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Who is rushing Fall 2013/Spring 2014?
OMG the deadline for recs is coming for some schools. And you know what that means:
It is almost that time of year again. So I am now starting the thread for 2013-2014. I think last year was a record for PNMs finding homes. With the boatload of new colonies coming, I think we might surpass last year Unless you are actually rushing or making a thread for a friend, a rec girl/boy or relative who is rushing, saying you are gonna rush and PMing me or posting the results, your name ain't gonna go on the list. If after bid day, I happen to find that there is a new member in a forum, I will add them to the list--no biggie. If you come onto this thread and say you got a bid somewhere, I will put you down, it's all good PNMs, remember this: discretion is your friend unless you want to become the queen conductor of the HME (Hot Mess Express). (Note to self: gotta give props to the person who coined HME) Let the list begin! DubaiSis's rec girl went ZETA TAU ALPHA at Iowa Love2read went SIGMA KAPPA Clemsongirl went ALPHA DELTA PI and her friends went KAPPA ALPHA THETA and KAPPA DELTA Ollie dog's daughter went GAMMA PHI BETA and her roommates/suitemate went SIGMA KAPPA and ALPHA DELTA PI at Kansas soflogirl went ALPHA PHI TAMUAlpha Phi's daughter went ALPHA DELTA PI and her roommates went CHI OMEGA and ALPHA CHI OMEGA at Mizzou. Her rec girl went : DELTA GAMMA at Nebraska and at Iowa: ALPHA PHI and 2 KAPPA ALPHA THETA Beachmom's daughter went ALPHA CHI OMEGA at South Carolina Andystoys went ALPHA DELTA PI at Texas ravenclaw123 went KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA bruinlove13 went CHI OMEGA at UCLA uofi's daughter went ALPHA CHI OMEGA at Illinois uofimom's daughter went ALPHA DELTA PI at Illinois APhi4ever's rec crew at Alabama: DELTA GAMMA AXORushAdvisor's daughter went PI BETA PHI at Arizona CaliTransfer's sister went ALPHA DELTA PI pearlsandpeace went ALPHA DELTA PI kangamom's daughter went DELTA ZETA Benzgirl's rec girls At Alabama: ALPHA GAMMA DELTA and PI BETA PHI mndl's rec girl went DELTA ZETA at Alabama SewSheKnits daughter went KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA at Alabama greekdee's "dayumn girl!" rec crew At Auburn: DELTA GAMMA and PHI MU. At Alabama: DELTA GAMMA, GAMMA PHI BETA, KAPPA ALPHA THETA, ALPHA CHI OMEGA and PHI MU carnation's rec crew: 2 went DELTA DELTA DELTA candygirl200413 went GAMMA PHI BETA hearttoheart's daughter went DELTA DELTA DELTA at Ole Miss Blondie93's "they gave me carpal tunnel" rec crew At Auburn: ALPHA DELTA PI, KAPPA ALPHA THETA and SIGMA KAPPA . At Alabama: 2 KAPPA ALPHA THETA, CHI OMEGA, 3 DELTA DELTA DELTA, ALPHA CHI OMEGA, PHI MU, ALPHA OMICRON PI, ALPHA DELTA PI als463's rec girls: At Florida State: PHI MU At Ole Miss: PHI MU At Kennesaw State: PHI MU. At West Chester: her cousin went PHI MU. At Alabama: 1 GAMMA PHI BETA and 2 DELTA GAMMA SWTxBelle's "done lost her mind and got writer's cramp" rec crew-At Sam Houston: SIGMA KAPPA At Oklahoma State: ALPHA OMICRON PI , KAPPA DELTA, GAMMA PHI BETA, DELTA DELTA DELTA. At Missouri: DELTA DELTA DELTA, At Texas State: GAMMA PHI BETA. At Kansas: GAMMA PHI BETA, DELTA GAMMA. At Alabama: DELTA GAMMA, DELTA DELTA DELTA, ALPHA OMICRON PI, CHI OMEGA, 2 ALPHA PHI , 2 PHI MU, 2 PI BETA PHI At Auburn: ALPHA CHI OMEGA, DELTA DELTA DELTA. At TCU: DELTA DELTA DELTA, GAMMA PHI BETA, ZETA TAU ALPHA. At Texas A&M: 5 GAMMA