difficulty of rush

To be totally honest with you it’s all ridiculously random there are plenty of girls in bottom tier and middle tier houses way prettier/richer/whatever than girls in top tier houses. It’s not necessarily hard to get a bid to a middle tier house it really just all depends on who you talk to during rush and how it goes which you can’t at all control so you should try to not worry about it. No one can tell you how your rush is going to go no matter how much info they have about you bc it truly is so incredibly random at our school who falls through the cracks at certain houses and then who gets unlucky and falls through the cracks at a lot of houses or who knew no one in a house/other undesirable traits but was a girls rush crush so got put through. I know it’s so so hard but try not to spend the semester obsessing over what your options might be. If you’re able to go in with an open mind looking for positives in your houses you’ll have a great rush no matter where you end up if you don’t do this it’s very likely you’ll end up disappointed which is definitely not how you want to feel at the end of a grueling two week rush

With your attitude of being completely open to any house, I would give you a very good shot at getting a bid. The women that have the toughest time are the ones that limit their possibilities by getting their heart set on a couple of chapters too early in the game. When they get released from those houses, they drop out. If you continue through each round giving the houses you get back a chance, you will meet people that you click with.

Agree, rush is very random for the majority of the girls going through. Sure there are some connected girls to houses that have an easier road but for the 98% of the rest of us, you go in with an open mind, and try to enjoy the experience. It's a exhausting as a PNM and lots of tears and anxiety will be had my many.

Just remember, round 1 you go to 22 house and speak to maybe three people in houses that have 100+ girls. How you connect with that limited exposure determines if you make the cut for the next round.

You heard the expression you only get 1 chance to make a first impression, well this magnifies that times 10. Most girls focus on the superficial stuff like looks, outfits, status, etc. At the end of the night your conversation skills and being able to connect and find some common ground will carry more weight. Practice your conversations skills with friends. Know what you want to get across, don't give one word answers, etc.

As your are looking at houses, remember you are meeting less than 5% of the total population of the chapter during rush and, your really have no control over the process. You sound like you have a great attitude so keep that as you go through and remember, your not the only one who will be nervous and doubting themselves, there will be 2,000 other PNM's right there with you all thinking and wondering the same thing, some might just hide it better.

yeah unfortunately the thing about IU is that it is super easy to fall through the cracks. i know too many girls that i could see in so many houses get dropped from most. the way i see it, every house has almost every type of girl, so you'll find your people wherever you end up, just keep an open mind to all the tiers like you said!

Don’t worry about having thousands of followers or being the prettiest, richest, smartest girl in your group. I had less than 1000 followers and knew some girls in houses going into rush but not many. However, I did have a really good GPA and was involved with clubs and IUDM so that allowed me to make a ton of connections with girls while rushing. All throughout the rounds I had houses scattered allll over the “tiers” and ended up in a “middle tier” house. As long as you keep an open mind and are easy to talk to and keep conversation, you’ll be just fine. Shake it off if you don’t get the houses back that you loved, just keep going through the process