Junior Rush at UT Austin

[longhornlady14]

Hey longhorn427!

I am on the EXACT same boat as you are! I will be rushing as a Junior since I transferred in for this year and by the time I got all my transfer stuff taken care of I was already too late to do any of the Rush things so I feel your pain. If you went to HP so did I which is kinda weird that I found this post, but anywhos that's beside the point. The people that I've talked to have said that rushing as a Junior is tough, they do have spots for upperclasmen, but like many people have mentioned they don't have to fill them since their interest is more on freshmen. What everyone has agreed on and what I've been told is that you should go for it regardless and have an open mind to some disappointment and being open to other houses than the ones you mentioned. Good luck to you!

[Ladybugmom]

Good attitude LonghornLady..Good luck to both of you!

[dzandiloo]

Originally Posted by pinapple

The new member period takes tremendous effort on the part of the training sisters and some simply don't feel that a three quarter active is worth the effort.

[sidebar] I understand the effort put into new member training...and the importance of retention to strength and stability of collegiate chapters & thus the emphasis on recruiting freshman, but as an active alumna volunteer who works her butt off to help graduates embrace the lifetime aspect of our sisterhood, this makes me so sad...3 semesters or 4 years is just a drop in the bucket v. the potential of the rest of your life as an active, contributing member...some of our best alumnae volunteers didn't have lengthy collegiate experiences... *sigh* [/sidebar]

[33girl]

I would also question the NM period taking tremendous effort on the part of the "training" sisters - for one thing, the entire chapter should be part of NM education, not just the pledge mom and her assistant and/or committee...for another, pledge programs are far less rigorous than they used to be. Most of them are nationally standardized so it's not like the pledge mom has to make up a new program every semester.

Let's just call a spade a spade: it's all about the

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