Oddly, I think the decision to do bid day this way was actually an attempt to downplay recruitment. In the bad old days when recruitment was way before classes started, it was not unheard of for girls to decide to transfer after a bad rush.

Now, if you moved recruitment further into the semester, you don't have that problem, but you have a host of others.

It just seems like UGA is much less forthcoming with results than other comparable campuses like Auburn and Alabama. I am impressed by the fact that the post bid lists on bid day, and seem to maintain good stats over time.

Someone earlier mentioned having it later like Ole Miss. Well, there it falls during mid terms. So, hmm, recruitment party or study for mid term??????? And besides, they only have 9 groups there which makes for fewer parties anyway and shorter days....but it is still tough to do it during school and over 2 weekends....

Last year they did post the bid lists pretty promptly. I hoped it was part of a trend, but if they've moved back to the previous director, I'm not sure what that means.

And honestly, we're really only talking less forthcoming than two of the most open campuses in the country.

Stalker!
 

while its fun to have the lists published-- isn't that kinda of free info for the stalkers? {shudder}

The one you're in, the one you could have gotten in, and the one your mom was in. Duh.

We were told at the parent meeting that bid day is on the first day of classes, because the school will not let the girls move into the dorms any earlier. It's just a timing thing. I know from my own daughter that having classes was a great distraction during the day. She told me that she even studied a little before going to the field.

You are absolutely right!

Happily, my neighbor got her first choice. Congrats to Pi Phi for pledging her.

In other hometown news, all three sophomores got bids. That surprised and encouraged me.

On the other hand, one of the group was dropped on 6 party day. Very surprising as she had lots going for her.

A friend of mine now has a Kite and Key family. Her UGa daughter just pledged Theta down in Athens. :)

We stay up late....just be/c we only have 9 NPC groups does not mean we aren't up late! When there are 9 NPC groups and about 900 new members there is lots of work to do to get the house ready and things like that... :) Oh and recruitment isn't always during Mid-terms. PNMs and actives learn how to take recruitment week in stride and it is all about time management and planning...but that's all I'll say since this thread is about UGA.

No doubt that's what they said at the meeting, but it seems a little implausible. I certainly could be wrong about what I said earlier though.

We're talking about backing it up one day so it's over before classes start? And they're saying that resident life is making the calls about when rush will be?

Maybe you can't get a tuition refund once classes start! LOL!

Be careful what you wish for about having recruitment later. When I was in school at UGA we were on the quarter system and class didn't start to about Sept. 15th and we could never have rush during the Jewish holidays (this was late 1970's). So rush would sometimes start about 2 days AFTER CLASSES BEGIN and you went to classes all day had rush parties at night then had selection sessions to 2 or 4 am in the morning and then have to go to class the next day. Needless to say by the time rush was over you were already a week behind in your classes (not good for the academics). Having said that I like the way UVA does it and have rush before Winter Semester begins that way the girls are adjusted to college life and campus and maybe make better decisions. I'm sure there are other ladies on here that remember these times at UGA because it is true at that time you were given cards that told you what houses you were invited back to and then you decided where to go ( no ranking then). I had forgotten until someone mentioned it, but the houses you decided to cut you could regret or regret with interest which meant if you were cut out of rush you were still interested in those houses.

Alabama and Auburn are exceptions in publishing the bid lists and distributing them to newspapers. Most colleges and universities ignore this news - and it IS "news." A name and a hometown is hardly a lot of information. I'm very glad that they do this - the day they quit doing it, believe me, they'll hear about it!:p

Have to agree...when you move recruitment - especially a massive one - to occur concurrently with classes, there's a lot of conflict. PNMs have to miss classes to go to parties...or vice versa. The longer you delay, the more vicious the tent talk and the more ridiculous the rumors. It's so much better to get it done and over with.

You're probably right! It's certainly not unheard of that girls leave school when they don't get their choice of sorority...stupid as that is.