pnms- ask your questions here

Yes. I rushed with a 2.8. You just need to be open minded and accept whatever houses invite you back.

Yes it's possible. Keep an open mind but if you're looking for a top house they could take you as a grade risk, if they really like you, and if you don't like the houses you got because of grades drop and rush again next year. A lot of girls do that and their sophomore year with improved grades end up with a house they really like.

lol 2.99 out of high school? good luck. Thats a grade risk imo

You won't have many options with that GPA. You need to be very open minded.

Yes!

To give you an idea of whether extracurriculars matter, we don't make cuts based on whether you have enough ECs or not. However, your ECs and hobbies tell us which active we should have talk to you during rush. And since the actives who rank you are the ones you actually talk to, you're more likely to receive a higher score if you have a lot in common with the active you're talking to.

But we won't look at your application and cut you if you don't have enough ECs. (Unless you have none at all)

Another way they'll help is if we're specifically looking to recruit more girls involved in a certain type of thing. We want to have a well rounded house which means girls in student government, girls in sports, girls in other things, etc. So if we have a disproportionate amount of girls in government and we want more in sports, we'll specifically look for girls who did sports in HS.

Contact them and ask. This isn't really the place for questions like that. Put on your big boy pants and call them.

I emailed them 2 days ago and nothing yet... I wanted to see if other people got emails..

CALL them.

not important chill anyone can get a rec

They definitely help especially for top tier houses.

Don't listen to anyone who tells you recs aren't important. They are very important. The sorority members who tell you they don't matter have absolutely ZERO idea what goes on behind the scenes during rush.

I'm not going to get into the reasons why they matter, because at this point if you don't have them, it's too late. All you can do is relax and hope for the best.

Plenty of girls who don't have recs get bids to great houses. So you don't NEED recs. However, if we're having a hard time deciding between two equally great girls, and one of them has a glowing rec and the other didn't get any, we will 100% go with the girl with the rec.

It gives you an edge. But if you're a 4.0 student who is drop dead gorgeous, a legacy, has friends/connections to the house, you're probably already a top recruit and you don't really need the boost that a rec gives you. But for the majority of PNMs, recs are incredibly useful.

Yep, skirts are fine as long as it's a casual skirt. You do not want to stand out amongst the other pnms. It's a casual round and you don't want to appear too dressy or it will be awkward. I wore a skirt for set 1 and it was fine. But it was a really casual skirt from urban and I paired it with a tshirt. Just don't wear wedges or heels.

Registration already ended. Why are you worried about which GPA to put down? You can't sign up anymore.

Anything over a 3.0 is considered fine.

You have until August 10th to send in transcripts to fix your GPA

I'm actually wondering for next year haha I'm applying to u of a for 2018 and I was thinking of joining a sorority but i wasn't sure

You'll be fine. Anything over a 3.0 is good for most houses. Chi O might cut you for being under a 3.5 but thats just one house.

Unfortunately your class that ends tomorrow won't have any affect. If your class ends tomorrow, you won't have your final grade for several days.

Then I'm not sure what the problem is. If tomorrow is the last day to submit grades, and you'll have your grades by tomorrow, then you should submit them. If you don't have your final grade, then you can't submit anything by the deadline.

I just wanted to make sure the deadline is tomorrow!

That's something you should confirm with Panhel. I think this thread was more about generic recruitment advice. Questions about actual logistics and dates should be directed to the Greek life office. You never know if someone here is telling the truth.

you get a disposable bag so don't bring your purse

ill be on my period during rush and was wondering if i'll be able to bring a little bag to put tampons in and then put it in the plastic bag? i just would rather not carry around a plastic bag full of tampons

Honestly i dont think anyone will care if they see you carrying around tampons if thats what your worried about. Im sure half of the girls there will be too

Yeah that's fine! You can still have a small bag to keep personal items, it just has to all fit inside the large plastic bag you'll be given. So if you don't want your tampons just floating around in the bag you can put them inside another bag like a coin purse to go inside the plastic bag.