Jo Malone Recruitment
 

This is a thread about recruitment at The University of Texas. I’m writing this thread for three reasons: (1) to thank all those who give advice on this site; (2) to help those who may go through recruitment at UT in the coming years; and (3) to get advice I know I will need to pass along to my daughter along the way!
Some background: Thirteen sororities participate in formal recruitment at UT. The first convocation was Wednesday, and open house was Thursday. After open house, the PNMs may be invited to a maximum of ten houses for philanthropy round, which spans two days with a max of five houses on Friday and five houses on Saturday. Skit night is Sunday night, and Pref is Monday night. Bid Day is on Tuesday.
I’ve decided to use Jo Malone fragrances as code because I bought my first bottle on the day I moved in my daughter at UT and love it.
After open house, my daughter was invited to ten houses. That means she has a full schedule, and she and all of us cheering her on are so very grateful and excited about that! She will visit, in no particular order, the following houses:
Grapefruit
Orange Blossom
Pomegranate Noir
Lime Basil
Wild Fig
Vanilla & Anise
Red Roses
Nectarine
Amber & Lavender
English Pear

My daughter’s code name will be “Malone.” Please send good wishes her way!

Looking forward to reading your daughters thread. Just out of curiosity, did she attend summer camp in TX? Amazing that she has full party list after round 1. Good for her.

AXOrushadvisor, that is a very good question. Connections through camps are really important at UT. Unfortunately, she does not have an affiliation with any of the camps. If I knew then what I know now, she would. However, I was advised by --let's call him an academic -- man when Malone was in junior high to diversify her experiences. Without revealing her identity, I can tell you that she did attend one of the camps in Texas during her junior high years. After that, we tried to "diversify," but I don't think that matters! Regardless, we did not list any of "the camps "on her resume.

And, so sorry about those typos.
I'll make sure my reading glasses are on my nose next time I post!

already loving this thread! good luck to texas daughter.

Looking forward to hearing her story! So awesome that she got a full schedule!

I was just curious. I don't live in TX, but my in laws do and my daughter attended Camp Mystic and my son is a Camp Stewart guy. I know that there are so many girls at Mystic with sorority affiliations at UT. Especially nice if you are one of their M Girls- at least that is what they tell me.

I will also share with you that one of my Niece's BF's went to UT (a CA girl) and actually pledged AXO there. She was really unfamiliar with the whole process and I had to really push her to get recs.

Wishing your daughter tons of luck. I hope it is a great experience for her.

Does anyone know what percentage of girls Kappa and Chi-O were required to release?

The biggest chapters at UT are usually required to cut HALF of the PNMs after open houses.

Like the cookie thread wasn't bad enough making me hungry, now this makes me want to shop. Thanks a lot, TexasMommy. :p

Release figures are determined by the chapter's return rates from previous years' recruitments - not necessarily the current size of the chapter. A chapter that had 100% of women want to return to this or that round will have to release more women than a chapter who only had 60% of women want to return. That being said, no one will discuss return rates of specific chapters on here.

Good luck to your daughter TexasMommy!

Thanks for the good luck wishes! She will need them all.

Malone visited Grapefruit, Red Roses, Orange Blossom, English Pear, and Amber & Lavender. Grapefruit has been her favorite from the start. Malone met a lot of girls in Grapefruit at Roundup last spring and even more at summer orientation. She has said from the start that she can see herself as a Grapefruit and that she would love to get a bid from them. She said some officers spoke with her at Grapefruit and that she enjoyed talking with them. She also said that "EVERYONE" in her dorm wants Grapefruit.

She also visited Red Roses and absolutely fell in love. She was rushed by a girl she knows from our community and was later passed to some officers. She said she loved everyone she met at Red Roses. Last night it scared me to hear so much hope for Red Roses in her voice. I also heard a bit of over-confidence: "I think I will really have a hard time choosing if I'm invited back to Red Roses and Grapefruit for pref." Let me assure you that she was the recipient of a very swift. stern, and cautionary lecture.

Orange Blossom is the house I have thought for a while that Malone would fit in best. She was not, however, encouraged after her visit. Her experience at the house contrasted sharply with that at Red Roses and Grapefruit. She was rushed by a girl she described as "a bit dull." Malone said the conversation was really awkward and that she (Malone) struggled to keep it interesting. She said she tried her best and would love an invitation back to skit but that she feels that they may cut her.

Malone enjoyed the girls at Amber & Lavender, but she doesn't think she will fit in there and does not expect a return invitation. She enjoyed her visit at English Pear very much during open house but did not feel as enthusiastic after philanthropy. Because of some twists I can't really explain on this thread, she does not have a letter of recommendation to one of these two houses. So, the return invitation was a surprise. She assures me that she is grateful for all the invitations she has received and that she was gracious at both houses, but she says she just has a feeling that she won't have the opportunity to return to either house. I am also doubtful that she will get return invitations to either of the houses, but we shall see . . .

Almost forgot --yes, AXOrushadvisor, Camp Mystic seems to be the camp of choice for the current UT sorority population!

As far as cuts, I think Pi Phi, Theta, Kappa, Chi O, and Tri Delta (in that order) must make the biggest initial cuts, but I could be wrong.

This is what I have been hearing as well

Partially true. There are 2 other chapters who have had 100% returns from open houses and philanthropy round the past 2-3 years and 2 on your list who haven't.