rush advice???

yup. i mean best of luck but dont get your hopes up or theres a big possibility you'll end up crushed.

First of all no. Chapters with the highest return rates actually invite the smallest amount of girls to pref. Chapters with the lowest return rate invite the most. That's how RFM works.

Technically, statistically speaking, you have a higher chance of getting your top choice if you pref two top tier houses, rather than if you pref 2 lower tier houses. You're guaranteed a bid regardless though, unless you suicide.

First of all no. Alpha Phi is known for being a house that prefs a lot of girls. They know their worth and they know they'll get a lot of girls back but still pref many girls.

No, that's not how it works. Truth is right. We use the NPC's RFM system to determine invites each round. Those numbers are based only on historic return rates and each sorority is given the maximum number they can invite back. The stronger the chapter recruits, the fewer they're allowed back each round. APhi is a strong recruiting chapter so it has among the smallest number of invites to pref to give. Those are the facts. It's undeniable no matter what gossip you're listening to.

Also, NO ONE gets dropped after pref unless they refuse to list all their pref sororities on their bid card. You are GUARANTEED a bid to one of those sororities as long as you do this. If you are invited to pref, then you are somewhere on that sorority's bid list but possibly not high enough to match. If that happens and you didn't maximize your options by listing all pref sororities, then you will go bidless. That's the only way you end up without a bid if you attend preference parties.

Also, keep in mind that Alpha Phi is REALLY good at recruitment. They can make almost every girl that walks through that door feel like they've made a really strong connection. That's why they're a top recruiting chapter. It doesn't necessarily mean the connection is real. Rush is fake and forced. And I'm not just throwing Alpha Phi under the bus. It's all houses. They want to make all the pnms love them. It's not always real though.

Just be open minded if you don't end up with them for pref or on bid day.

YEP. They do this with EVERY pnm because they want to maximize the amount of girls that will list them as their top pick. It ensures that they'll also get their top pick girls and won't have to take girls from lower on their list.

Other houses do this to for the same reason. PNMs, listen to me: Oral bids are not bids. You are not invited to be a new member until you have an actual bid in your hand.

What other house are you preffed with? Let us know if you get the bid from Aphi and best of luck you did your best :)

There's a really useful thread here somewhere with insanely good advice and information on how everything works after pref. Go look for it.