drop out rate

Girls got frustrated at being cut by the houses they wanted, refused to have an open mind and let websites like this get in their head about tiers. It also shocked them when supposed “bottom” houses cut them early on. And there were girls who were extremely rude to houses and word got out. Entitlement at its finest. Girl, bye.

How many girls dropped compared to past years?

something like 300 girls withdrew from the process

It's harsh, but many girls are not going to want to join a sorority without a house and without a strong name. They'd rather drop and hope for a snap or try again as sophomores. It was a mistake to have AOPi in formal recruitment - yes, they are a decent sorority and you could "give them a try," but it's not fair to them or PNMs to compare them to the other 12 when there are obvious differences.

As someone who dropped I’ll say I was really disappointed and discouraged in the whole process. I felt like I did all the right things, had great conversations, etc. then the next day would come and all those great conversations meant nothing because I was cut. Rather than continue on to a group I did not connect with, I know at tamu I can find other groups to be a part of, where I actually have a say in my membership instead of being told who I’m supposed to fit in wiyovased on a 20-minute conversation I had with someone. Especially when the conversation was good! I know in “real “ life I would be friends with this person, but because I don’t know enough people in the chapter, I’m cut.

So yes, rush probably wasn’t for me. But, maybe some type of chanyto the process going forward. Girls are more empowered to be independent now and will drop if they don’t get what they want.

Tbh, so many of the houses seemed to already know who they wanted, etc. the rest of us were just there to fill their time. I would argue the chapters do t have an open mind, not the pnms.

But I did learn a lesson on what I don’t want. Being judged like that was very hard, but no ill feelings.

Sure .. there are girls who fall through the cracks. But do not say that every house here will only take girls they know. We all went through rush too and we know how it works. Maybe tridelt/chio/kappa operate that way but the rest do not. I was not cut by a single house other than the ones in the group I just listed. I was OVERLY kind and complementary of every house I walked into, I had a good gpa and a good resume and I didn’t know girls in any house other than theta. If your gpa or resume was bad, if you were rude, if you had a bad reputation, or if you just weren’t that nice to the girls you spoke to (they speak to hundreds of others during rush and you’re getting compared to all of them) then maybe that’s why you got cut.

I’m sorry if you’re one of the girls that fell through the cracks but that will always happen to a few. But chances are there is a reason girls received heavy cuts. Rush at A&M is competitive and not everyone will get what they want out of it. But don’t damn the system because of your personal experience. You’ve never seen it from the other side and really don’t know what you’re talking about. I hope you and all others who pulled out of the process go off to find a place on campus where you are loved and welcome. But to me it seems you read too much on this site and consider yourself “better” than the girls in the houses you had left. Which is unfair and rude and maybe the reason you were dropped from the houses you actually wanted. You should have gone through the process and gone to bid day at the very least. Each chapter has hundreds of women and you deciding you didn’t want to meet them is petty. And I would bet my life that you feelings about how you connected to that house you had left would change if this site considered them top tier. You would’ve been happy to be there in that case.

So about a 25% dropout rate for girls this year????? What was it last year or the year before?

Dropout rate is going simply because rush at A&M is getting more and more competitive and girls are getting upset when they don’t end up in a top or even mid tier house.

So you base people on a resume, nothing to do with living in Calloway House or how many people you know going in. Give me a break. So antiquated. I did not rush I just get a kick out of reading this.... I hope you all know how superficial that post above made you sound.

I have plenty of friends who were legacies with great recs, some from A&M, so no, I don’t believe you. But, I can definitely say rush is not based on looks. Plenty of totally normal looking girls who are not there for looks, but nice of you to call your so-called sisters “not pretty” even though they are in a “top” house, which you made sure to tell everyone you are in.

That above is why people aren’t into the whole Greek thing. So full of yourselves.