PHI BETA, 3 KAPPA DELTA, KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, 2 DELTA DELTA DELTA, PI BETA PHI , 2 ZETA TAU ALPHA, 3 DELTA GAMMA, 4 CHI OMEGA colordogs daughter went ALPHA XI DELTA at Iowa WCSweet<3's rec crew At Alabama: DELTA GAMMA, GAMMA PHI BETA and KAPPA ALPHA THETA At South Carolina: KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA. At LSU: DELTA ZETA, At Florida State: ALPHA GAMMA DELTA and 2 ALPHA OMICRON PI. At Clemson: ALPHA DELTA PI. At West Georgia: DELTA DELTA DELTA at Kennesaw State: PHI MU ADPIEE's rec girl went ALPHA DELTA PI at Oklahoma State dvs-dz's rec girls 2 ALPHA XI DELTA at Auburn. Her niece went DELTA GAMMA at Ole Miss. At Alabama: 2 DELTA ZETA , ALPHA GAMMA DELTA , DELTA GAMMA, ALPHA OMICRON PI, GAMMA PHI BETA, KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA and PI BETA PHI UHDEEGEE's rec girl went DELTA GAMMA at Auburn pinkglitter went ZETA TAU ALPHA FSUGirl94 pinkandpearls went PHI MU Seisanne went PI BETA PHI Greekgoer went GAMMA PHI BETA at Arizona homeward*bound's rec crew: At Alabama: 2 KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA and 2 PHI MU, Sciencewoman's rec crew Irishpipes crazy rec crew-From Oklahoma State: ALPHA DELTA PI, DELTA DELTA DELTA, ALPHA OMICRON PI, KAPPA ALPHA THETA , ZETA TAU ALPHA, PI BETA PHI and CHI OMEGA . At Oklahoma: ALPHA CHI OMEGA, 2 DELTA GAMMA, 2 GAMMA PHI BETA, KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA and ALPHA OMICRON PI. At another school: ALPHA DELTA PI Jill1228's rec crew: At Alabama: 2 GAMMA PHI BETA, 2 ALPHA DELTA PI. At Florida State (along with a few other rec writers): 2 ALPHA OMICRON PI. At Illinois: DELTA ZETA. At LSU: ALPHA PHI FSUZeta's rec crew at Auburn: ALPHA CHI OMEGA Missouri Ivy's small but powerful rec crew at Alabama: KAPPA ALPHA THETA and GAMMA PHI BETA. At Missouri State: ALPHA CHI OMEGA JayhawkAOII's rec girl OKXBumblebee seisanne dgdramadawg's hella rec crew At Alabama: GAMMA PHI BETA and DELTA DELTA DELTA. At Mississippi State: DELTA DELTA DELTA at South Carolina: ZETA TAU ALPHA UtOhPNM went ALPHA XI DELTA. At Georgia: 3 PI BETA PHI, 2 ALPHA CHI OMEGA, DELTA GAMMA, DELTA ZETA, ALPHA GAMMA DELTA, SIGMA KAPPA Cane94G8r97's niece went KAPPA ALPHA THETA SusieMu went BETA SIGMA PHI Travelmom's daughter went ALPHA PHI at Alabama newbiereb mom's daughter went KAPPA DELTA at Ole Miss EmKD went CHI OMEGA at Alabama FSUMOM2012's daughter went ALPHA OMICRON PI at Florida State OleMissGlitter's rec girl went ALPHA DELTA PI at Alabama. At Ole Miss: PI BETA PHI, 2 DELTA GAMMA, 3 PHI MU, 2 ALPHA OMICRON PI, CHI OMEGA, 3 KAPPA ALPHA THETA arrowlady's rec crew At Oklahoma: 3 GAMMA PHI BETA, ,PI BETA PHI, 2 DELTA GAMMA ALPHA CHI OMEGA , KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA . At Alabama: 2 PHI MU, DELTA GAMMA, and ALPHA PHI, ALPHA OMICRON PI, At Kansas: CHI OMEGA and DELTA DELTA DELTA. At Kansas State: GAMMA PHI BETA, At Missouri: PHI MU . At TCU: PI BETA PHI . At Texas Tech: 2 KAPPA DELTA, ALPHA CHI OMEGA , 3 CHI OMEGA, ALPHA PHI , 2 KAPPA ALPHA THETA , ZETA TAU ALPHA. At Texas A&M: 2 KAPPA ALPHA THETA , GAMMA PHI BETA, KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA , KAPPA DELTA, DELTA ZETA southernbelle95 went PHI MU at Ole Miss catfan's rec girl went ALPHA GAMMA DELTA at Kentucky and DELTA GAMMA at Alabama Soomie went PHI MU at the College of Charleston mskkg's rec girl went DELTA GAMMA at Ole Miss GJay39's daughter went ALPHA GAMMA DELTA at Alabama chorabet's