Auburn vs Alabama

RobD
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:47:21 +0000

hlsess: I went to Panhellenic Preview at the end of March and the stats they gave us for sorority rush were: 81% of girls who rushed got a bid; of those who didn’t get a bid (19%) the vast majority self selected out during the process and/or didn’t maximize their chances by going to the largest # of events that they could. Only 5% went through the process & didn’t get a bid, but the speakers said that most of those were due to low GPAs or other reasons that would make a sorority not want to offer them a bid (they didn’t expound about this, but I got the feeling that it might have been behavior/disciplinary issues.) Here’s the link to the ppt: http://greeklife.ua.edu/docs/Preview%20Parent’s%20Session.ppt

I will share with you that I heard some about some brutal legacy cuts at Auburn this past rush; girls who are friends of friends in tears not getting bids even though they were 3rd generation (fill in the sorority name here). I will say I have no dog in this fight since sororities are completely foreign to me and my D is on the fence as to whether she will rush or not come August. But I’m sure there are bad sorority stories at every school. And if my D does want to rush, it won’t be any extra work for me; she can figure out the rec part on her own just like she did for college apps :)