Congrats to your daughter!

Hi all! I do not know what quota was, but my chapter reached it :) We had more girls than ever participate this year and cuts were tough. I can't say too much more without revealing my affiliation but bid day was a blast!!!!!!

(PM me if you want more details)

Pass the Pinot: Congrats to your daughter I hope that she will be very happy with her new sisters.
Sydney: congrats on your house taking quota! Any suggestions on where we can find more info on rush ~ I don't think it will be coming from Dean West anytime soon!
I wish Panhellenic would participate on facebook or twitter.

I havent heard what quota was, but I have been told that Theta got 61. I will assume they made or exceeded quota due to the fact they are one of our (Theta) top chapters in the nation.

I thought Phi Mu was coming to UK this fall. Scoop?

I heard they are coming this school year, but did not hear when.

Thanks.

Phi Mu
 

I believe it is fall 2011.

yes

ChiO and PiPhi bid day pictures are on www.mypicturesnow.com

Thanks my daughter was a ChiO @ UK.

I heard that quota was 63, and Alpha Phi took 65 new members!

Congrats to Alpha Phi on their new members.

Theta did not make quota. Besides for that, I do not know about any groups other than my own.

With RFM, sometimes "top" chapters miss quota. They might only be able to invite 1.5 x projected quota (or less) and miss it by a little as a result.

Yeah, this happened quite a bit with popular chapters at Towson for this same reason. If these chapters were all competing for the same women, that 1.5x projected quote turned out to be just too few women spread over a lot of chapters...ie. 3 chapters invited the same 1.5x quota women to prefs. That leaves approximately half the number needed for all the chapters to make quota. It was never that serious, but you get the idea.

My other two girls went ADPI and KD. They are both double legacies at their houses, so this is great news.

Bid day: Alpha Delta Pi style
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Sisters of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority gathered at their house to celebrate Bid Day, an event marking the beginning of sorority pledgeship, on August 20, 2010. Check out a slideshow of the celebration here. [link above].

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As I understand it, Theta ultimately did get to quota through snap bids, but as TSteven said above, it was a little shocking.

This really isn't that uncommon. Sometimes it happens that more "selective" groups get too selective before pref. Theta is still one of UK's strongest groups.

I know what snap bids are, but do these girls get their bids with the others on bid day, or are they extended later? Had these girls not been on the bid list originally? I would feel like I wasn't really wanted by the house if I knew I was offered a bid just to get to quota. Even if it was from a top house on campus.

It's often not a case of "being offered a bid just to get to quota." It's more likely girls who the sorority liked and wanted but had to cut because of RFM. If they just wanted something with an ovary, they could pick random girls off the street.

You can either obsess about not being the first person on the bid list or you can go to bid day and have fun. AFAIK snap bids do go out in time to do all the bid day stuff, etc.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I LIKE the feeling that i got into an organization by the skin of my teeth, and that I'm surrounded by people who are more qualified than I am (by whatever criteria). I worked very hard to get into a college where most people were smarter/more accomplished than me, a singing group where most members were better singers than me, etc. Those have always been the organizations where I've had the best experiences and grown the most. Your peers bring you up to their level.
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My daughter was snapped at UK a few years ago. She got the early AM call that she had not matched and was told that it was possible she could be snapped. She got her bid at the same time everyone else got their's so not many people even realized that she was snapped and not matched.

Are you kidding? Elite chapters only accept people with two ovaries.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Thanks leesek, this is what I wanted to know, and congrats to your daughter and her chapter!!

and Drolfille, You're too funny!! I'm sure only girls with 2 ovaries get bids to elite chapters at any of the SEC schools.