daughter went DELTA DELTA DELTA at Ole Miss msbeta's rec girls went 2 CHI OMEGA, 2 DELTA DELTA DELTA, 2 PHI MU, and DELTA GAMMA at Ole Miss Ladybug84's daughter went ALPHA CHI OMEGA at Alabama cmdelta's daughter went PI BETA PHI at Ole Miss Rebelpnm went PHI MU at Ole Miss Bamamom 13's rec girl went ALPHA CHI OMEGA at Alabama NYCdad's daughter went KAPPA ALPHA THETA at Ole Miss Pmdal's rec girl went PHI MU at Alabama AXORushAdvisor's daughter went PI BETA PHI ThetaPrincess24's rec crew: At EKU: ALPHA DELTA PI , ALPHA GAMMA DELTA , PI BETA PHI UIUC_AGD's rec girl went SIGMA DELTA TAU at Illinois greenteagirl went SIGMA KAPPA at Illinois joliebelle's rec girl went DELTA ZETA at Illinois oliviavictoria went DELTA PHI EPSILON at Schreiner olemissmom2017's daughter and her friend went KAPPA ALPHA THETA at Ole Miss GammaPhiAud's cousin went DELTA ZETA Jillianolivia went ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA The Tally: ALPHA PHI ZETA TAU ALPHA DELTA GAMMA ALPHA OMICRON PI 1 KAPPA ALPHA THETA ALPHA CHI OMEGA KAPPA DELTA 1 GAMMA PHI BETA 1 PI BETA PHI DELTA ZETA DELTA PHI EPSILON KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA ALPHA DELTA PI DELTA DELTA DELTA 1 SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA KAPPA PHI MU ALPHA GAMMA DELTA ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA ALPHA EPSILON PHI CHI OMEGA ALPHA XI DELTA SIGMA DELTA TAU ALPHA SIGMA TAU THETA PHI ALPHA PHI SIGMA SIGMA |
Yea! Stickied and thank you sooo much!
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I am! So excited:)
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Rushing
I am but my school hosts it differently
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I have a small rec crew.
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I'm rushing again at my new school!
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Benzgirl's Rec Girl at Bama
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Can't believe it's time for this already!
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Yeah, Auburn recruitment starts in about 5 weeks! War Eagle!
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My 2013 Rec Crew stands at nine right now:
Auburn University -- 1 Florida State University -- 2 University of Alabama -- 2 University of Georgia -- 2 University of South Carolina -- 1 University of Tennessee -- 1 :) |
Fall Recruitments:
Alabama- 10 Auburn- 3 Georgia- 3 Ole Miss- 2 TCU- 5 Clemson- 1 Spring: Baylor- 1 SMU- 2 Emory- 1 UVA- 2 This list is expected to grow, despite my best efforts to notify everyone that time is/was of the essence. I also continue to get girls tell me that "I don't need recs to [certain groups] since I am really only looking at ABC, DEF, and PPP." Look at my list of schools. :eek: Seriously girls? |
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The Breakdown
The University of Alabama - 10
Auburn University - 2 The University of Georgia - 1 Kansas State University - 3 Missouri State University - 1 Oklahoma State University - 5 The University of Oklahoma - 11 Texas A&M - 25 Texas Christian University -5 Texas State University - 10 University of Texas - San Antonio - 1 The University of Virginia. - 1 __________________ |
^ holy cow! I have a group of seven and thought that was large, but one is particularly fun for me. First time I get to write a rec for my own chapter and she is younger sister of my boyfriend's fraternity brother. Such a sweetheart.
