out of state

It sounds as if you have a lot to offer, so don't be too discouraged that TriDelt doesn't really reach out to out-of-state girls. There are many houses that are less cliquey and where you might feel more comfortable anyway since you seem to be smart. Give every house a try when you go through rush. Especially houses like PiPhi and ChiO.

I am from out of state and preffed Tri Delt. I chose another house but they were my 2nd choice. I never felt like they weren't welcoming in any way.

I am from a Dallas suburb and went through recruitment two years ago. I felt welcome at every house except TriDelt. In fact, they are the only house I liked that cut me. I wound up in a top tier house and got my first choice after not being asked back to TriDelt on the last day and I'm very happy where I am. But when I went to TriDelt before being cut I have to say they asked totally naive questions as if Dallas was in another solar system. I really felt as if I was being treated like an anomaly. I think their comfort zone is mainly St. Louis and it shows. Pretty girls, nice house, but kind of small-minded.

OP, it is mandatory for DG to offer a bid to every legacy, so as long as your mom, NOT SISTER, was a DG, you at least have one bid waiting for you.

She would be bored to death as a TriDelt and frustrated because she could do better than DG. Sounds like PiPhi or ADPi are the houses for her. Both have smart girls who aren't as provincial. I had wonderful conversations at both about my time abroad as an AFS student in South Africa and one of the girls I spoke with had even been to Johannesburg, where I lived. Then I went to TriDelt, where we talked about my hair. LOL!

This girl clearly should go through rush with an open mind. I can think of four or five other excellent houses (Theta, PiPhi, ChiO, ADPi and AXO) where she would be much happier than TriDelt. It sounds like she has a lot going for her and TriDelt is too provincial a house for someone who wouldn't be a part of a cliquey St. Louis dominated house. Only St. Louis girls think they are all that, and the rest of us, particularly from out of state, think that's kind of cute. But it gets old quick. Hint: if you think St. Louis is the center of the universe, you need to get out more.

I am tri delt baby and there is literally a girl in my pledge class that is from Colorado so don't listen to everyone else. Just go into rush with an open mind a house isn't gonna cut you if your from out of state!

you'll end up wherever you're supposed to be! DG does take a lot of legacies and tri delta is a good house if you're meant to be there. Go in with an open mind and you'll find where you belong! promise!

I am from out-of-state and found that there were two attitudes about my not being from Missouri. One was from some of the more "worldly" houses (for lack of a better word) with members who thought it was interesting that I chose Missouri even though it is 450 miles away from my home. We found lots to talk about. The other was from girls who only seemed to want to talk about their high school in St. Louis. I cut TriDelt, Gamma Phi, SK and Alpha Phi quite early in the process because there just wasn't much common ground. I neither know nor care about which high school girls have gone to because that's in the past. What I looked for was a house that appreciated me for what I could offer and happened to wind up in a pledge class that is about 30% out-of-state. Couldn't be happier.

Ya Tri Delt has girls from other states.