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by: sororityIf I have a 2.8 coming out oh high school but I have the looks and personality should I expect to be dropped by every house the first round or is there a chance I could get one?
Comment#3 by: real talk
Ok this could have easily been me 3 years ago writing this question. I was in your exact shoes. 2.8 gpa going into freshman year and terrified I would get dropped right off the bat after set 1. I went into recruitment really prepared with 1-2 recs for each house. I had the personality and looks to be in a good house.
I had almost full schedules for each round of rush. I dropped some top tier houses because I figured they were going to drop me. And I really regret that now. (Don't do that- rank your houses by how much you like them and it will fall into place. But if you do want to maximize your chances, rank Chi O last because they are the least likely to take a grade risk.)
I liked my houses during rush. I was surprised each day when I got my schedule back thinking I was going to be cut heavily or dropped all together. On house tours day, I had 2 middle tier houses, 1 bottom middle, and 1 bottom house. Going into preference round, I wanted one of the middle houses and the bottom middle house. But when I got my pref schedule I just had the bottom middle and the bottom.
I ended up with a bid from the bottom house. Where I had made no connections with and didn't really like all that much. They were nice, but they didn't wow me. I really thought I would get a bid from the other house I had on pref because they told me how much they wanted me as a sister and I felt I made some genuine connections. In reality, I probably WAS really liked by them, but there were (cont'd)
by: MJun 29, 2017 4:11:19 PM
Yes. It's all up for debate when you're trying to cut and used to compare you to other PNMs. You should have studied.
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by: real talkJun 28, 2017 5:34:17 PM
probably girls they liked equally as much as me that DIDN'T have a crap gpa. And I don't blame them for making that choice.
I was pretty heartbroken and miserable with my house for awhile. I didn't feel like I fit in. I thought the girls were awkward and weird. I was pretty popular in HS so this just felt so wrong.
Fast forward to now, I'm happy. Still in my sorority. Still a bottom house. And that's okay. I love it. It's not what I expected or hoped for when I rushed but everything happens for a reason. Your sorority isn't supposed to be like your friend group from HS. My sorority put me in an environment that helped me grow as a person.
Anyway, to answer your question, it's unlikely you will get dropped by every house after set 1. It's actually very unlikely you will get dropped all together at any point during rush, as long as you maximize your options. You may get heavy cuts, or you may have an average rush like me only to end up in a house you tried to drop all week. Or you could end up in your first choice. We don't know. We can't predict the future. All I can do is reassure you that the system is designed so that everyone gets a bid. It may not be to a house you want, but if you trust the process, you'll end up where you're meant to be.
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