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I had a mom approach me about my Panhellenic FB Group. Apparently her daughter is going to be the Super PNM of Fall '13 recruitment at her school -- which happens to be one of the most competitive in the competitive SEC. She's only interested in four sororities, and therefore, only needs recs to those chapters -- would the ladies in the group be willing to help her?
First, I basically told her they had both lost their ever-loving minds. (I did try to say it nicely, though). I must have offended her by suggesting that her girl might get dropped by her chosen Fab Four because she has not gotten back in touch. Which is fine because I wasn't adding her to the group anyway. Not with that haughty, narrow-minded attitude. It does seem to be a PNM trend this year to announce on social media the specific sororities they're open to accepting bids from. |
I would love to hear where her kid ends up!
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I received an e-mail asking for help getting recs to two of the seven sororities at Texas State. I simply wrote back asking if she had the other five covered - have not heard back. If she is planning on only asking for recs for the two I'm not going to help her. She's missed the GKAP deadline, and I don't feel inclined to help someone who is going to discount 5/7 of the terrific chapters at my alma mater.
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SWTXBelle, the Gamma Phi Beta chapter at Okla State is particularly nice--as I'm sure you know. I hope at least one of your rec girls for OSU ends up a sister of yours. :)
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I will be rushing at (clearly) Florida State this fall. :)
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Methinks that there will be ALOT of recruitment threads started this fall that WON'T be finished as "snowflake" has her heart set on "1 chapter" who is "worthy of her awesomeness" and then is disappointed when 1) she gets dropped completely or 2) said chapter drops her.
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Living in the Mid-Atlantic area, many families don't have any concept about recs and recruitment. As of today, I have not yet written any recs, not that I haven't offered. I know many girls going to schools where they really need them (e.g. Univ. of South Carolina and UVa to name just a couple). I have offered more than once and talked about the importance of both recs and being prepared going into recruitment. It's so frustrating!!!! Every year I go through this and generally only a couple take me up on my offer.
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Yea, I know what you mean. This spring, I heard about the sister of a co worker going through rush at a competitive school and offered to write a rec. Co-worker said, "oh, I don't think she will need to do all that....it just seems so over the top"
I tried to tell her it was vital at the school, but got the eyeroll. I could just hear her thinking, "OMG you old bag, stuck in the past with your white gloves, cotillions and RECOMMENDATIONS!" Shrug. Hope it works out for her. Bless her heart. |
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A friend and I (alums for different sororities) were at a party once, talking with a mom whose daughter was heading into a competitive SEC recruitment. We both offered to do recs, but got an "oh-aren't-you-sweet-but-thanks-but-no-thanks" smile as she told us her daughter was "pretty much guaranteed" bids to certain chapters because of inside connections. You can imagine how rushing at a competitive SEC school sans recs worked out. This happened several years ago, but the topic of recruitment is still off-limits with the mom. |
Can we attempt to get some sort of unscientific study of girls going through rush, if they had recs and if so to every chapter? and how many to each chapter. I know there's no way to say SEE, this is what happens, but maybe with some black and white numbers we can at least start to give odds of success without significant recs.
Maybe we could start with the rec writers. Can you dig to find out if your rec girl gets a bid to somewhere other than your chapter, did she have a rec to that chapter, and if so, how many? Because, who knows? Maybe it is overkill. I doubt it, but I could be wrong. |
What I'm starting to wonder about in regards to recs is, not so much are they over-the-top, but at what point does the number of recs become over-the-top. I've sent a lot of recs to Alabama, where it's never been unusual for PNMs to try to get 3 or 4 recs to every chapter.
