ADqtPiMel's sister's recruitment at Ohio U
 

My youngest sister will be going through recruitment at Ohio University starting on Saturday.

The schedule is:
Welcome Day, Saturday 9/19
Philanthropy Day, Sunday 9/20 (visiting up to 7 chapters)
Skit Day, Friday 9/25 (visiting up to 5 chapters)
Pref, Saturday 9/26 (visiting up to 3 chapters)
Bid Day, Sunday 9/27

There are nine chapters on campus:
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Kappa

And I will refer to them by these code names in no particular order:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Black
Brown
White

good luck to you sister.

I can't wait to read this one- I know the OU greek system has gone through many changes since I was there- two sorority chapters have closed and several fraternities have come and gone.

The ADPi house at OU has a great location, and at least when I was there, the women were great. good luck to your sister!

Oh, I am looking forward to hearing this story!

The houses in Athens are so pretty on the outside, and in such great central campus locations! Hope she has a great time. (I love that campus)

good luck to little adpimel!

Ohio story! Yay!

I had a friend from high school that was an ADPi at OU and although we have lost touch since, I remember her LOVING greek life there.

Yay for OU! It's right down the road from me. Good luck to her!

Hope you are feeling better and good luck to your sister.

Just talked to the little sis and she had a great first night.

Red -- she didn't really care for this one, thought they had too much of a party focus

Orange -- she had heard good things about this chapter before recruitment, but she didn't hit it off with the sister she was paired with

Yellow -- she really liked this one, though she thought it was a little disorganized

Green -- all she wrote in her notes for this one was "meh, nice house."

Blue -- her absolute favorite, she said she wrote LOVED in her notes

Purple -- her least favorite, she said it just wasn't right for her

Black -- another top choice, she said the girls were all very polished and she had good conversations

Brown -- she didn't care for this one at all, she said the chapter was very focused on partying.

White -- her second favorite, she said it was just a lot of fun.

She ranked them in this order:

1. Blue
1. White
1. Yellow
1. Black
1. Green
1. Orange
1. Red
2. Brown
3. Purple

She finds out where she got asked back tomorrow around noon but goes straight into the next set of events, so I likely won't have another update until tomorrow night.

My cousin was a DZ at OU I believe. Regardless, I have a few friends and a cousin that goes there so yay for OU stories! (I think a girl from high school is a Pi Phi maybe?)

Just talked to my sister again -- she wasn't released by any chapters, so she returned today to the following:

Red -- she continued to feel uncomfortable at this chapter due to their focus on partying.

Orange -- she felt this one was not a good fit, she didn't mesh well at all with her recruiter.

Yellow -- she continued to like this one but couldn't remember much specific about it.

Green -- she feels a little ambivalent about this one. A lot of PNMs really love it, but she isn't getting the best vibe from them.

Blue -- still her favorite. She went there first and loved every girl she talked to. She said every other event was a big letdown after this one.

Black -- she had a good experience here tonight. She said this one is a popular chapter among the PNMs.

White -- this one is her second favorite, she thinks the girls are very down-to-earth.

She ranked them thusly:

1. Blue
1. White
1. Black
1. Yellow
1. Green
2. Orange
3. Red

She finds out who invited her back for the next round Friday at 4pm.

That's a long wait! :eek: I don't think I'd be able to concentrate in classes and such lol

thats what my panhel decided to do this year for our recruitment. I'm still not quite sure how it will pan out.

Oh and I hope your sister gets asked back to all of her favorites :)

My school's recruitment spanned two weeks as well, so it seems normal to me. :) She's been pretty chill about it -- seems recruitment isn't that competitive at OU and she hasn't been cut by anybody yet, so we'll see if her stress levels go up any later on, haha.

She said the number of PNMs has gone up drastically from previous years, but I don't know if that's really true or if it's the gossiping of 18-year-olds.

It's about the same level of competitiveness as OSU. Typically, the big cuts first round at both schools are for grades and, in some houses, Juniors and Seniors. And, honestly, at both schools, very few PNMs have recs.

Yup- recruitment cuts usually don't really happen until 2nd parties- and then lots of cuts right before pref.

I do hope you are right about pnms numbers being up- pledge classes used to be 40-50 and now are more in the 25ish range.

