Oklahoma State University- Aug. 4-10
 

Last year OSU had Panhellenic Recruitment later in August. Around 850 were registered. This August recruitment begins on August 4th. New members will receive their bids on August 10th.

Best of luck to all potential new members. This may be one of the earliest recruitments for 2013.

OSU is always early.

It was early August last year too. Bid Day was on a Sat and then welcome week for Freshman starts Mon. The following week school starts. OSU is early.

OSU is the first this year (besides Kettering in Michigan which has some weird trimester thing or something and started in July.)

Seems like OSU, Auburn, and Troy always were the earliest but Auburn has delayed a bit ths year.

Btw, I think "OKU" was a typo in the OP because no school in Oklahoma uses that acronym. :)

Is that number for OSU down a little from last year?

I have several rec girls going thru at OSU again this year, so will be keeping up with this recruitment..

Good Luck to all

Especially since the end of OU's fight song, "Boomer Sooner" ends with "Rah Oklahomaaaaaaaaaah ... OKU!"

Definitely would NOT hear that being sung in Stilly! Lol

The typing error has been corrected.

Last year recruitment began on August 5th and Bid Day was August 11th. According to the local newspaper all 12 chapters achieved quota of 61 or more new members. The paper posted 754 women received bids. The placement percentage was nearly 90%.

Total registered PNMs last year was 861, with 851 in the open house pool. :)

I think this was posted somewhere else but I'm reposting under the OSU thread:

http://union.okstate.edu/panhellenic...ok2013_000.pdf

Page 6 of the guide discusses recommendation letters:


Learn more about the recommendation process (separate document posted online):

http://union.okstate.edu/panhellenic/Documents/RecommendationLettersUpdated_000.pdf

"While we do recommend having one recommendation letter per chapter, many women attend recruitment at OSU without any recommendation letters and join chapters. The current Panhellenic President is a great example. She did not have a single recommendation letter! Remember, if a recommendation letter is required, the organization is responsible for soliciting it."

There are going to be a few snowflakes who think this applies to them.

Highlighting an outlier is a big mistake, IMHO.

It could be an attempt to minimize, however little, the importance of recs. The process does seem to have taken on a life of its own and whether that is for the better or it's just busy work for all involved is unclear. If everyone has a rec, how much value can one really have?

I think it is a particular disservice at OSU (and possibly other similar schools). OSU attracts a lot of students from more rural areas of the state. Without recs, no one has any idea who these girls are or if they understand greek life. They wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell without recs (and they struggle the most to find them.)

If a PNM like the Panhellenic president is from Tulsa or OKC, she might have connections and could possibly squeak by without a rec (albeit with limited options).

Wait a minute? Do they do recruitment early or is school actually in session, effective tomorrow?! Is that possible?!? It's still summer!

Sorry to hijack...

Recruitment is prior to the start of school. Next week is welcome week, then school starts. Sorority girls are headed to Stillwater for work week in July.

And the fact that she is the Panhellenic president does NOT mean she necessarily had a great recruitment, either.

And the fact that she's the Panhellenic President means that she could have gone through recruitment 3+ years ago. Things change.

Work week started Sunday, July 28, 2013.

Recruitment began today, Sunday, August 4, 2013.

Bid day is Saturday, August 10, 2013.

Welcome week for freshman/transfer students starts Monday, August 12, 2013.

Fall semester begins Monday, August 19, 2013.

OSU begins recruitment and school early and gets out early - early May 2014.

I was happy to see that they said "yes you should get recs". Then to see what they said about recs in a separate document was confusing. Last year during a school visit my daughter was told by Greek Life that letters of rec weren't necessary. Thank goodness we stumbled upon Greek Chat and learned that wasn't necessarily truth in practice.

I think it's beyond adorable that your username is winter and we're all going on about how it's still summer =D

*end of hijack of hijack*

Right - to be blunt, there are probably 4 chapters at OSU where a PNM could get a bid without a rec, but do PNMs want to be THAT limited? (And that doesn't mean those 4 chapters will take anyone - they won't. But, I would imagine a nice girl who makes a good impression during recruitment could get by there if the chips fell into place for her.)

Does anyone know if there is a sophomore quota at OSU?

It's down just a little this year - 840 registered.

According to actives the PNMs this year are allowed to have their cell phones with them throughout the day (safety issue). Last year the cell phones were collected in the morning and returned at the end of the day's activities.

I asked this question to an adviser there. She just texted back, "what is a sophomore quota?" So, I'm guessing no. They haven't used UC quota in the past.

Wow those are great numbers! Isn't the number matched at many schools 70%-80%? (And I am speaking strictly about number of women who register vs number of bids...NOT number of women attending preference vs number of bids).

There is no upper class quota, and upperclass women do get bids. The numbers are great!

Lol about the cell phones... We were on total communication lockdown back in the day and without cells and the phones in the rush dorm turned off, we were really isolated communications wise for the week unless we snuck a phone in an admin building...and no time for that. They gave your parents an emergency panhel # if they had to communicate a family situation. How did we escape being ravaged? Kidnapped?

Also I lol at the pic of current pnms with their purses and bags. Purses were grandma dowdy in the early 70s. You put your money for beer and phone in your shoe and you were good to go.

We had those little ID holders with the keys attached, so you put your cash and your ID in them, and if you didn't have pockets, you just slipped it into the back of your pants with the keys hanging out. The best part is that almost all of us had the ones with letters on them, so if you lost it, someone now had your keys and a big note telling them which house it would unlock.

There is no upper class quota, and upperclass women do get bids. The numbers are great!


We have a longtime friend that is going through as a sophomore. She had a full schedule today, so hopefully everything will continue to go well for her.

Ladybugmom, there are lots of Texas girls at OSU now. That is a big change from my era (Jurassic). Is your friend from tx?

Yes she is and she is a legacy. Her mom went to OSU. I am keeping my fingers crossed for her. She is a great girl!

One of my rec girls updated that she has a full schedule this round and is having the time of her life. She has 2 definite favorites. She is a legacy to a third chapter that is not one of the favorites. I am hoping that doesn't come back to bite her, since legacy chapter is still on her list. I haven't heard from my other OSU girls.

Still waiting to hear from our friend..she had a full schedule yesterday, so hoping for the same today!

Bid day tomorrow and I think everybody is ready. :D It's a long tiring week on both sides of the fence.

Amazing that one recruitment is almost over.

Curious about quota. None of my local sources know yet.

Quota won't be set until PNM preferences entered in tonight. Quota range told to chapters prior to recruitment was 56-62 range. So, unless there has been mass exodus by PNMs, expect the number to be in that range.

Quota last year was 61.

And following on what ladybug12 said, if more than expected girls kept their options open and didn't SIP, that number could go up by several.

I think the tornados have played a more regional role in cell phones as a safety blanket. It's still storm season in this neck of the woods and Stillwater has been in the line of a lot of them this year.