We need to think of a good way to remember "if you suicide, you can't be a quota addition, but you can be a snap bid."

So very happy for her and her family!

Can't wait to hear about the rest of the girls

Me, too! I still have mine, and my anchor nametag with my name spelled out in pearls. And of course taking pictures in front of the white anchor on the lawn. Congrats to your girl!

My other rec girl had a happier ending than my first - she is a new Chi Omega, apparently her early and consistent favorite!

So do I! And I was just there over Mother's Day weekend and did you know Teresa is still the house Mom after all these years? All the girls were wonderful and so sweet to my 11 year old daughter...I was very proud to show her around and she loved it!

I keep checking FB for Bid Day pictures, but nothing so far!

We were always encouraged at U of I to turn in a snap list. Because everyone invited to pref is on your bid list somewhere, the snap list is generally made up of women invited to 2nd invitational but not pref.

Double-post, but Teresa is SO awesome. I met her on several occasions, and she was so precious!

Some chapters do have a GPA requirement either for the national organization or the chapter. Panhellenic might have said it was ok - that it was a single college course - but not every group would have their headquarters say it was ok to initiate her. Typical (in my neck of the woods) new member periods are maybe 8 weeks now, not the whole semester, in some cases it is as short as 2 weeks. In a competitive recruitment, it may be a risk to take a girl that you aren't sure about her grades.

Make that triple! I brought my then 15-year-old down one May after school was out and she let us in- they were having a bridal shower there that day for a sister and she was busy but took the time to make us feel welcome. She was not there when I was there (our succession of house moms was a completely different story).

Precious is the perfect word...it really was like having our Mom in the house. We exchange Christmas cards every year and I see her every Mother's Day since my Mom and I take my daughter every year. (My mom went there as well and that's what she wants every year, we even spend the night at Illini Union)

I love that someone thought about making a snap bid list, it made all the difference today.

Now if my niece would only call!

Update!

My niece is now a member of Delta Delta Delta!
Her Mom, my sister, is a Tri Delt so she finally just called me crying!
I am so happy for her and so happy for my sister who was trying to play it cool about the whole legacy thing.
Now that it is a reality...she is just a hot mess of happiness!



My niece's friend is now a proud member of Kappa Delta and thrilled as that was her favorite house for a long time.
She loves them and went on and on about how magical her pref night was and that she's hoping the girl who preffed her is her big sister.



I'm waiting for the info on my rec girls, but I know they did head over for bid day,
I'm just not sure what choice (1,2,3) they got so I'm waiting.

So happy and so excited to hear about everyone!

I'm so excited, if I didn't keep catching my reflection in the mirror, I would think I was 18 and opening my bid right now!

Congrats to all new members!! Can't wait to hear about the rest!

Just saw a pic of my chapter's new class...I counted 58!!! Woo hoo!

Woo hoo! Finally a Tri Delta ending. How special for your sister. :)

Congrats to everyone!

^^^^Awwwww. I love a good legacy ending. Congrats to your sister and your niece. Of course, I love me a KD ending too!!! So glad we were one of your rec girl's faves all along.

Congrats to all the new members! Hoping we'll hear Some good news from Clara Mom...

OK I think I finally figured out what your thinking is:this pnm couldn't ever be initiated b/c she had an existing GPA of 2.0 based on ONE community college course.

(I'll set aside the whole "new member" shortened period.)

In that case, she likely wasn't even eligible to be offered a bid in the first place! Her 2.0 GPA would not meet the minimum requirement for most, if not all, GLOs or college Panhellenics to be eligible to go through recruitment.

Of course, then, there's the possibility that the chapter may take a "grade risk" but that is membership selection information.

She may well have chosen to go through recruitment, thinking that her HS GPA is what would be considered. In a reasonable world, it would be. This particular scenario is IMO bizarre and unreasonable. But it is what it is.

end of this swerve and now...

congratulations to all the Illinois new members!!!

Congrats to all the new members! You're all making me smile a lot, right now.

My daughter is a new ...








DELTA GAMMA!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!!

I just wanted to say congratulations to your niece! I'm a Tri Delta at a nearby university, and I can say for a fact that she has joined an amazing chapter!

Since there's quite a few new DG fans here...found this on facebook:

http://i53.tinypic.com/90w2fr.jpg

I'm waiting til I see a clear, non-camera phone pic of my chapter to post :)

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fabulous news!
Now maybe you'll get your first good night's sleep in two weeks!

Thanks so much! She is thrilled and just hearing the sound in my sister's voice makes me want to cry.
Now if we could just see some bid day pictures from the houses it
would make the day even better! I love seeing those!

Aw, this just makes me happy. :)

Me too!
I absolutely love this!

I found Gamma Phi's on FB. Congrats to the Illinois Gamma Phis!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unive...type=1&theater

I'm creeping on my brother's friends to see where they ended up. How dare they enjoy themselves on bid day and not immediately post where they ended up!! :p

Been following this discussion from the beginning - I'm SO happy there are happy endings (or beginnings) here! I know 4 girls who went through the process - still waiting to hear how it ended up for them. Congrats to all!

I know...don't they know how excited we all are!
I would love to see them all, and cannot wait to see your new pledges!

I'm just as bad...texting my daughter at Wisconsin and asking her to find out where her younger h.s. friends now at U of I
pledged. She is ignoring me... ;)

YAY! Congrats!

So excited for all these girls...

My God Mother is a UICU Tri Delta from many moons ago this would make her very happy!

Yeah! I love the UIUC Tri Delts!
FYI my oldest sister was a Pi Phi!
We have a Kappa Mom
and my sisters are
1 - Pi Phi
1 - Tri Delt
3 - DGs
1 Chi O

my Dad had 6 girls...no boys
My mom was well versed when it came time for rush in our house!

That is a house full!
My mom is a Tri Delta, my cousin an AXO and another just pledged Chi O!

Congrats Clara Mom! Now you can finally get some well needed rest and relaxation!

To all the other UofI girls Congrats!

Quota was 53 and we have 62 beautiful new Xis! I'm so excited!!! :)

So proud I must brag to someone; quota was 53 and Sigma Kappa took 85 new baby doves!!!! So awesome!!

Plus my baby sister ended up being one of them. She called me at work and I was so happy I cried!!! It's a great day to be a Sigma K!

Alpha Gam's Sigma chapter welcomes 64 baby squirrels to the castle!

what wonderful news for everyone. congratulations to all!

Yeah for Kappa Chapter!!