rush 2023 pnm experience

It shouldn’t have to do with your connections though. It should be based off your GPA, presence, and overall conversations. My friend was a cheer captain, student body president, 5.0 GPA and did not get the houses she wanted.

Comments like “did but get any of the houses she wanted” drive me crazy. You do realize it’s a MUTUAL selection process? New members don’t come in and just pick who they want. Going into recruitment with an attitude like that you’re guaranteed to fail. The same girls who complain like this are the same girls who don’t have other houses a fair chance. Probably better for girls like these to drop, they don’t represent our Greek system well.

“cheer captain, student body president, 5.0 GPA” just described half the girls in every house.

Everyone can’t be in the same 3 houses.

And so yes knowing someone gives you a leg up in some houses. But these same girls you describe are in every single house. And since all the houses at OU are strong they are having a great experience if they get involved in the house where they landed.

If you are a first gen Greek and think sorority life is like RushTok you were going to be dissatisfied in any house you ended up in anyway.

What is the solution then? Houses shouldn’t be forced to take girls they don’t want. Girls shouldn’t be forced into in a House they don’t want. OU won’t add new chapters when almost half are eligible for COB. There’s always going to be disappointment on both sides. I’m genuinely curious what the disappointed girls think the solution is.

I actually agree with this assessment. It isn't fair, but it's the way it is.

Sort of like the job market - The top employers get the top employees and sometimes you have to know someone to be hired with a top employer. For truly excellent employees, sometimes employers compete for them. The rest have to work their way up. Unfortunately, with the rush system, there is no way to work up to a top house. The best you can do is make your house better. And a lot of houses have done just that.

The fact is yes pan does a crappy job of setting expectations. Mutual is a strong word.

Reality is you want to be in the same chapter as everyone else based on what group is performing well at rush. And that isn’t possible. And what makes you a better candidate than the applicants that they know? Why are you better? Girls who think like this are the reason you only want into certain houses. You are perpetuating the problem you are crying about.

Each chapter at OU is strong. There are other schools that can’t say that.

At OU unless you were dropped by every chapter you have no room to complain about the process.

If you were dropped by every chapter someone should have reviewed your resume and counseled you that COB was a better alternative. If you want to be chosen on your conversation skills that is your only option. And only half the chapters participate in COB, the chapters eligible change each semester based on their membership numbers. But based on the rants posted you would think those chapters beneath you. And I assure you, if you are truly as entitled as your posts suggest, the opposite is true.