From the "honeychile can be such a geek" files:

Do y'all realize that the only NPC sororities which AREN'T on Penn State's campus are:


AGD
AST
AEF
QFA
FSS
DFE

??????

whoa...seriously craziness!! I think that it's awesome that Penn State has such a huge greek system, but I can't imagine having to choose between sooo many houses!!

What is the average amount of girls in sororities at Penn State??

Average=73
The data below is from the Greek Website at PSU from 2000-2001 SY. Quota=23 (plus 1 jr.)

Delta Delta Delta 92
Zeta Tau Alpha 92
Alpha Chi Omega 87
Alpha Sigma Alpha 87
Alpha Xi Delta 87
Chi Omega 87
Pi Beta Phi 87
Kappa Delta 84
Kappa Kappa Gamma 84
Alpha Omicron Pi 83
Delta Zeta 83
Gamma Phi Beta 82
Sigma Delta Tau 82
Alpha Phi 81
Kappa Alpha Theta 80
Delta Gamma 79
Sigma Kappa 77
Alpha Delta Pi 69
Sigma Sigma Sigma 62
Lambda Delta Omega 22
Alpha Gamma Delta 19
Phi Mu 18

That's what will happen at the University of South Carolina for the 1st two rounds. There are 8 GLOs participating in formal recruitment, but there will be 10 1st-round parties. The way it was explained to me is that they are doing this so that there will not be as many PNMs at one party. The PNMs will have 2 party-free periods. I think the GLOs will not get a break.

Sounds like a good idea to me. With so many PNMs going through, it makes sense to have less at a party so they can meet more actives.

I am unabashedly excited for these threads! I LOVE RUSH! Can't help it:) and yes, I called it RUSH!
And I love the idea of the theme names! I'm totally dyslexic with numbers so keeping the House:1, House:2 information straight was pretty hard for my crazy little head.
I'm trying to think what name theme I would have chosen if I were on GC as a pnm now....
I'm thinking maybe women's authors, I would have liked matching the writer with the sorority:
Bronte Chapter,Austen Chapter, Alcott Chapter, Millay Chapter,
Eliot Chapter, Allende Chapter, Rowling Chapter, Morrison Chapter
Or, the other thing that kept me sane during rush was my candy binge with my roommate every night after our parties so I could have used the names of my faves: Snickers House, Twizzlers House, M&Ms House, Reeses House, Lollipops House etc...
Good luck to all you fabulous PNMs...we who love value our chapters depend on your interest to keep our soroities going. I wish you all the very best recruitment experience one could ever have, and I thank you all for letting us be a part of it!
violets

That is a REALLY good idea. I will be sure to read that one.

This is the newer info for 2002-2003 before spring rush. On the recruitment website ( http://www.greeks.psu.edu/phc/recruitment/reports.htm ), they have the statistics from last fall's recruitment:

Quota was 18 or 20. I don't know what junior quota was.

Alpha Chi Omega 81
Alpha Delta Pi 56
Alpha Omicron Pi 77
Alpha Phi 75
Alpha Sigma Alpha 83
Alpha Xi Delta 87
Chi Omega 83
Delta Delta Delta 85
Delta Gamma 76
Delta Zeta 83
Gamma Phi Beta 73
Kappa Alpha Theta 70
Kappa Delta 87
Kappa Kappa Gamma 78
Phi Mu 49
Pi Beta Phi 77
Sigma Delta Tau 76
Sigma Kappa 72
Sigma Sigma Sigma 58
Zeta Tau Alpha 79

My campus: MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University)
I got real creative with my GC name... MTSUGURL

Sororities

Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Chi Omega
Delta Zeta
Zeta Tau Alpha
Kappa Delta
Chi Omega

Recruitment Dates

August 15 Orientation
August 16 Values Night
August 17 Philanthropy Night
August 18 Theme Night
August 19 Preference
August 20 Bid Day

A theme... a theme... I'll use countries I haven't been to that I want to visit (France, China, Japan, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain).

The name of my recruitment thread is another testament to my creativity. You can find it under "my recruitment thread".

penn state info
 

penn state rush (i still call it that, cuz with 20 sororities it is a rush!) is shortened this year due to home football games, religious holidays, the fact that we're starting later and homecoming is the last week in september. i'm gonna be a pi chi this year and the schedule is mad insane. all of the girls are given little booklets to keep track of the sororities they see each day. any other questions or comments about our recruitment pm me! :) oh and if you make it through and are get at least one invite to pref nite, then you're guarenteed a bit. otherwise there are no guarentees you'll get a bid. most women who go to all of the parties they're supposed to get a bid.

Actually, there's an AST chapter on Penn State's Erie Campus.

the penn state we're talking about is the main campus at university park. there are 19 other campuses in the penn state system. most though are 2 year schools and then they transfer to main campus.

I know that you were talking about Penn State-Main. I go to school about 40 mins away, and I do happen to be in State College a quite bit. I was just pointing out that there was an AST chapter....just not at University Park.

I love the idea someone had about naming the four sororities she'd be rushing after the Hogwarts houses. I have to wonder which one will be Slytherin!

Won't it be funny to read "I just loved Slytherin!! The girls were all so nice and so kind!"