Best strategy for fall rush?
by: TransferJunior coming into Cornell. What are good houses that I can consider rushing in the fall? Best way to go about this?
Comment#2by: Actual advice
#3by: Pledgemaster
As a junior, your chances are pretty much dead at most houses. You can still check them out. ‘Top’ houses don’t do fall rushes and won’t bid a junior if they did. Houses don’t have anything juniors it’s just they find it hard to integrate them into the house (especially if your pledge class is just sophomores and freshmen)
See which one of the top/upper houses are doing fall rush (sigma chi, ad, du, Sig phi, sigma pi, chi psi, DX) and check 1-2 of them out. Who knows? Maybe theyll find you valid and give you a bid
I would rush 2-3 of the upper mid houses (Lamba, Chi Phi, ZBT, TDX)
I would also rush 2-3 of the C4 mids to use as ‘safety’ (psk, pikapp, phi tau, pike). I’m calling them a safety because they’re lenient with bids and MIGHT bid a junior.
So
1-2 top houses as ‘reach’
2-3 upper mid houses as ‘targets’
2-3 C4 mid houses as ‘safeties’
You also have the option to rush the following: Sammy, Fiji, SAE, llenroc. They’ll give you a bid in a heart beat since they’re new and starting up
If you aren’t interested in mixing and aren’t looking to join a ‘new’ frat, you can also check the ‘lower’ houses. They won’t care if you’re a junior since they’re desperate for numbers. Nice brotherhood at those houses. Phi Delt (wholesome brotherhood), Acacia (chillers but declining numbers and no parties), Beta (very nerdy, very involved on campus but very sweet and accommodating) are good options for a junior
Also most of the houses will be throwing during O week on eddy street, Catherine street, cook. You can check the parties out and talk to the brothers
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by: Pledgemaster
The C4 mids are known to bid for numbers. Especially pike and psk. Rush numbers have been down for a while and a lot of these houses are losing big numbers. I’m not saying OP is getting a bid but it’s a ‘maybe’ and he definitely has more chances of getting a bid at C4 mids than the upper mid or above houses. There have been juniors taken in the past by these houses
Phi Delt or Beta might be guaranteed bids for OP if he spends some time at their houses. Phi Delt is known to take a lot of transfers and Beta is known to be very open and accommodating.
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#4by: Truth
As a junior it’s pretty hard to get a bid in most houses since you’re only really spending three semesters as a full brother after getting in (and most ppls arent really involved during their senior year). Anywhere C4 bid and above prolly won’t bid a junior except in rare circumstances.
by: pledgemaster
Bump on this but if OP is really keen on becoming part of Greek life and wants to make the most of it. I know DX has taken juniors in the past. There’s no harm in trying. Especially if OP was part of Greek life or some club sports team at the college he’s transferring from and is looking for a social life
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by: Pledgemaster
Would also like to add that it’s near impossible for a junior to get a bid at a house upper mid or above unless you’re extremely chill or know someone in the house already
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