Wow! That's a pretty amazing outcome for pref! Keep us posted!

Preference Round Photos
 

Okay, Pref photos are already posted, enjoy:

http://spotted.onlineathens.com/gall....php?id=418518

Okay, judging by the rain jackets and umbrellas in evidence in the photos, the PNMs are now dealing with some rain....so we've had record heat indexes, thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and finally rain. These girls can handle anything!

Wow, I guess we can safely add UGA to the list of schools where a black dress for pref is de rigeur. It's kind of a shame from this spectator's perspective -- I enjoyed all the colors from Skit Day.
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Laguna Bay Condo Prathumnak

I'm imagining this discussion: "She was the PNM in the black dress"

Question: if the PNMs are wearing black to Preference, what are the actives wearing*?

*Yes, dresses, not cat suits, even I know that; but what color?.

Probably black as well. I've only seen one chapter, in my years, wear something other than black and that was KKG who wore white.

Several groups wear white at our school. We wear red and some other groups have worn red in the past too. The majority still wear black though.

I have only seen Pi Phi wear white but who knows. Maybe if most of the members wore another color, they could still carry off the theme.

We always wore black when I was there, and so did the houses nearest ours, but things might have changed, so I can't speak to what they wear now.

One of my girls just got back from ranking and said the three chapters she preffed all wore black.

The chapter that I work with wears red, as does my college chapter. This is becoming more common for Alpha Gamma Delta.

BTW...I'm a UGA newbie. I don't know the traditions.

The Delta Gammas at UGA always wear navy blue for preference :)

Back in the day we wore white - with different coloured sashes.

Most of the sororities at UGA wear black on pref day.

Black at Pref
 

My daughter is an active along Milledge and yes the sisters are required to wear black during Pref parties. They have some fairly strict dress requirements and daughter went looking for dresses in July. I know she is flat EXHAUSTED and classes start tomorrow.

I wish everyone well. Tell your PNMs that there will be a period of adjustment. I some cases it takes a few months to feel part of the sisterhood. I know my daughter has just moved into the house and Recruitment has really helped them bond.

There is a place almost for everyone who wants Greek life in Athens. I understand there are some discussions about bringing to campus another sorority. I think that is a great idea. More opportunities for more young women.

Hang in there moms. It is almost over!:rolleyes:

I can't speak for all Kappa Alpha Theta chapters, but as actives,we wore black, and the PNMs did not. I recall PiPhi actives (the other chapter I preferenced) wearing beautiful white, with wreaths of flowers in their hair. They looked angelic, for sure. It was such a contrast to me at the time - Theta in black, PiPhi in white. I believe my own PNM preference dress was (gasp) red, or teal - it was a very strong color.

I think that seeing the photos/looking at the clothing has been one of the most fun parts of these recruitment threads.

MomUGA, Thank you so much for your posts, they have been very helpful and insightful, reminding us moms of PNMs that the sisters are working hard and want to be their best, too. I especially appreciate your last line :)

Well, maybe since I graduated... but when I was there we wore black! :)

Recruitment SOOO different
 

I will share that I attended UGA many, many moons ago. I also pledged a sorority and have remained active upon my return to Georgia. My daughter pledged the same house. She went through last fall and I told her to keep a completely open mind. I suspect she looked at my sorority with a bit of a jaundice eye. HOWEVER, during recruitment, it just clicked and I am thrilled for her.

For those of you who have never participated in Greek life, I can not explain to you how joyous it is. You make life-long friendships. My little sister is my youngest son's godmother. One of my sorority sisters has a son my youngest son's age. They have been friends for years and they happily shared my son's wedding last fall.

Membership in Greek life on a campus like UGA gives you leadership opportunities, access to tutors and heads up on tests and difficult professors. It also gives you a safe place to learn problem solving, mentoring skills, and organization!

I would not trade my four years at UGA in a sorority for anything! I wish only the same for all of your daughters.

Ha, Maria...I wore red, too...which I picked out before I knew I was preffing AOII. It went over well with the AOIIs who were trying to figure out if I was going to pick AOII or break my poor sister's heart and join another group.

Daughter's Decision Time
 

Daughter's first house for Preference Round was with the Buttercups. She really liked the sister she was with during this round and she also had a direct tie with the philanthropy of this house to her intended degree. She was moved by the show of sisterhood at the Buttercups. Next were the Lilies, her favorite from the start of recruitment. She knew a couple of the sisters in this house through family or friends and felt like she had very similar interests. She also really liked the sincere interest the sisters seemed to show her during each of her visits. She liked the sister who had been with her during skit and then again during preference round, and it was a bonus that this house was so beautiful. Finally, she visited the Magnolias. This was the house that she knew nothing about at the start of recruitment. She didn't know anyone at the house or anyone who had been a Magnolia. She had been very impressed from the start with the friendliness of the sisters. These girls seemed 'down to earth'. Her interest in this house had really grown over the week. Daughter had felt very good about her options all week, even though there had been some hard cuts. It was time for Daughter's decision and so on her bid card her choices were...
1.Lilies
2.Magnolias
3.Buttercups

Bid Day Gift Ideas??
 

