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At my school... (and we only have about 120 going through)
Panhel gets Info forms (with very general info) filled out during open house... and gives copies (along with photos) to each of the chapters to use as they see fit. So at open house (where there is 15 minute rotations) no one knows anything about anyone. but after the first party, they do. |
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Actually, I would have been creeped out if every woman I talked to during rush was like me. At my school (and when I was there), the sororities received the registration form and a photo supplied by the PNM. But, I know that the members of my chapter did not get to study that information prior to rush. Everything on each day (except preference) was a complete surprise, since the PNMs entered in random order and we often did not know who was returning to our chapter until the couple of minutes before each party. |
This year was the first time I helped with recruitment in 25 years, so I had a chance to view a large recruitment vs. a small recruitment.
When I was in school, all we got was a list of PNMs and their home town. If we were lucky enough to get a rec and a picture, that was gravy. Recs were not a big issue then, so we had no clue what other girls were coming through until we received the knock on the door. There was no alphabetized lists so we grabed the next girl coming through the door. First round was 1200 PNMs, and 20 parties at 15 minutes each. It was an organized chaos. When I helped at another school this year, they had about 150 PNMs, 5 parties, of 30 minutes. They also didn't receive a list until the knock came. Again, they grabbed the first girl coming through. When I asked the advisor about recs pictures, she said, they always use Facebook. Is it awkward? Maybe, maybe not. One observation of this method of madness: I noticed the excitement of one collegian pulling her PNM across the room to meet her sister that was from the same city across the country. Talk about a smooth bump! I don't think you could get that same excitement if recruitment was so orchestrated. |
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Personally, if I went through recruitment and the girl rushing me knew everything about me, I'd be totally creeped out. Consider this, AnonAlumna: If a woman going through rush is so bland that you cannot remember who she is without a photograph and her life story, do you REALLY want her in your chapter? |
do your chapters not have a minimum grade requirement to give a girl a bid?
if you do have a minimum, how do you go about finding out and verifying their gpa? what if you have 4 girls with the same name? we did this past recruitment. now they weren't from the same place, but you don't want to keep asking each one of them where they are from everytime they walk through your door. what if its a new member rushing the pnm-the newbies don't always remember to make a mental note of how the girl spells her name or where she is from-things that can help the girls(and the alumnae assisting) know which sydney zelda zta just had as a rush guest. and they always don't get the last name of the girl. this past recruitment we pledged 1 cydne, 1 sydni, 2 caitlins, 1 katelyn, 1 jordyn, 1 jordan and 2 brittany's. there were more brittany's and caitlins , one more jordan and a couple of lauras that we did not bid. without those forms, it would have been near impossible to tell them all apart. |
I think that it's very important that GPAs are given. Each school is different and while I like the idea of getting their registration forms, I can understand that this isn't what happens at some schools. But when I was first advising at URI, we got absolutely nothing. It was impossible to cut for grades, and that certainly didn't work for us. It took a few years of me politely asking for this to change.
Also, I think that for pref at least, the pnm's should be lined up in alphabetical order. It'd be nice for other parties too, but it's essential for pref. |
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What were their last names? Why couldn't you just say "Cydne with a C Smith"? Works for us, and we have 200+ girls going through every year. Honestly, I really don't think you need to know all this stuff about potentials. |
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I can assure you FSUZeta and many of us know your "tricks" like Rush Workshop and remembering last names. Gee, what a concept. |
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I say there's nothing wrong with providing more information. There's nothing wrong with the change as long as it's not hurting. The chapters at my school get tons of info in advance: GPAs, activities, legacy, etc. I usually don't see them do much with it but there are many girls that no one remembers and since they have access to that info they can look up these women and decide whether or not she's going on a list or a flex list or if she's not going to make a list at all. It can be helpful to have more info. I'm not so sure about the pictures though, that can come off a little superficial, but we NEVER pair up girls based on previous info. If someone has a common hobby/hometown/band, etc. as a sister it's discovered during conversation and they are introduced, but the extra info can really be a godsend. I say there's nothing wrong with trying something new if they like the concept.
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Otterbein has anywhere from 100-250 girls go through at a time, and the registration form is just Name, year, ID# (to account for campus food service), dorm, phone, e-mail and legacy. No pictures, no extracurriculars, nothing. That being said, we don't do the whole "bumping" strategy that lot of chapters do, plus we have deferred recruitment (january). It works well for us, but again, our system runs on its own time and its own rules, we're not bound to NPC practice (sometime a good thing, other times, not so much).
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maybe its a regional thing, but i felt that some of the answers from some of our northern sisters were rude, defensive and condescending. i think it all started with the first response to the op-maybe i missed it, but i did not see the op identify herself as having attended college in the south. did she say where she went to college? she could be from u of michigan, indiana or syracuse. none of us have come up with the perfect recruitment-but if we don't share ideas and compare notes and try to do better, we will never improve. |
FSU, very diplomatic post. Props to you. As for pics - it's not about being superficial at all (though I can see how it may look that way). It's about putting a face to a name - it's just another tool to help actives remember the PNMs you talked to. I know in my chapter, we used the group Rho Chi photos in MS and it was very helpful. And when you have several hundred to over a thousand girls going through, those pictures become essential. No one can remember that many full names without other aides to jog your memory - you'll use whatever tricks you can come up with!
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