Sorority Rush

<p>are bids really guaranteed? i thought cornell's greek system was pretty competitive.</p>

<p>moomoo431, as long as you stick through every round and you dont suicide a house (meaning that for your final ranking, you just put one house down rather than every option), you are 99% guaranteed a bid somewhere. those girls who drop out or dont get lucky when they suicide obviously dont get a bid. go in to rush with an open mind, and choose the houses based on what is best for YOU rather than what all of your friends are doing. at the end of each day, i would meet with all of my friends, but i tried not to say any of my opinions on houses so i wouldnt upset my friends if that was actually their first choice. the greek system is not really competitive in that regard.</p>

<p>is it possible to get cut by every single house before the pref round? i want to rush, but i'm terrified of something like that happening. i don't want to be an emotional wreck right before second semester, lol.</p>

<p>I've heard once that a girl didn't get a bid anywhere. It's really rare for that to happen I think though. Basically everyone will get placed into a house, but if you're set on being in only a certain house then it is competitive.</p>

<p>^^if you are only set on being in one house, then you are most likely to drop out if you get cut and therefore not get a bid. i fully believe in the rush process in that it will land you in the place that is perfect for you</p>

<p>i'm definitely going into rush with an open mind. it's just scary to think of a group of girls deciding whether to cut you or not after like a 30-minute encounter.</p>

<p>CUAmbassador, how was your whole rush experience? I know you're probably not allowed to talk indepth about it, but do you have any general tips? things you would change if you could do it all over again? rush is so close now for me--it's terrifying!</p>

<p>I knew a girl sophomore year who didn't get any bids. I wasn't surprised tho. She was incredibly annoying and had this shrieking cacophonous laugh.</p>

<p>Houses tend to be more selective for sophomores. More sophomores can sometimes mean a less unified pledge class since sophomores often don't want to live in the house or already have a lot of outside of the sorority friends. Also, less years in the sorority mean overall less $$ for the sorority. Many houses restrict the number of sophomores to only 2 or 3 and others only take transfer sophomores. However, there are houses that don't really care what year you are as long as you are a good fit. </p>

<p>If you rush as a sophomore please please do not get discouraged after the first round if you get cut from a lot of houses. I rushed as a sophomore and got cut from 6 after the first round instead of the normal 3, but i kept my 2 top houses until the final round and ended up in my top choice anyway, the house that was the best fit for me, and the house that all of my friends thought was the best fit for me. Rush was hard and I admit I was in tears twice during the week, but it all worked out in the end and I couldn't be happier.</p>

<p>You also don't have to tell sisters that you are sophomore right away. Don't lie about it but if it doesn't come up in conversation than you don't have to mention it.</p>

<p>Would you say it’s more difficult to receive a bid as a junior? Do sororities perceive that as a negative?</p>