top pnm

Don’t worry about this. It’s usually who the “top”sororities fight over. Which is a girl every year usually famous for her family ie (Kardashian, sherapova, etc) but don’t be worry about this or be deterred. Be yourself and you’ll end up in the house right for you.

Other top girls for example are if you have a 4.0 this instantly makes you very desirable to the more academically minded sororities since you’ll boost the overall pledge class gpa.

Recs only really matter in terms of cutting girls less about keeping. For example if your sorority is told you have to cut 100 girls on day 1 out of 700 you don’t physically have time to go through every girl. So often girls without recs and low gpas get cut first.

Also just a bty while certain houses try to get the “wealthy girls” or “right family” to make their pledge classes look better, a lot of the true billionaire families at SMU are in “bottom” tier houses since they don’t flaunt there money. Not saying this to boost anyone but to genuinely go in with an open mind and screw tiers and reputations. Go where you feel comfortable and will make friends.

As a PNM for 2019 rush, I have read your comments multiple times about smu rush. I have friends and relatives who know about it, and a sorority advisor even told me about smu rush. Your viewpoint is inflated based on a common concept that parallels the general stereotype of smu. I’m sorry you didn’t get where you wanted, but rush is about finding a sisterhood that matters to you, if you are just focused on getting in the best ranked sorority than that’s saddening. If I, a high school senior, can figure this out, than I think you need to evaluate your purpose in participating in rush and focus instead on filling your life with meaningful bonds rather than tearing down a system that fosters them. I think everyone is tired of your negativity, so please take it away from my and others desire to learn about these organizations.

I'd also like to echo what the previous poster mentioned about GPA, if we are stuck on deciding between two girls, often a girl's GPA can be a deciding factor. Keep your GPA up, it's not an invite back guarantee but it increases your chances by a lot.

Also, your activities say a lot about you! Put on stuff you may think was silly or doesn't matter. For example, if you did debate be sure to put it down because it shows you do more than just school work. A girl who shows she has a lot of interests and activities or did a lot of volunteer work can make you stand out to us. Let's say for example you volunteered with an elementary school and we have girls in chapter who like do to similar volunteer work. Not only do we think you're cool because we are passionate about similar things, but we now have more of an idea about you and what's important to you.

I personally love the “lower tier” frats and sororities better than the top tier. I just find I have more in common with them and that they’re more down to earth and academically driven. In addition, future freshman all frats and sororities have socials, formals, big/little, etc. Dont let this spammer worry you. Every Greek experience is similar just join the group you connect with.