Rushing as a Sophomore: What you need to know about going through sorority recruitment as an upperclassman
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We’re back again with more excellent advice from our friend MacKenzie! A 2017 grad of University of Texas, she pledged Alpha Phi as a sophomore in 2014. You can read our previous interview with her about what recruitment is like at the University of Texas here. This time around, we’re breaking down the fact and the fiction of going through sorority recruitment as an upperclassman!Do you think rushing as a sophomore was harder or easier than it would have been as a freshman?“If anything, it was easier for me. I was coming in with a year of school under my belt, so I didn’t feel like I was coming in totally blind. I actually think that helped! I was nervous rushing as a sophomore in the beginning because you think sororities will want girls who can stay the whole four years. When the time for rush came, though, I don’t think being a sophomore had any impact on my experience.”What do you think are the benefits of rushing as a sophomore? How can PNMs use their upperclassman status to their...