given a choice

On the last day of rush I was left with a top tier house, a mid tier house and a bottom tier. I was a bit heartbroken and could only see myself in one of them. I also was a bit upset that no one prepared me ahead of time for this possibility. So thanks for this. I suicided my top choice and, luckily, got it. It was the right thing for me, but I only reached that decision after lots of soul searching and quiet meditation. I am not recommending my choice to anyone else. But be aware that no matter how outstanding you are, or think you are, rush might not go your way. Be prepared.

i know i will receive some hate for this. but i think i would've dropped. the tiers i believe in are the tiers the boys see, not greek rank. If i would've only had houses that the fraternities don't find appealing i would've dropped. i know that's terrible but that's a decision i prepared myself for way ahead of when i rushed

I agree it's important to think this through because the worst thing you can do is get swept up in the parties and the process, accept a bid and then, when the dust has settled, figure out you won't really be happy there and quit. Because no matter what tier you are in there probably would have been someone who was happy to get a bid from that house and become a loyal member. Every year some houses issue bids and the girls barely show up. If you accept a bid, make a commitment.

YA OKAY You should rush trifelt like barbie and morgan. We don't want pnms like you.

Yeah... the house you get ONLY is about what matters on the inside... get real that just is so false.

Frats like to partner with hard-working sororitys for HoCo and Greek Week, because they want to win! Look at all of your perceived "lower tier" houses and see how many of these "lower tiered houses" have done well in competitions the past few years. Go ahead, we'll wait for you to catch up...

And guess what?! The sororities also want to be paired up with hard working guys who are fun, so they can win as well!

Every house has every type of girl, I suppose, and none of us can know about a sisterhood until we are part of it. But I knew that when I wore my letters I would be judged, so I didn't want to join a house that didn't reflect who I am. As recruitment wound down, I knew I would only be happy as a member of ChiO, PiPhi, Theta, ADPi, Kappa or AXO. I didn't want a party house because I'm pre-med and I didn't want a house that doesn't take grades seriously. So, while I was very fortunate to wind up with my first choice, I probably would have dropped before the last day if I didn't have three houses to choose from that reflected my standards. I also went in to rush knowing that being Greek is not the only way to experience college, even though I am a legacy to two houses, so it wasn't really a gut-wrenching decision for me.

It depends on the houses I would have left. For instance, I wouldn't want to be in sigma bc they have a lot of retention issues and that tells me their sisterhood isn't great. I also wouldn't want to be in zeta bc of all the drama that house seems to have. I'm sure other people have other opinions on what houses the us would accept a bid from or not. I would be in a bottom tier house over a GDI, but it depends which bottom tier house.

I came to this school wanting to be in a sorority and while rush didn't really go my way, I wound up in a house that I love that many consider bottom tier. I can't imagine being here and not being greek.

If you want a Greek experience, you will stay through recruitment; if you are too concerned with your "image" and you don't get "top tiers" as your final choices, you won't.

Personally, I wanted life-long friends vs being in a popular or "hot" house.

Seems to me to be a personal choice one needs to make for themselves.