Now, the Panhellenic website says that no more than two should be sent in. I don't recall seeing this prior to this year: "While it is common to send multiple Recommendations/References to one sorority from separate alumnae; it is unnecessary at UA to exceed more than two. As such, please use personal discretion when deciding on how many Letter of Recommendations/References will be sent on your behalf." http://uapanhellenic.com/index.php?o...d=15&Itemid=32 I can't imagine the paperwork involved with these recs, especially at Bama where you have 2000 PNMs, many sending in 3-4 recs and the bulk arriving in June and July. Yikes. Wouldn't want to be recruitment chair. Also, a Bama sorority member recently told me that any PNM who has more than two recs sent in needs to make sure the additional ones are outstanding and worth the sorority's time to read. Of course, this was one active in one chapter at one school. I know on the Panhellenic website for Tennessee, each sorority lists how many recs are required, which is one. Also, the UGA website now says "Many PNMs attempt to secure one recommendation from each sorority that we have represented on our campus (17) prior to the beginning of the recruitment process." I'm starting to get the idea that one rec for each chapter is fine, and that as time goes on, more than two may be seen as treading into over kill territory. Thoughts? |
Yea, I wonder at getting 3 or 4, especially if they are not personal. Information only recs all say the same thing. It is different if the rec writer actually KNOWS the PNM.
God daughter had one for each sorority at S Carolina 3 years ago, two from her legacy group, three from my sorority ( yes, I wanted her to go KD!) and had a terrific recruitment. Most of her recs were from family friends or professional connections. We prepped her for clothing, what to expect and conversation tips. She felt confident, but knew it was not really a mutual selection-- that the sororities held most of the cards and she knew to expect some tears along the way. I really feel for the PNMs who are headed to competitive recruitments and are the first in the family to go to college or explore greek life. |
I totally agree about information only recs. I write a ton of those and I don't see any benefit to having more than one. I think for personal recs 2 is great. Different rec writers may describe different aspects of a PNM's attributes and it could give the chapter more information. Plus, occasionally the reputation of the rec writer can be significant to how heavily the rec is considered.
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I'll update this list later. I'm heading to Minneapolis this morning
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So far:
Ole Miss 5 Alabama 1 Auburn 1 |
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Arkansas 6 Oklahoma State 6 Oklahoma 9 Georgia 1 6 of mine are what I would call my "rec crew" since I know them very well. So excited for them! |
The year before my daughter rushed at Samford, one of the chapters had a statement on their website(worded more diplomatically then here) that: "while they appreciated receiving recs. from alumnae, more than 5 for any one PNM was not necessary." :-0
My crew so far: 4 for Bama 3 for UGA 5 for FSU 2 for Auburn 1 for South Carolina 2 for Tennessee |
3 former students
1 at UCMO 2 at Missouri State SIL's sister is still considering going through recruitment. I think the idea is growing on her. Hopefully the Greeks who help her move into her room make a good impression and seal the deal! |
Updating in a few
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I can't believe it, but I actually have a "mini" rec crew...quite something in these parts, let me tell you!
1 Alabama 1 TCU |
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I know that TCU has really focused recruiting efforts much further north in recent years. Best of luck to your to rec girl. Go Frogs! |
My crew is up to 13 so far. This is about the same number my chapter received each year for recruitment.
My breakdown: 3 FSU 2 UGA 2 Alabama 1 Tennessee 1 USCarolina 2 Clemson 1 LSU 1 Oregon ETA Just submitted a letter for UT and another for Alabama. |
I have two going to Kentucky and three going to Eastern Kentucky.
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My rec crew thus far
1 at Clemson 1 at Alabama 1 at UT Austin I'm so excited for these girls! I hope they have wonderful recruitments! |
I have just one again this year - this time at Murray State. While I have know the PNM for years, I did not know how low her HS gpa was. I hope she finds a home, because she is a lovely young woman, but oy vey!
Anyone know how competitive Murray State is? Good luck to all of the young women! |
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