Georgia Recruitment
 

Hey yall !!!

I was just wondering what the typical recruitment/intake at the state schools in Georgia is. Basically, how many girls rush at the state schools and how many are taken in at each sorority? * like annual stats or this past years stats* Also, if recs would be needed.. I know for UGA they are because I did read in one of the recruitment threads that SEC schools basically require 2-3 recs per house.

I suppose the schools I would like to know about are

UWG
UGA
Ga Tech
Ga Southern
Valdosta
Columbus St.
Kennesaw
Ga State

and also a school not in the university system... Mercer.


Thanks yall!!! Hope everyone is having a good first of the year so far!!!

i think that recs. would be beneficial at any georgia school. it is the south!

you can probably find the statistics you are looking for by visiting the greek life pages on each schools website.

Or by emailing someone from the Greek Life Office if those stats are not available online. They should have no problem in saying how many registered and how many pledged.

At UGA this year over 1000 girls started recruitment, and quota was around 56, which is lower than some previous years. I think most of the houses made quota, with several adding up to the low 60s. Recs are very important there, but certainly don't guarantee an invite back to even second round. They are planning to do Spring recruitment which kind of surprised me, but they have not advertised yet who will be participating. Many of the houses were over 200 last spring, but may have had big graduating classes.

Or you can look at irishpipes thread on Recruitment Results for the past year and from there, continue to look at previous years to get an idea. Just scroll down to the state you're interested in, find the school, and Voila! Most stats she already has listed.

UGAs grek life website has really, really good information regarding recruitment and other aspects...I'm going through spring recruitment (I just transfered here...I'd rush in the fall but I'll be a junior :( ) I think information about fall 08 rush is supposed to be up in March.

http://www.uga.edu/panhellenic/

Cool!!! UGA's having a kind of structured spring recruitment?:)

As for UWG, I suggest that you contact Student Activities.

In a "normal" year, there are about 150 pnms that start out. Usually quota is about 21-22. Last year, for some reason, the number of pnm starting out was lower so quota was 17. (This might change if the Greek Village, proposed for Fall 2009, is approved).

I think that most groups are at or above chapter total although there is the usual number of graduates and those not returning for whatever other reason so the # of members quoted may be lower in the Fall.

Recs - that's hard to say because I don't know the other groups' policies so I'd say go ahead and try to get them, if possible.

Does anyone know which chapters are participating in Spring recruitment? I saw on the Greek website that they are having recruitment, but think most chapters took quota or quota plus in the fall.

its invitational. so you sign up, and you COULD get invited to something, but turning in an application doesn't necessarily mean anything. you could get nothing. at all.

there are four participating: sigma delta tau, delta gamma, alpha gamma delta, and gamma beta phi.

haha i did in face mean Gamma Phi Beta. One of my close friends here is a sister there and I have the worst time with it because I always mess it up. Its not that I don't know the correct name, I just don't think before I speak/type!!

What's chapter total again these days?

I think it is 170 - most chapters were at or above 185 last spring - not sure how the numbers stand now.

I wish someone would tell us...:confused:

I have heard that the chapters participating are:
Alpha Gamma Delta
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Sigma Delta Tau

Oops... I didn't read the whole thread and I just saw that ugamountaineer already posted this info!

I doubt that my chapter is participating because they're above total. Hmm...I need to make a phone call about this.

I thought that was weird too because I heard that Gamma Alpha was above total.

Was this directed to the OP or IHeartUGA?

Given that it is a Sunday, I'm calling one of my sisters...I'd hope they knew if they were in the middle of a Spring Rush or not :)

You're right. Gamma Alpha was WELL above total after fall recruitment. I know people graduate in December but not enough to qualify for Spring Rush...


PS According to another UGA thread, the only chapters below total after Fall Rush this year were SDT and DG:

"melongirl
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Here's an article from 2005 about Spring Rush at UGA but I can't find anything more recent.

http://media.www.redandblack.com/med...-2573196.shtml

Not every house participates. The one I advise has not participated in Spring Rush in 20+ years.

And FYI-- House Total at UGA is at 170. The UGA panhellenic just voted NOT to increase to 180.

As of the end of Fall recruitment, not counting any COB numbers, the only two houses under 170 were Delta Gamma and Sigma Delta Tau. So they would be the only two participants in Spring Rush."

So...unless there were A LOT of December graduates, DG and SDT should be the only ones participating in Spring Rush.

Today was supposed to be bid day, according to the UGA NPC page. Anyone know any results?

And what ever happened to ugamountaineer...??? We have one NM of Delta Gamma at UGA, have we heard from any others?

I haven't heard anything...

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=93185
 

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=93185

Ok..apparently we did.

I've heard that we were allowed to take 13 new members even though we were at Total. I don't know why, but apparently it was a special circumstance of some sort. And, we did take 13 new members.

Wow, that's awesome! :)

That's exactly what I was thinking!!

Do they allow for COR up to what Quota was due to graduations and/or depledging? If not, I'm curious why the special circumstance occurred. Seems to defeat the purpose of total if it's not going to be stuck to anyway... Then again, I always thought that quota above total was freebies, if you lost members due to graduation or whatever other reason, as long as you were above total, you couldnt pick anymore up...

nonetheless - congrats on the new members.... :)

I honestly don't know why. I was wondering if the new number it put us at could be the average chapter size, or if we had a whole bunch of seniors graduating this year that would put us into a hole, or a ton of December graduations.. I really have no idea. It was a college panhellenic decision I guess and a very kind panhellenically oriented one, I'd say.

you are correct-quota above total is freebies and until the chapter goes below total or formal recruitment rolls around again, the chapter cannot extend any bids. whatever the reason that alpha gam was able to recruit, i am sure that they were thrilled to add 13 new girls to their huge chapter and congratulations to those new girls!

I'm excited to hear about the new Alpha Gams! I bet the chapter is thrilled. I was also delighted by the recruitment thread and I'm happy for the poster and Delta Gamma. It sounds like a great experience overall.

As far as why, and this is only my speculation since I sincerely know nothing about it: could it have something to do with average chapter size vs. total?

If the earlier post about total being 170 was right but many/most chapters have closer to 200, the "smaller"* chapters still need a way of catching up. With all but two chapters being above total, they probably wanted a way to place more girls, but for some reason they were hesitant to raise total.

It also seems to me that having more groups participate may make informal recruitment more successful overall and draw more PNMs to participate. It'd be interesting to know if the groups below total recruited as well or better this year compared to years when there wasn't a structured informal with other groups participating.

In my opinion, the groups that participated are comparable draws, so it seems unlikely that girls would only participate with their hopes on one.

*(how can we describe any chapter of 120+ as small, really, and I think all of them at UGA are that big?)

ETA: I see that I read over AGDee's post in which she noted average chapter size as a potential reason. Duh, sorry for my repetitive statement of what she had already noted.

I absolutely agree. When I went through informal, there were 6 groups participating, and even though the rumor was that one of the chapters only had 2 slots to replace graduated seniors, it gave informal recruitment less of a stigma since a third of the chapters were participating.

how wonderful!! congratulations to gamma phi!

I'm pretty sure one of my former students is a new member. And she's a great girl! Yea, Gamma Phi!

KSU Gamma Phi Beta Colony
 

Congratulations to all our new Crescent babies! Yea, KSU!

One of mine, too! :)

I'll be seeing GBPhiLtColonel and the other GBP's at our Panhellenic Founder's Day Annual shindig so I'll say congrats to them.

Best of luck to the new colony.