what are the chances of not getting a bid at all

If you have Recs, good grades, aren't super unfortunate looking, good ECs, can carry a conversation, and aren't hung up on tiers, you will get a bid. Something like 93% of girls get a bid. Those who don't were either big risks or quit themselves because they thought they were too good for the houses that wanted them.

VERY rarely does a good candidate fall through the cracks completely.

Echoing the first post, of that 7% most are girls who drop out because they are unhappy with what they have left. Girls who are dropped completely almost exclusively are girls who come in with LOW gpas and they know (or at least they should) that the cut is probably coming

If you present yourself well and give every house a chance you will most likely find your place. To answer your question, yes there are a handful of nice girls who fall through the cracks each year and are released. It is such a small number, but it happens. There is a second chance with snap bids and COB if this happens to you.

Dress the part and be polite and friendly at every house and you will be successful. Going in as an unknown, even with your recs, is going to make it much harder but you will find a great house that will take the chance. Being from the northeast, don't be discouraged if you don't have a full card each round. Don't let this make you upset or it comes through in the houses you do have left and then they may let you go as well. Some good advice from my Rho Chi a few years ago and I passed on when I was a RC: You can only pledge one house so as long as you have one on your card you are good. Enjoy the houses that invite you back since they saw something in you and wanted to get to know you better and forget the houses that had to let you go. We have to cut our list down drastically so don't take it personally when you are released from a house. Be thankful and excited when you have houses left each round and go into those house excited to learn more.

Keep an open mind and realize that most of what you read on GR is self serving junk or troll nonsense. All of the houses have 400 girls and all houses have superstars. The past few years I have watched as nice, normal PNMs come in with ideas that they will go to any house except---and then the go on to list 3-5 houses where they feel they think they are too good to go. These houses are all amazing but they go in to IWT looking for all the reasons they wouldn't fit instead of focusing on the great things the house has to offer. In every house you will find frienship, leadership, social opportunities, and fun. When they are left with 3-4 houses at sisterhood and they happen to be those houses that PNM predetermined were not good enough, they drop or they sabotage themselves by acting horrible. For some reason they feel that they are better than the thousands of girls in those houses and choose to be a GDI instead. The truth is there are NO bad houses or bad choices in our system. Look around. There are gorgeous friendly girls in every one of our beautiful houses. Your attitude will go a long way towards getting your in.

i rushed in 2016 which was the biggest rush class ever at ua and in the country. i think after, it was released that our rush class had a 93% bid match rate which is EXTREMELY high. basically everyone who wanted a bid got one. as someone mentioned earlier, MOST of those who account for the 7% of girls who don't get bids are girls who drop from rush themselves. most of the time, these girls just realize that sorority life isn't for them and that's absolutely okay. after you go through your first day, you get a good feeling as to whether or not this is something you genuinely want. and for some girls, they realize that they don't want to spend thousands of dollars on something they're not 100% happy about. very FEW girls get released from rush. at the end of each day, your rho chi will tell you to keep your phone on overnight just in case they need to call you to tell you you've been released... and i know how nerve racking that is. EVERYONE is nervous that they might be released. but virtually no one is released from rush. the few girls who are released are released because of extremely poor grades or an extremely poor reputation. another factor for why girls get released is honestly because they're just weird. i hate to say it, but there are a few girls who go through rush and are outwardly very weird and they get released... there was actually a girl in my rho chi group who was like that and got released.

point is, the chances that you'll be released are miniscule. and unlike what the first person said above, you don't need to be an outstanding candidate. yes, there are a lot of very well rounded and pretty girls who go through rush. but there are also a lot of very average girls who go through rush too. my best advice if you're nervous about this is to get recs. you still have over a month to get this done and recs are what will help you exponentially. in addition, pick your outfits and practice how you're going to do your makeup/hair.

enjoy the summer and good luck

I was released towards the end of recruitment. I just was not prepared for recruitment at all and sort of frozed in my conversations with nervousness. I just could not get past being continuously judged during the process. Thankfully, I was not nervous anywhere else and was selected for freshman forum. I was quickly picked up by my house during COB and couldn't be happier.

Now on the other side of tecruitment, I def see that my nervousness and conversation skills did not help me. My best advice... practice and believe on your own best qualities. If you are released and still wasnt to be in a sorority then get involved and work on your grades and try again. Odds are, you just fell through the cracks.