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OT: Question to those in Greek houses.
Posted Sat, 06/20/2009 - 21:41 — secret_life_and...I'm starting my sophomore year of high school this fall and I've been looking into colleges and such recently, kind of early, but not overly. I'm really interested in rushing a Greek house, but how hard is it to get a bid and be initiated?
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Also, jwilphl, thanks for the information. As I said, I have a few years, but I'm looking into colleges already and it's something that I have been wondering about.
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Some Greek organizations even have introductory, informational standards. My Greek organization requires that a rushee have a minimum of a 3.0 gpa in high school to move on the the second night of rush. Then there are lots of different things to be judged upon. These usually correlate with an organization's purposes or whatever they happen to have been founded upon. It varies from organization to organization. But generally, going into rush with a good gpa and an untarnished reputation is generally a good way to be invited back at least to the second night of how many ever events of rush there are. Since you've got a while until you actually will be going through rush, really you just have to make sure that you do your best throughout high school. Stay meaningfully involved, don't make a ton of enemies (especially older ones), and keep up the grades.
The grades I shouldn't have a problem with, I managed to maintain a 4.0 my freshman year taking a few classes that sophomores and juniors take. As far as I know, I haven't made any enemies with upperclassmen, I tend to get along with everyone, they just aren't close friends, ya know?
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I suppose it depends on a) the school at which you attend, and b) the prestige level of the fraternity/sorority which you wish to join. Different houses have different standards by which they abide by, but also conform to those standards as set by the university (if applicable). The number of people that you may be in competition with may also matter, as a house will usually only accept a certain number of pledges per semester/year.
You'll have to do your own research and inquiring once you reach that stage (which for you is quite a while), but for me personally, the frat I joined judged mainly on personality merits, so it wasn't all that difficult to get a bid. Obviously not everywhere will be the same. I presume the larger the school, the more difficult it is to get such an invitation.
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