And I know that all but one house regularly took juniors during rush even during the more competitive years...

As for recs- I think we recieved about 5 a year in the early/mid 1990s (with about 500 girls rushing)

She said a lot of girls in her Rho Gamma group didn't get to go back to 7 parties this round -- lots of girls had 5-3 groups left. She said that about 400 PNMs registered this year.

She's right - 400 PNMs registered (though lots withdraw before Welcome Day, mostly because recruitment itself is a big time commitment) and numbers are up from last year. From fall 2004 through 2007, registrations dropped each year, but 2008 was an increase from 07, and this year is another increase. Hopefully that continues.

Quotas since 2004:
2004: 32
2005: 28
2006: 22
2007: 21
2008: 23

My sister just texted me with her invites for tonight -- she wasn't released by any of the groups, so she will be returning to Blue, White, Black, Yellow and Green this evening.

That's awesome! Thanks for the update!

Just got the update from today's parties:

Blue -- She still loves this one. She was paired with a sister who she'd spoken with last round and loved, and several of the recruiter's friends dropped by to say how glad they were to finally meet her.

Black -- This was her second favorite tonight. She said that this is sort of known as the "Barbie" chapter, and while she had great conversations here, they were more on the superficial side.

White -- She's liked this one all along but said they didn't stand out to her as much this evening.

Yellow -- She liked their skit, but she was paired with a rusher who shared a sob story that freaked her out a little bit.

Green -- She said their skit was the best, but she wasn't sure how well she would fit in.

She ended up ranking them:

1. Blue
1. Black
1. White
2. Yellow
3. Green

She said White, Yellow and Green were pretty interchangeable, but she had liked White more in previous rounds, so she put them higher. She absolutely wants to be a Blue, but she said that if they cut her she'll dust herself off and keep moving since she at least LIKES all of her options. Pref is tomorrow!

Sounds like things are going very well for her -- keep us posted!

I think its pouring in Athens right now. When does she get her Pref invites?

Yeah, they have a flash flood warning I think. Awesome weather to be tromping around from house to house.

I'm not 100% sure when they get their invites. It seems that most of the time they've gotten their invites right before the round starts, because she hasn't been able to tell me where she got asked back until she got home from the parties. But yesterday she found out a little earlier and was able to text me before heading to events. I want to say pref starts at 3pm?

Good luck to her!

She just texted me to let me know that she wasn't released by any groups, so she'll be attending pref at Blue, Black and White in a torrential downpour.

Here's hoping that her hair won't friz, her makeup doesn't run, and that she keeps her great attitude throughout the deluge!

agreed!

When she is through, PM the codes to me. Even though your descriptions are very vague, I think I know which chapters a few are.

I will PM out the code to those who want it.

Here's the scoop on Pref:

Black -- She really enjoyed their pref up until the very end, and got the impression that they really wanted her. Unfortunately, her rusher asked her where else she was preffing and proceeded to bash her other two choices (saying Blue is really tomboyish and White is "just kind of boring"), which really upset her. She also feels that she would never be able to truly be herself in this chapter (going back to the Barbie stereotypes, I think).

White -- She didn't have much to say about this pref, except that it wasn't as emotional as the other two.

Blue -- This chapter has been her favorite throughout all of recruitment, and tonight was no different. She was paired with the same girl she's talked to all week. She said their music was amazing (they apparently have a very talented singer-songwriter in the chapter) and their ceremony was awesome. She said that she could tell that they really wanted her.

So her rankings were a no-brainer:
1. Blue
2. White
3. Black

Bid day is today! Hopefully the rain lets up.

What time do bids go out. Hoping for a Blue day.

skies are blue in my neck of the woods-hope blue skies are smiling at your sister, mel!

My sister just called me to say that she received her bid to Blue, otherwise known as.....


Alpha Delta Pi!

The other two chapters she preffed were Sigma Kappa (White) and Chi Omega (Black).

Congrats to your sis (and you!! that must be so exciting!)

Aww yay! Congrats!

Congrats to both ADPi sister-sisters.

YEAH TO A LEGACY!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to you and your sister (oh wait, now "our" sister :D)!!!!!!!!!