Well for my freshman year, I was excited to have an opportunity to meet people and find a way to get involved on a big college campus for my first year of college. Although I ended up dropping out of the rush process my freshman year, I went on to make friends and get involved in other ways. I spent the entirety of my spring semester on crutches and a scooter after a skiing accident in January.
So I was absolutely, positively terrified for the first round of cuts, because of how badly that first schedule had gone last year because of mono. I would say this round it is helpful to have a friend already in a sorority watching out for you in order to get your foot in the door.
The sorority new member classes coming in each year keep getting bigger and bigger, so it is helpful to have someone to stick up for you. I was much more optimistic about the rush process after my round 2 schedule came out!! Another major vibe check was the round of cuts in between philanthropy and sisterhood, which my rush coach warned me about but still came as somewhat of a shock.
However, I was still able to be optimistic and focus on being my best self, because I had done as much preparing as I possibly could on the front end. By sisterhood and especially by pref round, I was getting the first date butterflies when I talked to the girls in KD, but as soon as the zoom call started, it felt like I was on a facetime call with an old friend, and the time absolutely flew by.
I ended up crying like a baby in pref and then on bid day when I got my bid from KD!! Any pros? Like I said before, my initial plan was to rush and join a sorority my freshman year of college.
However, I ended up moving into college with mono, which is enough to deal with without moving into college and diving right into rush almost immediately. You will be able to ask questions about these topics. You can use these topics to make REAL connections with the members. If you take anything away from this blog post, go for it! Sign up for recruitment.
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September 26, Here are 3 tips to help you out during recruitment! TIP 1. Reach out to members you know. This tip is major. Do you know what this means? You already have a foot in the door. So… how do you make connections? After this video, you will: know what your dream sorority looks like know why some potential new members get dropped know how to stand out from the other potential new members.
Click here to watch a video that will help you create your strategy. TIP 2. Drop your limiting beliefs around recruitment. Did someone say this to you?
TIP 3. Know what you want in a sorority. How do you decide what you want in a sorority? Get very specific with your answer. Plain and simple: just be honest. I prayed a lot throughout the whole thing to be put with girls who would lift me up and be genuine friends. I had a hard time in high school, so I really wanted those kind of friendships. When my preferred house cut me, the rejection stung. I personally have never heard of that happening to anyone I know, but I do know that it happens.
If it does, there are SO many great things and organizations on campus, from spirit groups to athletic organizations to intramurals. I was friends with the girls in the pledge class above me because they were my grade level, but I also had girls in my PC who were a class below me. That kind of diversity allows you to get to know the other girls more quickly. Remember: you are just as wanted in that sorority as any other girl in there!
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