Ok, all good. Glad I'm mistaken (I guess?).

No harm, no foul. The spreadsheet is looking messy; I will keep working on it. This is fun for me! I'm learning all sorts of stuff today.

BTW here was my Zen of the Day meditation:

"Conflict is never what it appears to be. Beneath the surface of emotional reactions lies a chance to transform the most bewildering questions into the most enlightened answers."

Hmmm...according to that thread, parents DON'T go to bid day at UGA. That's from UGA sorority members.

I'm sure that's the case & I definitely wasn't speaking to UGA specifically because I have no first (or even second!) hand knowledge of UGA. I was replying to some comments made about Texas schools and Texas mothers.

Thank you, Shellfish! I had no idea what it was even called!

Helping out your spreadsheet cause. I'm an alumni of Texas A&M University - Commerce and parents do not attend bid day.

I went to bid day at UGA several years ago, but my daughter was pledging my sorority and the house I lived in while I attended college. It is not the norm for parents to go. Parking on Milledge is at BEST a frickin' nightmare.

I heard from daughter this am. Quota is probably upwards of 60 - due to large number of PNMs. Good luck to everyone!

Last year a friend of mine who is a UGA ADPi went bid day when her daughter pledged ZTA at UGA. I saw the photos she took. I don't know if that's the norm or not but I know for a fact at least one mom went to UGA last year for bid day.

The whole street is a nightmare haha...it gets really crazy there and you have all the "frat stars" either driving by honking their horns 20 times a minute or a few hundred sitting in chairs right across the street from the houses. I always look forward to the youtube videos from Milledge on bid day.

I'll post as soon as I find out where my cousin and her best friend got bids!

University of Southern California has an established Greek system. Some chapters on the row have been active for 90 years or more. Bid Night begins at around 8 o'clock in the evening. Parents do not come for this event.

Parents and family do attend the Presents Ceremonies in October which are pictured on CC in another thread. Also, I think there are Mother-Daughter events and Father-Daughter events which take place later in the year.

Since I am the one that started the Mom @ Bid Day thread that is referenced here, I will share what my current experience has been in regard to this at UT Austin. Based on feedback from my daughter's RA, and the mom's of my daughter's roommate and suitemates, they ALL plan to attend bid as long as each young women makes it that far. Most said they would go either way....bad results...hit the movies...good results...celebration. Will any of us camp out? No. But be there...yes. As a matter of fact, I can' think of any mom I have spoken with who has a daughter going through recruitment that is not going to be there. Maybe it is just changing at UT. For me I yield to what my DAUGHTER wants. She wanted me close by for the good, the bad, or the ugly. Some moms and daughter just have that bond where it is the phone call that is made first. I don't think that makes me a helimom (although I have put my toe in the pond on occassion) as much as it makes me a compassionate mother who wants nothing but the best for her child. If she wants me there, and I can make it work...then so be it.

Back to the topic at hand...it's nearly 5PM ET. Has UGA indicated quota and whether all 17 sororities hit that number? I know Bid Day starts at 6. Where and when are the PNMs congregating?

I am here in Oswego, NY for work - keeping my fingers crossed for my sisters and the other women on South Milledge.

Should here sometime between 6:00-6:30 or so. There is so much happening on Milledge during bid day and it depends when the buses arrive and which one my cousin and her friend are on. Stay tuned!

Alpha Gamma Delta - 77 new members according to my advisor source.

AOII got 72 new girls at UGA according to their Facebook page! It didn't say what quota was

Wow, looking at twitter, I didn't realize Mississippi State had their bid day tonight as well.

as it should be! our families come first!

the countdown is on....cannot wait to see what happens for everyone.

Sigma Kappa at UGA has 71 wonderful new girls.

Fantastic!!! Thanks for the update - now I can get a little work done.

Any news about Theta?

Oooooh, this is fun! But I think I'll run around the block a few times to defuse some tension!!!:D

I heard quota is 75

Good decision Eightisgreat..you wont be sorry..either way, happy or sad..and you wont be alone!

If any of you have any UGA insiders - could you ask if the Katy, TX girls pledged their chapter? I'm trying to hunt them down, and it isn't easy. Our Alumnae Panhellenic compiles data - thanks!

Official UGA quota is 58, but a lot of the sororities took more to get to ceiling.

Bid Day
 

Pi Beta Phi is welcoming 73 Angels !!!!

Like!!!!!!

suspense is getting the best of me....no phone call yet......no text......PLEASE....something...I will be able to sleep for the first time since this began.!!!!

Argghh! My oldest did that to me!!!!!

You said it! I'm waiting for SOMETHING (idc what it is) from one of my cousins, uncle, aunt, etc.

Glad to know I'm not the only mom freaking out!

mine is a pi phi angel...could not be happier for her....she did not go up to Athens thinking it would be for her, but she found her house and home...YYYYEEEE HAH!!!!!

My cousin is now a proud member of Chi Omega!!! (Chi Omega was Chocolate from the story)
Her friend is now a proud member of Kappa Delta!!!

Congratulations to your daughter and to yourself as well!

From the texts I've been getting in the last minute or two, Milledge is complete madness!

YAYYYY!!!!

FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!

Congrats to the UGA PNMs and their frazzled moms, lol.

My daughter is a theta!!! Yay!

Congrats!

woot! congratulations and welcome to your daughter. :D