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Beachcomber 08-26-2012 11:23 AM

Saw on twitter that 1195 women were placed - a record. Doesn't mean that all will accept their bids but sounds like it was a successful year!

DoctorD 08-26-2012 12:18 PM

Just saw on Facebook that Alpha Gamma Delta has 75 new members!

Fsumom23 08-26-2012 01:02 PM

Spring Recruitment?
 
On Pref day, my daughter was only asked back to 2 houses, neither of which she connected with. She dropped out. She thought she made a connection with girls in a few other houses, but was not asked back. She thought her high school GPA may have been one of the factors she wasn't asked back. Will she be able to participate in Spring Recruitment or will she have to wait until Fall 2013? What exactly is Spring Recruitment? Will the sororities only look at her FSU GPA? Thanks for the info.

PKTKKG 08-26-2012 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Fsumom23 (Post 2171699)
On Pref day, my daughter was only asked back to 2 houses, neither of which she connected with. She dropped out. She thought she made a connection with girls in a few other houses, but was not asked back. She thought her high school GPA may have been one of the factors she wasn't asked back. Will she be able to participate in Spring Recruitment or will she have to wait until Fall 2013? What exactly is Spring Recruitment? Will the sororities only look at her FSU GPA? Thanks for the info.

As long as a Pref card is not signed, then she can participate in spring recruitment. Signing the Pref card is what binds you for a year to the group you receive a bid to. So she can do spring or wait until next fall. And then, they won't care what her high school grades are as she will have FSU grades.

Some chapters add new members in the Spring (or other informal Fall recruitment) if they are under what is called "chaper total" on that campus. There are many reasons why a chapter may not be at total and have room for more gilrs. Many campuses have seen increases in chapter size with the interest in greek life at a high right now, and when total is increased (sometimes it's based on chapter average), then that leaves room for sororities to do what they call open bidding.

Not all groups will have room for new members in the Spring, but if she has an interest and has done well in school then she can join in the Spring. Or, she can focus on grades and other activities this year (which is a very good idea) and go through again in the fall 2013.

FSUMAMA 08-26-2012 01:45 PM

Just checking in -

My daughter was invited to 7 of her 8 choices on Friday, and then visited 8 houses. Friday night was the most conflicted for her. She picked 3 but was conflicted about her 2nd and 3rd and didn't sleep well. She was very excited on Saturday to be invited back to all 3. She was very positive when she left her top pick pref party, as they were so excited that she would be joining them and they told her they would meet her at the fountain today. While excited, she has heard horror stories about this happening to other girls and then not receiving a bid.

I spoke with her a few minutes ago and she said four girls in her group recieved calls today that they didn't receive bids and they didn't need to come. She said they had only picked 2 pref parties to attend and didn't get bids from either. She also was told the pledge classes are going to be around 74 girls.

So now we are eagerly awaiting a text to see where she will be!

Can't wait to hear where everyone's girls end up!

ladybug12 08-26-2012 01:58 PM

Phi Mu matched 76!

aopi4evr 08-26-2012 02:17 PM

Looking forward to hearing where everyone ended up today! I know my daughter is SO excited! I am excited for this crazy week to end and her life to get into a routine. I know she did not sleep well Friday night and has hardly eaten. It will all be worth it though.

I'm sorry for those on this thread who's daughter was not satisfied how things turned out. I do know for sure that next year AOII (and maybe another sorority) are colonizing at FSU next year which will open up a ton of new spots and I would guess they would be much more open to accepting non-freshman students. AOII has already hired a consulting firm to research the area for a house. Of course that will take some time.

DeltaBetaBaby 08-26-2012 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 2171292)
This is correct. The first list is in Alpha order and the second is ranked.

Hijack, but is this still true under RFM? Without the chapters knowing an exact quota, how could they know how many women should be on the first list?

NutBrnHair 08-26-2012 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby (Post 2171742)
Hijack, but is this still true under RFM? Without the chapters knowing an exact quota, how could they know how many women should be on the first list?

Not sure about that. I'm from the old hand bid matching days. I loved doing hand bid matching when it was a small enough Panhellenic. You really knew where you stood at the end of the process.

DeltaBetaBaby 08-26-2012 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 2171746)
Not sure about that. I'm from the old hand bid matching days. I loved doing hand bid matching when it was a small enough Panhellenic. You really knew where you stood at the end of the process.

Okay, that's what I thought. Now that the computer does it, there is no reason to alphabetize them anyway (or rather, the gain in processing speed is likely negligible).

dukedg 08-26-2012 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby (Post 2171742)
Hijack, but is this still true under RFM? Without the chapters knowing an exact quota, how could they know how many women should be on the first list?

Yes, still true. They give us an estimate, which is super low, of quota. Then they just pull from our ranked list when they try out different scenarios and end up with a higher quota.

WhiteRose1912 08-26-2012 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dukedg (Post 2171753)
Yes, still true. They give us an estimate, which is super low, of quota. Then they just pull from our ranked list when they try out different scenarios and end up with a higher quota.

Seconding this. They give you the lowest possible quota number from the quota range (so if they're estimating 10-14, they'll tell you to make your A list 10 women) and will just expand the A list into your B list if it winds up being higher.

NutBrnHair 08-26-2012 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 2171283)
Waiting to hear from my Pledge Sister how her daughter's experience went. Fingers crossed!

Another Chi Omega in her family!!! Yay.

FSUMAMA 08-26-2012 11:08 PM

We now have a Theta in the house:) congrats to all the girls!

MaryPoppins 08-26-2012 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUMAMA (Post 2171991)
We now have a Theta in the house:) congrats to all the girls!

Congratulations!

aopi4evr 08-26-2012 11:28 PM

New Pi Phi Angel here! Congrats to all! So glad this week is over

PKTKKG 08-27-2012 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by FSUMAMA (Post 2171991)
We now have a Theta in the house:) congrats to all the girls!

That is wonderful!!!! So happy for her and I hope she will enjoy being a part of that wonderful sisterhood!!!

FSUZeta 08-27-2012 08:51 AM

Congratulations!

XOtillIdieO 08-27-2012 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair (Post 2171847)
Another Chi Omega in her family!!! Yay.

Ahhh congratulations!! Gamma chapter is such an amazing sisterhood :)

NutBrnHair 08-27-2012 12:08 PM

No news from debann127?

owlsgohoot 08-27-2012 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUMAMA (Post 2171991)
We now have a Theta in the house:) congrats to all the girls!

Congrats to your daughter! My cousins were active Theta's at FSU in the late 80's. It's such a great chapter!

carnation 07-19-2013 07:50 PM

2013 bump!


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