How Does the Sorority Process Work?

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I will be a freshmen in the fall and am thinking about rushing. How does the process work? They are accepting applications July- August, but how does it work if I haven’t even been up there longer than the duration of a tour?

Any help or past experiences would be awesome, thanks!

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For girls, rush begins the week before school begins in the fall, so you have to be there early. You visit all the houses in the first round and then winnow them down (and they winnow their choices of girls down) over the course of the rush week. Here’s the recruitment pamphlet from last year–it should give you a good idea of how it goes. http://media.wix.com/ugd/d4a2cd_24fed34fa2d7471784ac4dae7b81fc3b.pdf

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Thank you! How does it work if I have already put a housing deposit down for a dorm? Do I stay in the dorm and then switch into the house after recruitment? @lenny2

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I don’t think you can live in the house until sophomore year. Most houses do no have room for everyone. So you stay in the dorm freshman year and then move to the house after that if you want to. You never have to live in the house.

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My advice: be prepared. Read, learn: sororitygirl101, GreekChat – all good sites. You should visit the website for each chapter at UF – most southern sororities require an alumnae recommendation which you can get from a sorority alum from ANY college (doesn’t have to be UF). How? ask your friends, parents’ friends, teachers, put out a FB message and contact local Panhellenic alumnae groups to obtain these recommendations. The sorority alums send them in your behalf. Get busy. Don’t wait until May to look for recommendations. Get a rec for each sorority and have a resume and photo to provide to anyone who offers to write a recommendation for you–and send a hand written thank you note to anyone who writes a rec for you.

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In pretty much all sororities, you definitely do not live in house that first year. It varies in each sorority for the remaining years. In my sorority, it’s mainly juniors/seniors who lived in house. However, in a few of my friends sororities, it’s mostly sophomores. Just depends on the sorority. But definitely don’t count on living in the sorority that first year.