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Is it embarrassing to rush next fall if I rushed this past fall and didn't get a bid? I heard a lot of girls didn't get bids but if I'm one of the few who didn't and the sororities know that I didn't get a bid when I walk in the door I would for sure be a little embarrassed. Do they even know/ care about my rush last fall? Thanks for any advice! :)

Posted By: gonna be sophomore
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I'm not sure if it's a great idea, but if the sororities don't know you didn't get a bid then you totally should.

By: sorority
by: No worries   

Sororities would only know that you didn't get a bid from their house (which is obvious due to you not being in their sorority)

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by: sophomore   

thank you!

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by: welllll   

^^that applies to every house though. if EVERY house dropped you before, they're twice as likely to do the same next time around. since you're not in a house currently, you obviously didn't get a bid anywhere (or you declined/ dropped out of rush/suicide bid). if this is your second time going through. So it depends more on if they know you already went through (which they will probably ask about at some point since you won't be a freshman).

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they would probably only remember if you didn't get a bid for some crazy reason, like telling girls during rush that you had a criminal record for killing someone (not a good example but idek) or something really out of the ordinary.

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by: still   

it doesn't look good to go through fall recruitment a second time without a valid reason. your chances don't increase as you get older- it's the exact opposite.

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by: eh   

well yeah they would care if someone rerushed, but i don't think anyone would remember a specific girl who rushed a year ago unless something was really off.

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it comes up if you're not a freshman though- they tend to question why you didn't rush the year before, and if you have, then that's more of a problem.

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if you don't want to do FR you can always rush AOPI!

By: aopi
by: yes!   

probably your best option given the situation!

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We won't remember! There was tons of girls rushing this year that did not get bids the previous year and ended up in chapters this year! If it does not work out next year, I would check out AOPI as well :)

By: sorority girl
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Aephi is doing winter rush. You can check them out too

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Thanks for the comments you guys!! If it does come up during a rush event (i.e "Why didn't you rush last year?"), what do you think I should say? Just that I didn't end up with a bid but still love the idea of being in a sisterhood so I tried again? Or say I dropped out? I'm not sure what to do!

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They will not know! If they ask you during said that you wanted to focus on school first before you committed to a sorority and how excited you are about recruitment. Honestly will go along way

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by: HONESTLY   

just because they don't know doesn't mean they won't find out! I would NOT mention that you didn't get a bid, because that WILL create bias on top of no longer being a freshman! You do want to be honest, but you also don't want to shoot yourself in the foot. Maybe say that you chose to drop out of the process or that you were still adjusting to college, but make sure you do have a reason prepared, or be able to steer the conversation away from your grade level and towards the qualities about yourself that truly matter.

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I reccomend you try it out again! You never know

By: Lisa
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yeah sophomores get bids all the time maybe not to top houses but they do get bids. you probably missed informal rush but if you dont want to do formal rush next fall you could wait until that winter to do informal rush at the houses that do, usually agd, aephi, zeta, phi rho alpha, phi sigma rho. and some do informal rush in the fall too

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by: ?   

not sure if zeta or agd will informal rush next year. it all depends on if they're at campus average or not, and it doesnt look like either are far

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by: yeah   

AGD will almost definitely do it since girls drop (or graduate), just like other houses, but informal is NOT a guarantee since it's not like a house will take just anyone. You could technically try formal rush again, and if that doesn't go well, AOPi!

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by: ?   

We'll see, if they get a pc as big as theirs was with as few drops as this year then maybe not. Every house has drops and graduates...

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by: yeah   

lol I wasn't trying to call them out specifically, but they had enough girls rejecting bids/ dropping that they pretty much had COB since the beginning of the year. Most other houses have drops/graduates, but there are houses that have more than others..

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