U Chic by Christie Garton

Author:Christie Garton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2013-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

Some of these potential issues can be circumvented with preparation. Unfortunately, others cannot. If it happens to you, for whatever reason, you should not feel embarrassed or bad about the outcome. There are plenty of other fulfilling opportunities for you to get involved with on campus, and you should not spend a minute longer dwelling on this. Move onward and upward, as we like to say!

If you do not receive a bid to join a sorority, here are some other options you can consider:

Informal or open recruitment (more on that below)

Often after formal recruitment, some chapters will still have open spots and can extend bids. Also, some sororities may “snap bid” the women they want and will not announce that they are still recruiting new members. Other sororities will hold informal recruitment activities in the following days or weeks in order to meet potential new members, even those who didn’t go through formal recruitment. It’s important to note that not all sororities will be able to participate in open recruitment, as they’ve already met their quotas, leaving you with fewer chapters from which to choose. But for women who want to join a sorority and are willing to be open-minded about their options, open and informal recruitment can provide another opportunity to join a sorority that year.

Try again

You can also choose to wait another year and try again at the next formal recruitment. This can work well for women who had a low high school GPA, which hurt them with sororities that had to cut based on higher GPA requirements. If you get better grades your freshman year, you will greatly increase your chances of being able to join a sorority. Another bonus of waiting another year: you get the opportunity to network on campus, potentially meeting and making friends with current sorority members. This can be an asset when going through recruitment next year, since being known (in a good way, of course!) can make a potential new member more attractive to sorority members. One word of caution: if the sororities on your campus are known for extending bids primarily to freshmen, being a sophomore can make it almost impossible to get a bid. As this varies widely from campus to campus, it’s important to do your research and know what the options are for rushing as a sophomore or junior.

Start a new sorority on campus

Avoid going through the recruitment process altogether by starting your own sorority! But as you can imagine, starting a sorority is a lot of work and takes a tremendous amount of time and commitment. Also, there are no guarantees it will be a success or that the group will be able to eventually affiliate with a national group. But it is always an option and one to consider if you’re a natural born leader.

Embrace the independent life

While there are benefits to sorority membership, there are also many other ways to be involved on campus, as you read about earlier in this book. The last option is to choose to be a proud and happy independent.

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