Useful Rush Advice
by: Big sister
Things I wish I knew/I'm glad I knew
(plz feel free to comment more stuff)
1. Be prepared to talk about fav first year mems and where you're living next year. I got asked these abt a million times.
2. A lot of people say don't talk about boys and booze, etc during rush. Yes- don't bring up blacking out or hooking up. But depending on the srat and the girl (feel it out and if she brings it up),you can talk about going out. I remember being stressed abt this lol.
3. Sororities talk. Treat one sorority bad and she will tell her friends in other srats. You can get reported to ISC for stonewalling a sorority.
4. Just because you get dropped from a place doesn't mean the girl you talked to didn't like you. Rush is an algorithm, don't take it too personally.
5. Talking to friends and family from home is way more helpful than talking to UVA friends. They can offer unbiased advice.
6. Rank doesn't matter if you don't like the girls. Being at a slightly higher tier frat on the weekends doesn't mean much if you aren't having fun.
7. When answering questions don't just say "yes" and "no". Expand. Tell funny stories.
8. Obviously you want to wear clothes that make you feel like you and make you feel good but I promise it is not an end all. Don't lose your mind over it.
9. Take notes after each round. This is actually so helpful. Especially because all the girls and houses can kinda blur together. Write down stories, names, or noteable things to help you remember who you talked to.
10. Me and my (uva) friends tried not to talk about our experiences at specific houses during rush and I'm glad we didn't. I know other girls that talked with their friends about houses all of rush and it can get so awk when people get dropped or don't like the house. Plus you need to talk about anything but rush after a long day of rush lmao.
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8. It's far better to wear something flattering that makes YOU look good than a trendy on-brand outift that looks good on the hanger. It's hard to separate how you ACTUALLY look in that outfit vs how you WANT to look. If you don't feel confident in how you look then that will affect how well you speak and act, and THOSE are everything.
by: cap
sitting down with a guy and drinking with him to figure out if you like the kid is way less judgey than talking to them in a super controlled environment where you only remember whether a PNM has a canada goose jacket on
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11. PNM's don't really get to choose, they only get to rank. The sororities do the choosing, and are given a maximum number they are allowed to invite back each round, and not one single person over. If a PNM isn't ranked high enough to be above their cutoff line then she is released. It doesn't mean the sorority didn't love her, it doesn't mean she wasn't good enough, it is purely by the numbers, and many actives get upset about who gets dropped just as those PNM's do. The sororities do not know the PNM's ranks of them so that is not considered in their decisions, and the algorithm does not even consider the PNM's ranks of the sororities unless a PNM would receive more invitations back than the round allows. That is the only time a PNM's ranks matter, and in that event, her lowest ranked house(s) will drop off her schedule. But that is not at all the way happens FOR MOST PNM's, who will find that the algorithm keeps giving them back houses they ranked low so as to offer as many houses as possible to give the best chance for a bid. YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE GETTING DROPPED. This is hard to grasp for high achievers who are used to being top in high school. You can either give the sororities who actually want you a chance and try to find a sisterhood and social life with them that may be the best thing you never knew you could have, or you can get pissy and drop out and say all kinds of things about it being rigged and unfair and blah blah blah. One more time for the back: YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE GETTING DROPPED. Deal with it.
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But you are just as judgey.
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