will learn about the severe cliques that develop between Greeks and non-Greeks.

Sororities study, dine at the cafeteria, sit together in classes and socialize as a group. Greeks will mix, socialize and ultimately date those that are associated with their sororities.

GDIs usually sit alone during meals in small groups away from their past newly Greek friends. Social opportunities are limited, especially freshman Spring semester. GDIs are often forgotten about for most events in the Spring.

It may be too late to transfer to another non-cliquish university by mid-January. I believe this is by design to keep our semester tuition. Otherwise, most newly GDIs would surely transfer for the Spring.

I read the comments here about the number of girls being shut out of the process and how the blame should be on the elitist Greek system and how it deliberately excludes people. Note please that there is a grade cut off for eligibility. Greek life requires a certain minimum GPA and those who don't meet the minimum are cut for that reason alone. Despite the comments regarding superficial goals, Greek life is actually about supporting philanthropies, campus involvement and scholarship. The matching process is done by RFM so those who do not drop out of the process and who maximize their options should receive a bid from a house with VERY FEW exceptions. Quota is adjusted based on the number of PNMs who list every house that invites them back. Not everyone gets their first choice, but then again maybe their first choice isn't the right house for them. It's not fun to be on the outside looking in, but PNMs are told to trust the process and it will work out. Don't blame the Greek system if you were dropped for grades or if you decided house X wasn't good enough.

Asking because it's unclear: were you dropped by all houses or did you drop out because you didn't like the ones you had left. Only one of those scenarios is being "shut out". If you were dropped by all, I'm truly sorry you had a bad experience and hope you find your "tribe" in other activities on campus.

@GDI Shock,

Girls aren't shut out becaus of Quota limits. Every girl who finishes the week with at least one invitation to Pref is GUARANTEED a bid.

Theta can't take 200 girls every January. Not every girl who fell in love with Chi O or DG or Pi Phi can be one. This isn't any different than any other campus in the country. Quota exists to ensure the majority of chapters stay within the same size range which helps the Greek system stay healthy. If chapters could Bid more girls than Quota, we would probably have 2 more chapters close because of low numbers within a few years. That's not good.

The greek system at SMU is completely rigged. Unless you are a legacy, extremely wealthy, or best friends with someone in the chapter (that doesn’t even mean much) you will be cut from everything except G phi. Rec letters mean nothing. Your personality means nothing.

Freshman do not realize the true cruelty of SMU until their Spring Semester. Classes started today and my transfer options to other Universities this semester are nil.

Stuck here as with many other girls thinking we were going to be in top to mid tier sororities. The motto here is G phi or die. I cut G phi early being told by other sororities I would receive a bid. Cut late by them and I have ordered UT transfer admissions forms.

SMU will still receive a full year tuition from us. This MUST be planned to drop the reality ball after it is too late to transfer to other universities this semester. AN EVIL ELIMINATION PROCESS.

Not being Greek sucks! If you can join a house through COB or in the Fall do it.

Most sororities on campus only let in a few girls with low GPAs (every girl has above a 2.5 and all but one or two girls in the sorority has above a 3.0) GPA Averages Spring 2017 (data not released for fall yet):
Delta Gamma | 3.566

Delta Delta Delta | 3.546

Chi Omega | 3.521

Alpha Chi Omega | 3.512

Kappa Kappa Gamma | 3.467

Gamma Phi Beta | 3.465

Pi Beta Phi | 3.456

Kappa Alpha Theta | 3.426

Also, if you're a girl who feels like they didn't belong -- did you find yourself making a judgement within a few minutes of meeting the girls? Did you know instantaneously that it probably wouldn't work out?
You did? Great! You know how you loathe the sororities for dropping you after only talking for a little bit? Y'all both did the same thing -- it's how the world works! :)

"transfer to your in-state flagship..."

...where you should know a ton of rich kids from high school and be a shoo-in for a top sorority this fall.

>implying the in-staters here didn't already get rejected from U-T
>implying girls from jersey and ny would ever attend their home state's public U

>implying girls from Virginia, North Carolina, California, Arizona and Florida didn't already get rejected from their in-state flagship U

Smu is not the easiest school to get in.......

check "no" on the 'will you be applying for financial aid?' question and you'll get accepted with a healthy pulse