Since parents/families don't go to Athens for Bid Day, we would really like to send some kind of gift or flowers to Daughter to be delivered after she gets her bid. We did get a flyer from Bulldawg Baskets at the parent orientation, but I'm wondering if anyone knows if this company is the only one doing these types of bid day baskets? Any other ideas or suggestions?? Thanks.

I don't remember any other companies, but I pledged in Fall 2002 so it has been some time. My parents sent a note and earrings through Bulldawg Baskets and I loved it.

Video of 2009 Bid Day
 

Friend just told me about this link on YouTube of last year's Bid Day. Wow, I would think this is a bit overwhelming for some of these girls. I may try to send it to my daughter so she and her roommate have some idea of what to expect (*I'm thinking only good thoughts about these girls, in other words, that they WILL receive bids :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOKTwe-hNE4

Oops, I meant to say the past few years! My bad! :)

Best of luck to your daughter and all the other PNMs - looking forward to seeing photos and hearing about all the new members.

UGA Greek Row
 

Thanks for all of the good wishes!

Found another cool link on YouTube at the same time, this one is of the beautiful houses on Milledge Avenue, hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5_0UgcnJB4

:eek::eek::eek:

That is strange ... why would a PNM suicide a sorority who cut her? Or even want to?

Exactly!! I'm baffled over it!!

We've mentioned this concept before on here. If a girl only has chapters left she doesn't really want, sometimes they write down "chapters that cut me and that I don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting but I won't get penalized for dropping out and I can still get snap bids." Some schools allow you to do that, and IMO the PNM has the right to do this. This wouldn't make sense though, if the only group they put down is ABC. I thought you weren't allowed to suicide and then be eligible for snap bids or quota additions.

I think that before everyone freaks out, what needs to be considered is:

1) Even if the chapter made quota, did it put them at total?

2) Maybe the chapter cut too much and wouldn't have made quota without these girls.

3) We don't know WHY the chapter cut them - if they cut them because they don't want them as sisters, or if they cut them just because they had to cut SOMEONE but still would have bid them anyway. The rush chair (or whoever counted the votes) is probably the only one who knows that.

Something doesn't add up...
 

Disclaimer: I'm not involved with this panhellenic, so I'm answering in general terms ONLY as a chapter adviser who has done RFM on my campus and is familiar with the PROCESS

In RFM, the "flex add/remove" is a list separate from the daily invite back list, and it used by panhellenic during the process of bringing back the women for the next day. It allows panhellenic to either remove some the PNM's if the chapter is doing particularly well (ie more PNM's are ranking that chapter highly to return to it than panhellenic would have expected from their usual return rates), or to add additional women to the party if more women do not rank to return to that chapter, so that the chapter has an adequate amount of PNM's going into the next round to make them likely to meet quota. Both of these lists are put together by the chapter so panhellenic doesn't just willy-nilly remove or add women to the chapter's invite list.

As far as the bid list goes, chapters can choose to add women to their bid list even if they did not attend the chapter's party. This is often the case if they invite women to their preference and those women elect to go to other chapters, most of the time if the chapter liked those women enough to invite them for preference, they would be delighted to have them in the house.

That being said...its not really a flex list per se for the bid list.

And per NPC rules...a woman who single intentional pref's any house, regardless of whether or not she attended a pref party there, is NOT available for quota additions.

My best guess is that the chapter did not in fact make quota and made snap bids to those women who did not match through regular matching.

It's like they are rewarding the girls for suiciding despite the fact that the sorority didn't want them.[/QUOTE]


And this is simply not possible. No panhellenic could offer a PNM a bid from a chapter without their consent - only the chapter can offer a bid

I think often times a chapter adviser and membership/recruitment chairs will make decisions about who to make snap bids behind the scenes on the day of bid matching that the chapter doesn't know about. While those women who SIP wouldn't be eligible for QA, if they went unmatched they ARE eligible for snap bids or COB.

A chapter can snap to total, I believe.

quota 48 x 17 = 816 bids
and they started with 1274...ouch. Even with some QA's, that seems like a pretty big drop.

That sounds like a really small quota for UGA....so it's probably snap bids. That scenario happened to two girls from our HS a few years ago. Both had dropped out of rush after heavy cuts, did not attend pref round and were snapped the next day.

Sometimes the girls don't understand exactly what is going on......

What she said.

THE BID
 

Well in this day of modern technology, Daughter first sent me a photo text of her bid card showing that she was a new member of the LILIES better known as..............
















DELTA DELTA DELTA !!!!! and to make the ending even better her roommate was now............







HER SISTER !!!!!!!!!

Congrats to your daughter and Tri-Delta. She will love it, even if she has to Duck and Cover again!