Numbers were down. Not sure where the "over 1000" number came from but I don't think there were even 800 registered. The last time I heard which was the beginning of last week, we were around the 700 mark.

What I overheard this weekend is that they were down 200 hundred girls from last year. However, girls were still registering as of Friday.

I wonder if the economy has anything to do with this.

numbers at Tennessee, Alabama and Auburn were all down this year- economy is probably to blame. Hopefully not as many rushees will drop and quota will hang in there around 50-55 for UT! Go Greek ends tonight- any feedback from rushees or moms out there?

Hope that all the girls starting their recruitment at UT Knoxville have a wonderful recruitment experience this week!

No updates yet??

About the economy: a recent article says that potential new members (and others) are expressing concerns about costs -- the article's about Iowa, but I wouldn't be surprised if most universities are seeing the same thing.

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2009/08/20/Metro/12339.html

On the other hand, the following article about the U of South Carolina indicates that the econbomy doesn't seem to be a deterrent there:

http://media.www.dailygamecock.com/m...-3755475.shtml

Update: More on Recruitment Numbers at Tennessee

A very recent article dealing with the decline in recruitment (and enrollment) numbers at Tennessee:

http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showartic...rticleid=55276

It'll be interesting to hear what quota is.

Quota is being suggested between 40 and 42 but they may have dropped after the end of skit round last night. Tonight is pref and bids go out tomorrow.

i hope it doesnt go any lower than 40! 40 would be a nice size pledge class- the girls would really get close to each other. what is the retention rate among the rushees? Have many dropped out?

Wow. That is low for UT. A lot of legacies are going to be disappointed. But hopefully, a lot of those girls will realize that all the chapters at UT are good ones, accept a bid from their second choices and end up having four wonderful years. They have to decide what they want more: To be in a particular chapter, or to be part of a sisterhood. This could be a good way to make all the chapters even stronger.

Just talked to my chapter's advisor. The latest figure I have heard is that quota will be between 38 and 42 with an upper classman quota of between 5 and 8. Upperclassmen were free invites against the chapter's release figures given by Panhellenic. I haven't heard any retention figures yet.

Wow again. I'll be interested to hear how many dropped out. Like I said before, there are going to be a lot of disappointed legacies.

Pi Phi has a rule that if we invited a legacy to preference, we have to give her a bid. Do other groups have the same rule? If so, many of those decisions already have been made, and I wonder how that affected the number who returned for preference.

It's my understanding that the girls don't know who they are going back to until they get there tonight so I wonder how many will drop out when they realize who they wanted hasn't asked them back.

As far as giving a legacy a bid, we didn't have to give them a bid but they were usually ranked so high on our bid list that it might as well have been a rule that we had to give them one. Of course they might put someone else first as well.